Autonomous Driving Concept Stocks Watch | BIDU-W (09888.HK) edged higher; Apollo Go has covered 28 cities worldwide with cumulative autonomous driving mileage exceeding 350 million kilometers

NewTimeSpace News: On September 18, 2026,BIDU-W(09888.HK) traded stronger. As of 15:04, it was quoted at HK$88.80, up 1.66%.

On the news front, latest data shows that Baidu’s Apollo Go has covered 28 cities globally, with cumulative autonomous driving mileage exceeding 350 million kilometers, of which fully driverless mileage tops 240 million kilometers.

Huatai Securities stated that L4 autonomous vehicles for restricted scenarios have for the first time obtained the same policy status as passenger cars. The commercialization pace for mining areas, ports and trunk logistics becomes more predictable. The clarified liability identification raises the threshold for mass production access. Leading OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers with mass delivery and compliance verification capabilities stand to benefit, with greater certainty for braking and steering redundancy, data compliance and third-party evidence preservation.

BIDU-W (09888.HK) Focuses on the R&D of L4 autonomous driving algorithms and the commercialization of unmanned Robotaxis. Leveraged by the ERNIE foundational model and optimized by the Qianfan compute base, its "Apollo Go" autonomous ride-hailing service has achieved large-scale, normalized commercial operations across multiple core cities in China, with cumulative autonomous test mileage exceeding hundreds of millions of kilometers. Through high-frequency, high-confidence real-world road test data cleansing, the company continues to solidify the most robust data asset and algorithmic moat within the HKEX autonomous driving sector.

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