Baidu says it has won approval to start collecting fares for Apollo Go robotaxis in Beijing's Yizhuang district, the first such approval in a large Chinese city (Evelyn Cheng/CNBC)

Evelyn Cheng / CNBC:
Baidu says it has won approval to start collecting fares for Apollo Go robotaxis in Beijing's Yizhuang district, the first such approval in a large Chinese city  —  - Beijing's municipal government has approved a permit for Baidu's Apollo Go robotaxi business to collect fares in a part of the capital city.