Yutong Bus · self-driving bus or shuttle
Yutong autonomous city bus
2015 road test
A full-size Yutong city bus fitted with lidar, cameras and radar that changed lanes, overtook and obeyed traffic lights on its own during a public-road trial, reaching 68 km/h. A person stayed aboard and the bus could be switched to manual mode.
- Price
- —test vehicle, not sold
- Autonomy
- SupervisedHow it runs
- Driverless
- Not yetSafety driver on board
- Fleet
- 1Reported; details below
- Speed
- 68.0 km/hFaster than 100%
- Range
- —Not published
Why it matters
Yutong describes its August 2015 Zhengzhou-Kaifeng run as the first open-road trial of a self-driving full-size bus; that claim comes from the maker.
Real-world use
One 32.6 km trial run on Zhengzhou-Kaifeng Avenue in Henan on 29 August 2015, passing 26 sets of traffic lights.
Maker
Yutong BusCompanyHow it drives
Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.
- Driverless status
- Safety driver on board
- Where it runs
- Zhengzhou-Kaifeng Avenue, Henan (single trial, Aug 2015)
- Fleet
- 1 test bus (Yutong, 2015)
- Rides, miles or loads
- 32.6 km trial run (Yutong via Inverse, Oct 2015)
How it stacks up
Against other buses & shuttles that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
Yutong autonomous city bus (2015 road test) is faster than 100% of the 13 other buses & shuttles that publish a speed. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: height, weight, payload, joints, battery, price.
Public attention
A historic robot: no longer sold or in use, so it is not ranked against current vehicles.
- 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
- Supervised. Works by itself while a person watches and steps in.
Lineage
Every Yutong Bus vehicle in order.
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not publishedtest vehicle, not sold
- 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 | Yutong autonomous city bus (2015 road test)Yutong Bus | No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useAlphaba smart busShenzhen Haylion Technologies with Shenzhen Bus GroupSame job: public transit · Both on wheels · Both past robots |  ApolongBaidu Apollo with King Long (Xiamen King Long United Automotive)Same job: public transit · Both on wheels · Both past robots |
|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2015-08-29 | 2017-12-02 | 2018-07-04 |
| Status | Retired | Retired | Discontinued |
| Height | — | — | — |
| Weight | — | — | — |
| Joints | — | — | — |
| Speed | 68 km/h | 40 km/h | — |
| Payload | — | — | — |
| Battery | — | — | — |
| Price | — | — | — |
Sources
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