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China resumes issuing robotaxi licenses after months-long freeze, report says
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Fusion42 · 23 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
China has resumed issuing robotaxi licenses after a four-month freeze triggered by Baidu's April outage in Wuhan, following completion of an industry-wide safety review in late June. Momenta received one of the first permits for Shenzhen trials, whilst Baidu's Apollo Go shows signs of resuming operations in Wuhan.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Autonomous Vehicles, and 3 sources have reported it.
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If you're building autonomous vehicle tech for China, the regulator just proved it will shut you down for a hardware or software failure—and keep you shut for months. Your safety review process is now a competitive weapon; a fast, proven one will be the difference between a city licence and exclusion.
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3 sources · 23 Jul 2026
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