Robotaxis face backlash from Wuhan cabbies to say jobs threatened

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A FLEET of more than 500 Apollo Go driverless taxis operated by Baidu’s autonomous-driving unit in Wuhan has become so popular that local taxi drivers are petitioning the municipal transport authority to limit their use, reports Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post. A letter sent in late June by Wuhan Jianshe Automotive Passenger Transportation, a local operator, said four of its 159 taxis had quit since April due to declining income, according to a report by the Southern Weekly newspaper. The...

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