Milestone note Reached Apr 2026
China freezes new robotaxi permits after Baidu outage
China (MIIT) / Baidu — After 100+ Baidu Apollo Go robotaxis failed simultaneously in Wuhan (a cloud outage stranded riders up to two hours), China suspended all new autonomous-driving permits on 29 Apr 2026 — the first nationwide robotaxi licensing freeze.
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