Lyft and Baidu China look robotaxis to European year home

European expansion Lyft will include robotaxis made from Chinese.

The Ride-hailing Ride company is announcing this Monday has created a strategic partnership with Baidu to attach the Apollo Tech Apollo Tech Java in some European markets. The company wants to launch robotaxi services in Germany and English in 2026, pending approval pending.

If you approved, RT6 Baidu’s vehicle, equipped with the driving system Apollo Go, it will be combined into the Lyft Cruise application. CEO Lyft David Risher says the robotaxi service is an example of the “hybrid tissue approach, where the AVS and the human driver can be together to provide customers to the riders.”

Lyft is temporarily focused on business that is located in the United States, when uber ilters have been globales and to another area, like food delivery. But early this year, Lyfs bought to the European market while agreed to acquire the Multibitas Mobility Vibity’s application freenow from BMW and Mercedes-Benz Mobility for about $ 197 million in cashSee rankings-.

The acquisition opens the European market for Lyft, which is only used in the US and Canada begins launch in 2012.

Lyft and Uber, both of the own internal internal vehicles, are in the races to lock partners with Baidu, developing the technology.

Uber has been sufficient than 18 companies, which cover the way the driving system can be applied to the physical world, including Connectdelivery, and truck. This year, has announced the offer with Ann Arbor, ა Igan based on May Mobility and VolkswagenAlso China’s self-trade company, Werideand Baidu. Last month, Uber invests hundreds of millions of dollars Into ev Freen Lucid and Startup Autonomous autonomous vehicle technology on the offer to start robotaxi premium.

Lyft did not have the same shade with Uber, but it has made partnership in the past year, including plans for Increase with autonomy playing Made a group of Austrian Manufacturers to the network at the end of 2026. Lyft has also said the plan Avs from May Mobility On the network in Atlanta this year.