On June 17, the Chinese tech giant Baidu announced its 5th generation Robotaxi in Beijing.

Named Apollo Moon, this new model is equipped with 2 lidars, 13 cameras, 5 millimeter-wave radars, and 12 ultrasonic sensors. The main lidar is co-developed by Baidu and HESAI Tech.

# Currently, the cost of this car is RMB 480,000.
Baidu plans to update this generation every 2 years, while increasing its performance 10 times and lowering the cost by half.

By 2023, Baidu Apollo is aiming to have 3,000 vehicles covering 30 cities and serving 3 million users.

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