08:31 AM EDT, 07/15/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Baidu ( BIDU ) and Uber Technologies ( UBER ) said Tuesday they have agreed to deploy "thousands" of Baidu's ( BIDU ) Apollo Go autonomous vehicles on the Uber ( UBER ) platform in various markets outside the US and mainland China.

The partnership is aimed at supporting the supply of affordable ridesharing options, the companies said.

Preliminary deployments are anticipated in Asia and the Middle East later in 2025, they added.