Autonomous Driving Concept Stocks Insight | RoboPlans to Launch Robotaxi Service in London in 2027, BIDU-W (09888.HK) Edges Up

NewTimeSpace News: On November 2, 2026,BIDU-W(09888.HK) edged higher in the afternoon. As of 14:34, the stock traded at HK$75.80, representing a 0.13% gain.

In news developments, Baidu’s autonomous ride-hailing platform Apollo Go showcased its sixth-generation autonomous vehicle Apollo RT6 in London alongside Free Now, Lyft’s European mobility platform. The two sides plan to launch a public robotaxi service in London in 2027.

According to China Times, institutions forecast that the penetration rate of L2+ and higher-level advanced intelligent driving will keep climbing around 2028. The parameter scale of in-vehicle large models will move toward tens of billions or even hundreds of billions, and the market space for chips supporting automotive large models will continue to expand.
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.