Cainiao; brand licensed to Zelos from 2026 · driverless delivery vehicle
Cainiao GT-Lite
A budget version of the Cainiao robovan for courier hubs, launched 18-19 June 2025 on the same autonomy platform as the GT Pro. It trades range (100 km) for more cargo space and load.
- Price
- $3,036Cheaper than 100%
- Autonomy
- Level 4No driver needed in its area
- Driverless
- In serviceDriverless in service
- Fleet
- ~20,000Reported; details below
- Speed
- —Not published
- Range
- 100 kmPer charge or tank
Why it matters
One of the cheapest public-road L4 robovans announced in China at launch.
Real-world use
No customers or deployments reported yet.
Maker
Cainiao; brand licensed to Zelos from 2026CompanyHow it drives
Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.
- Driverless status
- Driverless in service
- Where it runs
- China
- Fleet
- No model-specific count. Zelos-wide (all models): about 20,000 vehicles in early 2026 including the merged Cainiao fleet, operating in 300+ cities (KrASIA/36Kr, Feb 2026)
- SAE level
- Level 4: drives itself with no one at the controls inside its approved area
How it stacks up
Against other delivery pods that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
Cainiao GT-Lite costs less than 100% of the 4 other delivery pods that publish a price. Bars show the 4 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: height, weight, speed, payload, joints, battery.
Public attention
How much public attention Cainiao GT-Lite gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
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.
Lineage
Every Cainiao (Alibaba Group); brand licensed to Zelos from 2026 vehicle in order.
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- $3,036RMB 21,800 vehicle price (Logistics Matters, Jun 2025; GBP 2,250); a separate autonomy service fee is reported but not confirmed here; USD at about RMB 7.18/USD, June 2025
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
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 | No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useCainiao GT-LiteCainiao (Alibaba Group); brand licensed to Zelos from 2026 | No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useZelos Z2Zelos (Jiushi Zhixing)Same job: parcel delivery · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar price |  Zelos Z5 (2024 edition)Zelos (Jiushi Zhixing)Same job: parcel delivery · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar price |  White Rhino R5White Rhino (Bai Xiniu / Rino.ai)Same job: parcel delivery · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2025-06 | 2024-06-28 | 2024-06-28 | 2025 |
| Status | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial |
| Height | — | — | — | — |
| Weight | — | — | — | — |
| Joints | — | — | — | — |
| Speed | — | — | — | — |
| Payload | — | — | — | — |
| Battery | — | — | — | — |
| Price | $3,036 | $5,475 | $6,850 | — |
Sources
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