AutoX · robotaxi
AutoX RoboTaxi
Shenzhen driverless fleet
Alibaba-backed AutoX's robotaxi fleet, which ran with no safety driver on public roads in Shenzhen from early 2021. Its current operating status could not be confirmed.
- Price
- —service only, not sold
- Autonomy
- Level 4No driver needed in its area
- Driverless
- In serviceSince 2020-12
- Fleet
- more than 100Reported; details below
- Speed
- —Not published
- Range
- —Not published
Why it matters
AutoX claimed China's first public fully driverless robotaxi rides (Shenzhen, January 2021) and was the second company to get a California DMV permit for a fully driverless fleet.
Real-world use
Began non-public driverless trials with 25 cars in Shenzhen in December 2020, opened to the public in January 2021, and by November 2021 covered 168 sq km of Pingshan district with more than 100 robotaxis across Chinese cities.
Maker
AutoXCompanyHow it drives
Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.
- Driverless status
- Driverless in service
- Where it runs
- Shenzhen (Pingshan district), Shanghai and other Chinese cities (2021)
- Driverless since
- 2020-12
- Fleet
- more than 100 robotaxis (AutoX, Nov 2021, via Robotics 24/7); no later figure found
- SAE level
- Level 4: drives itself with no one at the controls inside its approved area
Public attention
How much public attention AutoX RoboTaxi (Shenzhen driverless fleet) gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
- about 100 units or vehicles reported by the maker or press (may be a company-wide total)
- 1 reported deployment
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-14; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
No component details published yet.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- How it runs
- Fully autonomous. Does its job with nobody at the controls.
From the maker
AutoX RoboTaxi (Shenzhen driverless fleet) is the only vehicle from AutoX in the atlas.
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not publishedservice only, not sold
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
Where it works
1 reported deployment.
- Pilot
AutoX · Shenzhen · since 2020-12 · 25 units
AutoX began testing 25 robotaxis on Shenzhen's public roads with no safety officer on board in December 2020. 25 robotaxis (CnEVPost, Dec 2020); AutoX later claimed 1,000 robotaxis across five cities (Feb 2022) CnEVPost
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every robot: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | AutoX RoboTaxi (Shenzhen driverless fleet)AutoX |  Apollo Moon (5th-gen robotaxi, ARCFOX version)Baidu Apollo with BAIC ARCFOXSame job: ride-hail · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  Motional IONIQ 5 robotaxiMotional (Hyundai Motor Group)Same job: ride-hail · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  Volkswagen ID. Buzz ADVolkswagen Commercial Vehicles / MOIA, with MobileyeSame job: ride-hail · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |
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| First shown | 2020-12 | 2021-06-17 | 2021 | 2021 |
| Status | Pilot use | Pilot use | Pilot use | Pilot use |
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| Weight | — | — | — | — |
| Joints | — | — | — | — |
| Speed | — | — | — | — |
| Payload | — | — | — | — |
| Battery | — | — | — | — |
| Price | — | $75,000 | — | — |
Sources
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