CleanTechnica•about 18 hours ago
Apollo Go Reaches 20 Million Trips, 190 Million Fully Driverless Kilometers
Key Takeaway
The rapid scaling of autonomous EV fleets like Apollo Go represents a significant, concentrated, and growing electricity demand, creating substantial opportunities for power developers and requiring strategic planning for grid infrastructure and datacenter capacity.
AI Summary
- •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.
- •China's successful scaling of AVs highlights the impact of supportive policy environments on EV adoption and associated energy infrastructure development.
Topics
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Article Content
We typically report on Waymo and other US-based robotaxi companies, but one of the biggest robotaxi services in the world is Baidu’s Apollo Go. It first launched fully driverless robotaxis in China on July 20, 2022, and was the first company to launch them there. Now we have news that, ... [continued] The post Apollo Go Reaches 20 Million Trips, 190 Million Fully Driverless Kilometers appeared first on CleanTechnica .