Chinese web giant Baidu is already breaking even with robotaxi operations in China and is confident they will be profitable once the company rolls into global markets.

On the company’s Q2 2025 earnings call, CEO Yanhong Li responded to a financial analyst’s question about the path to profitability for robot taxis. He responded by pointing out that Baidu’s robot cars are the lowest-cost vehicles capable of level four autonomy (driverless operation in pre-defined areas), adding that the company’s robotaxi operations in the Chinese city of Wuhan have broken even – despite cab fares there typically being 30 percent below fares charged in other Chinese citeis, which in turn are lower than fares charged in many places around the world.

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