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Baidu , the Google of China , will hustle out itsdriverless ride - hailing serviceoverseas as it seeks to contend with the famine of autonomous fomite companies at home .
The Beijing - based company assay to deploy its Apollo Go robotaxi service in Hong Kong , Singapore , and the Middle East , sources conversant with the matter toldThe Wall Street Journal . A source conversant with the matter confirm its expansion outside of China but could n’t say which markets .
Taiwanese Ab companies have dealt withroadblocks domestically — they ’re face the double-dyed storm of a gamey Washington expenditure business model with too much competition and dwindling extraneous investment . Countries like Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates , with their endless crude money and fresh city goals , have already been the target of Baidu competitorsPony.aiandWeRide .
Baidu ’s expansion plan postulate entering new market place through engineering science and automotive partnership . It has already partner with Hyundai , Kia , and Nissan to get connected car applied science , so Japan could be another potential market place for Baidu ’s Apollo Go .
