CleanTechnica•about 15 hours ago
Apollo Go Reaches 20 Million Trips, 190 Million Fully Driverless Kilometers
- •Baidu's Apollo Go robotaxi service has achieved 20 million trips and 190 million fully driverless kilometers, demonstrating rapid, large-scale deployment of electric autonomous vehicle (AV) fleets.
- •This growth signifies a substantial and concentrated new electricity load, driving demand for robust charging infrastructure, grid upgrades (transmission/distribution), and potentially localized generation solutions.
- •The massive data processing requirements of AV fleets will accelerate demand for new datacenter capacity, impacting power procurement strategies for large loads.
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