Baidu reports slower growth in robotaxi rides

Chinese tech company Baidu announced Monday it can sell some robotaxi rides without any human staff in the vehicles.BEIJING — Chinese tech company Baidu is reporting slower growth in its Apollo Go robotaxi rides than in prior quarters.Figures Baidu reported Thursday showed the number of robotaxi rides operated publicly grew by 26% year-on-year in the first half of the year to a monthly average of 287,500 rides, according to CNBC calculations.That's down sharply from year-on-year growth of 184% in the first ...