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PARKED UP, CLOCKING UP

By Zimbo · November 3, 2026

AI cartoon by Zimbo: Satirical cartoon: a white Apollo Go robotaxi parked in a garage, plugged into a Baidu Apollo World machine, shows a simulated highway in its windshield and 100,000 KM on its dashboard while a janitor sweeps dust around its still wheels.
A parked Apollo Go robotaxi racks up 100,000 KM on a simulated road in its windshield while a janitor sweeps dust around its unmoving wheels.Zimbo for AI News Page

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Baidu launched Apollo World on November 3, an AI system that simulates real-world environments for training robotaxis and predicts how those environments evolve, as automakers race to cut the cost of developing self-driving vehicles.

The system can generate up to 100,000 kilometres of simulated driving a day — roughly three years of real-world testing by a vehicle with a safety driver — producing camera and lidar streams that self-driving systems can sense and navigate directly.

Baidu says Apollo World is already training its Apollo Go fleet for global operation; Apollo Go is China's largest robotaxi operator.

The taxi has now driven 100,000 kilometres without ever leaving the garage — the odometer is thrilled, the janitor is sweeping up the dust of all those miles, and the road itself never existed.

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