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Baidu robotaxi outage in Wuhan caused by 'system failure'
S3 · 31 Mar 2026 · Baidu Apollo Go · Wuhan, Hubei, China
Record
| Company | Baidu Apollo Go |
| Industry | Autonomous vehicles and trucking |
| Product | Apollo Go robotaxi |
| Robot type | Robotaxi |
| Type(s) | outage |
| Date | 31 Mar 2026 (day precision) |
| Time of day | not documented |
| Location | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
| Severity | (recall, enforcement, or fleet-wide fault) |
| Scale | 100+ vehicles |
| Confidence | high |
| Verified flag | Yes - independently re-checked against the cited source |
Summary
Over 100 Apollo Go robotaxis froze on Wuhan's elevated highways during a mass system failure, stranding passengers in live traffic; police confirmed the cause as a system failure.
Primary source
Reuters/CarNewsChina/The Verge
Publisher: Reuters/CarNewsChina/The Verge · Retrieved: 2026-10-30
Supporting source rows (1)
| Date | Supporting source row | Publisher | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Mar 2026 | Baidu robotaxi outage in Wuhan caused by 'system failure' | Reuters/CarNewsChina/The Verge | Reuters/CarNewsChina/The |
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