In Wuhan, two self-driving taxis met on the street and couldn’t figure out how to proceed. The car doors wouldn’t open, so the passengers had to wait for help. The traffic police were also helpless with the traffic jam caused by this malfunction.
Currently, Baidu Apollo operates these self-driving taxis in cities like Wuhan, Guangzhou, and Beijing. This new “carrot” ride-hailing platform has completed 3 million rides in just one month, quickly becoming a hot topic.
This number is astonishing. Even the well-established ride-hailing giant Didi didn’t grow this fast when it first started.
What does 3 million rides mean? Let’s break it down: 30 days in a month, averaging 100,000 rides per day. Further dividing it, if they operate 18 hours a day, that’s 5,555 rides per hour.
In 2012, Didi took three whole years to reach 100 million rides. At its current pace, “Carrot” might surpass Didi’s three-year sales volume in less than a year.
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