China suspends robotaxi permits after mass outage

Summary: China has suspended Apollo Go’s robotaxi operations following a major outage in Wuhan that stranded dozens of vehicles and caused traffic disruptions. Authorities have also paused issuing new autonomous vehicle licences and barred existing operators from expanding fleets pending investigation completion.

Brands mentioned: Apollo Go, Baidu, Pony.ai, WeRide, Tesla, Uber, Waymo, Google