China resumes issuing robotaxi licenses after months-long freeze, report says

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.

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