# China is Close to Entering RoboTaxis Market Space **URL:** \ **Category:** Macro Economic Trends and Risks\ **Created:** [July 22, 2025, 2:55pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/china-is-close-to-entering-robotaxis-market-space/120062 "2025-07-22T14:55:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tjscott0](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/tjscott0/32/1083_2.png) [@tjscott0](https://discussion.fool.com/u/tjscott0)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 2:55pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/china-is-close-to-entering-robotaxis-market-space/120062/1 "2025-07-22T14:55:09Z")
> **[Silicon Valley led the quest for driverless cars. But Chinese robotaxis are...](https://restofworld.org/2025/robotaxi-waymo-apollo-go/)** > > Apollo Go challenges pioneer Waymo’s head start and leads country rivals in overseas push. _Chinese rivals are quickly catching up in both scale and technological capability. Chinese tech giant [Baidui](https://restofworld.org/tag/baidu) recently [announced](https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3311267/baidus-robotaxi-service-completes-11-million-rides-company-beats-earnings-expectations) its Apollo Go robotaxi service has completed more than 11 million rides, surpassing Waymo’s reported [10 million](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/20/waymo-ceo-tekedra-mawakana-10-million.html#:~:text=Waymo%20says%20it%20reached%2010%20million%20robotaxi%20trips%2C%20doubling%20in%20five%20months&text=Waymo%20co%2DCEO%20Tekedra%20Mawakana,250%2C000%20paid%20trips%20per%20week). The company is now testing in Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates, with reported [plans](https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/baidu-eyes-european-debut-for-driverless-taxi-5276eea6) to [expand](https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/baidu-plans-self-driving-taxi-082551088.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJaUbA4Ey5BwZ3PfPKuwhw8buMEqwCUIQpA7dbZjx4nH5kzO_7BJe251rO8aowYfzD19d72HPOCJ_K1mWDm2fttWSvgA6jeLvz6aVQ2IRd6xJ8jxvjS4C3sijcOWxtnvf8cFe94w7i-TyNGi5EbjKkU8kS4G5cd3n_CUjaRhbRbZ) to Switzerland and Turkey._ _Top Chinese contenders WeRide and Pony.ai — both listed in the U.S. and backed by investors including Nvidia and Toyota — are also rapidly [expanding](https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/chinese-robotaxi-makers-head-welcoming-gulf-overseas-ambitions-grow-2025-05-28/) through [partnerships](https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/07/uber-invests-100m-in-weride-to-fuel-robotaxi-expansion-across-15-more-cities/) with Uber in Europe and the [Middle East](https://ir.pony.ai/news-releases/news-release-details/pony-ai-inc-and-uber-announce-strategic-partnership-advance). Both companies have secured permits to test in the U.S._ ---
**Author:** ![buynholdisdead](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/buynholdisdead/32/12874_2.png) [@buynholdisdead](https://discussion.fool.com/u/buynholdisdead)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 3:18pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/china-is-close-to-entering-robotaxis-market-space/120062/2 "2025-07-22T15:18:10Z")
> [@tjscott0](#): > > Top Chinese contenders WeRide and Pony.ai — both listed in the U.S. and backed by investors including Nvidia and Toyota — are also rapidly [expanding](https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/chinese-robotaxi-makers-head-welcoming-gulf-overseas-ambitions-grow-2025-05-28/) through [partnerships](https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/07/uber-invests-100m-in-weride-to-fuel-robotaxi-expansion-across-15-more-cities/) with Uber in Europe and the [Middle East](https://ir.pony.ai/news-releases/news-release-details/pony-ai-inc-and-uber-announce-strategic-partnership-advance). Both companies have secured permits to test in the U.S. I wonder if they will try to kill this in the United States with a claim that it could be dangerous to allow Americans to ride in Chinese AFSD taxis? ---
**Author:** ![tjscott0](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/tjscott0/32/1083_2.png) [@tjscott0](https://discussion.fool.com/u/tjscott0)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/china-is-close-to-entering-robotaxis-market-space/120062/3 "2025-07-22T15:22:45Z")
> [@buynholdisdead](#): > > I wonder if they will try to kill this in the United States with a claim that it could be dangerous to allow Americans to ride in Chinese AFSD taxis? Also a danger to allow potentially superior China service or products to compete with domestic brands. ---
**Author:** ![syke6](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/syke6/32/26265_2.png) [@syke6](https://discussion.fool.com/u/syke6)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 5:02am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/china-is-close-to-entering-robotaxis-market-space/120062/4 "2025-07-23T05:02:56Z")
> [@buynholdisdead](#): > > I wonder if they will try to kill this in the United States with a claim that it could be dangerous to allow Americans to ride in Chinese AFSD taxis? Probably. But I wouldn’t count out top western companies like Waymo and Mobileye just yet. Total miles isn’t really the metric of concern. They are miles per intervention, miles per accident and miles per serious accident. As far as I know, we don’t have those stats to compare between companies.