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Physix Frontier · News Briefing Card (IT Home · Oct 16, 2026)

Baidu Apollo Go Opens Public Rides in Tung Chung, Hong Kong Next Week

KEY FACTS

  • Baidu's Apollo Go will hold a public test-ride event in Tung Chung, Hong Kong, from October 21 to November 3.
  • The event is expected to invite more than 1,000 Hong Kong residents to experience autonomous vehicles.
  • The test route is 5.1 kilometers long and takes about 15 minutes, starting from the Yat Tung Estate Car Park No. 1.
  • Each vehicle carries at most two passengers and is staffed with a safety operator throughout the ride.
  • Baidu's autonomous vehicles have accumulated more than 280,000 kilometers of safe driving in Hong Kong to date.

KEY DATA

Over 1,000Test-ride participants
5.1 kmTest route length
About 15 minutesSingle ride duration
Over 280,000 kmCumulative safe driving mileage in Hong Kong

PHYSIX OBSERVATION

This is the first time Baidu's autonomous driving has opened to the public at scale in Hong Kong, and the Tung Chung test rides look more like a stress test in real-world conditions. Hong Kong's roads are narrow with mixed pedestrian and vehicle traffic; if feedback is positive, it will accelerate integration into local public transport. But the fact that a safety operator is on board for the entire ride also shows that driverless operations still have some way to go in Hong Kong.

Source: IT Home report