[4][5][6] The driverless bus does not have a steering wheel, accelerator or brake, travels at speeds of 20 to 40 km/h and is able to sense and predict movement of pedestrians and vehicles in its vicinity.

[11] On 5 July 2017, Bloomberg reported that Baidu had negotiated 50 partners to sign in for the development and purchase of the new unmanned buses.

[citation needed] They announced plans of using these buses in specific regions of Wuhan, Xiamen, Shenzhen, Beijing, and Pingtan.

[2] The bus was first opened to an international audience in November 2018 at the Shanghai World Expo, where 1600 participants from 72 countries were ushered to the venue in Apolong buses.

[17][18] Apolong buses can carry 14 people (8 seated and 6 standing), are guided through cloud technology, have a wheel span of 4.3 metres, are SAE level 4 capable.