Robotaxi Meltdown in Wuhan Strands Passengers as Over 100 Driverless Taxis Stall

Over 100 Baidu Apollo Go driverless taxis stalled simultaneously in Wuhan on March 31, stranding passengers in live traffic on elevated highways and city streets. The incident, attributed to a system malfunction in centralized control or software, raises questions about emergency protocols and fleet-wide failure resilience in large-scale robotaxi deployments.