Apollo Pass has been granted Dubai’s first actual independent using trial allow, in conjunction with the primary batch of fifty independent using take a look at licenses.
With this primary batch of licenses, Apollo Pass’s 50-vehicle fleet has been engaging in open-road trying out in designated spaces in Dubai since August. On the 4th Dubai International Congress for Self-Riding Delivery, Apollo Pass is the only real platform working trials on open roads with its sixth-generation independent cars (RT6).
Apollo Pass and the Roads and Delivery Authority of Dubai plan to amplify the fleet to greater than 1,000 totally driverless cars over the following 3 years.
Apollo Pass’s sixth-generation independent car (RT6) in city Dubai
Ahmed Hashem Bahrozyan, CEO of the Public Delivery Company, RTA, with Liang Zhang, Managing Director of EMEA, Baidu Apollo
“We are honored to bring this new dimension to Dubai’s public transportation ecosystem, following our partnership with the RTA in March,” mentioned Liang Zhang, Managing Director of EMEA, Baidu Apollo. “Leveraging our autonomous driving technologies and fleet operation expertise, we will conduct all required testing and operations to enable seamless localization. Together with the RTA, we aim to co-build a global benchmark for intelligent transportation and contribute to solidifying Dubai’s position as a world-leading autonomous city.”
This allow represents a ancient second — signifying Apollo Pass’s place as the primary platform allowed to function a large fleet in city Dubai. This speedy execution follows the Memorandum of Working out (MOU) signed between Apollo Pass and the RTA previous this 12 months, demonstrating well timed, on-plan implementation in Apollo Pass’s world growth and additional solidifying its management in independent using ride-hailing products and services international.
Having a look forward, Apollo Pass and the RTA plan to amplify the fleet to greater than 1,000 totally driverless cars by way of 2028, aligning with Dubai’s imaginative and prescient to boost up the adoption of independent mobility in long run city infrastructure.
This primary batch of licenses from Dubai marks the newest milestone in Apollo Pass’s world growth. In November 2024, Apollo Pass used to be additionally granted the first actual independent using take a look at license in Hong Kong, its debut in a right-hand-drive marketplace.
Baidu’s Apollo Pass brings unheard of operational experience and complex independent using era to the partnership, with a report of 200 million kilometers of protected using, 14 million independent rides supplied to the general public, and 100% totally driverless city deployment in China. As Apollo Pass continues to scale across the world, the corporate stays dedicated to turning in protected, inexperienced, and clever mobility products and services in collaboration with world companions to pressure the way forward for city transportation.
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