Baidu's Apollo Go Has Been Granted Dubai's Very First Autonomous Driving Trial Permit, Along With The First Batch Of 50 Autonomous Driving Test Licenses; Plans To Expand The Fleet To More Than 1,000 Fully Driverless Vehicles Over The Next 3-Years

Author: Benzinga Newsdesk | September 24, 2025 10:15am

• Apollo Go has been granted Dubai's very first autonomous driving trial permit, along with the first batch of 50 autonomous driving test licenses.
• With this first batch of licenses, Apollo Go's 50-vehicle fleet has been conducting open-road testing in designated areas in Dubai since August. At the 4th Dubai World Congress for Self-Driving Transport, Apollo Go is the sole platform running trials on open roads with its sixth-generation autonomous vehicles (RT6).
• Apollo Go and the Roads and Transport Authority of Dubai plan to expand the fleet to more than 1,000 fully driverless vehicles over the next three years.

DUBAI, UAE, Sept. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Baidu Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU and HKEX: 9888) today announced that its autonomous ride-hailing platform, Apollo Go, has been granted Dubai's very first autonomous driving trial permit, along with the first batch of 50 autonomous driving test licenses issued by the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) of Dubai.

The trial permit and 50 licenses were granted to the company earlier in July, authorizing Apollo Go to deploy its vehicles in urban Dubai. Following the permit, Apollo Go's 50-vehicle fleet has commenced trials in designated areas on open roads of Dubai since August. The announcement was made at the 4th Dubai World Congress for Self-Driving Transport, where Apollo Go is the sole platform permitted to run self-driving trials on open roads, providing exclusive trial rides in its sixth-generation autonomous vehicles (RT6).

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