# Baidu Apollo RT6: Price, Availability & Status (2026)

Baidu's Apollo RT6 is a purpose-built robotaxi powering Apollo Go's driverless ride-hailing in China. ~$28,600 build cost (not a consumer price). Ride service, no consumer price.

## Price

_No verified price on record._

There is no consumer price. The Apollo RT6 is a robotaxi service vehicle, not sold to consumers, so DEPLOY records zero price points.

## Availability

_Status: internal-only_

This is a robotaxi service vehicle, not a consumer product. Baidu manufactures the RT6 itself (no third-party automaker) and runs it in Apollo Go's fully-driverless commercial ride-hailing across Chinese cities and some international markets.

## Status

Baidu's Apollo RT6 is the company's sixth-generation autonomous robotaxi: a purpose-built battery-electric vehicle (a cross between an SUV and a minivan, with a detachable steering wheel) on Baidu's Apollo Galaxy / Xinghe self-driving platform, powering the Apollo Go fully-driverless commercial ride-hailing service. It is one of the Chinese commercial-at-scale anchors of DEPLOY's robotaxi cluster. Baidu manufactures it without relying on a third-party automaker at roughly 204,600 RMB (about $28,600) per vehicle, about half the cost of the prior generation. The verified-vs-claimed point: that figure is a verified per-vehicle build cost from Baidu's disclosures, not a consumer price: you ride an Apollo Go robotaxi, you do not buy an RT6.

## Compare

| Model | Pricing | Tier |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Pony AI Gen-7](/price/pony-gen7-robotaxi) | No consumer price | absence (Commercial (Pony AI, China)) |
| [WeRide GXR](/price/weride-gxr) | No consumer price | absence (Commercial (WeRide, China)) |
| [Didi Robotaxi](/price/didi-robotaxi) | No consumer price | absence (Commercial early (Didi, private)) |
| [Waymo Driver (6th-gen)](/price/waymo-driver-gen6) | No consumer price | absence (Verified-commercial (US)) |

## Common questions

### Can I buy a Baidu Apollo RT6?

No. The RT6 is a robotaxi service vehicle, not sold to consumers; there is no consumer price.

### How much does the Apollo RT6 cost?

Baidu reports a per-vehicle build cost of roughly 204,600 RMB (about $28,600), about half the prior generation. That is a manufacturing cost, not a consumer price.

## How DEPLOY verified this

- [How DEPLOY tracks pricing](https://news.deploy.report/methodology/how-we-track-pricing)
- [How DEPLOY verifies deployment status](https://news.deploy.report/methodology/how-we-verify-deployment-status)

## Related reading

- [Deploy News: Robotaxis](https://news.deploy.report/explainers/robotaxi)
- [Deploy News: How DEPLOY verifies](https://news.deploy.report/explainers/how-deploy-verifies)

## On the registry

- [Model record](https://registry.deploy.report/models/apollo-rt6.md)
- [Manufacturer](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/baidu.md)

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