Yutong Bus · self-driving bus or shuttle
Xiaoyu
first generation
Yutong's first self-driving minibus, an 8-seater with no steering wheel or dashboard, that recognises traffic lights, pedestrians and emergency vehicles. It ran on a 5G-connected loop in Zhengzhou's Longzi Lake area and was also shown at the 2019 Boao Forum.
- Price
- —not sold publicly; no price published
- Autonomy
- Level 4No driver needed in its area
- Driverless
- Not yetSafety driver on board
- Fleet
- 4Reported; details below
- Speed
- —Not published
- Range
- —Not published
Why it matters
Yutong said its Zhengzhou Intelligent Island loop was China's first Level 4 self-driving bus route on an open road (2019).
Real-world use
Four buses began trial service on 17 May 2019 on Zhengzhou's Intelligent Island and covered 10,000 km with nearly 10,800 riders by September 2019, then moved into regular operation.
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
- Intelligent Island, Longzi Lake, Zhengzhou (from May 2019)
- Fleet
- 4 buses (Yutong, Sept 2019)
- Rides, miles or loads
- 10,000 km and nearly 10,800 passengers in about four months (Yutong, Sept 2019)
- SAE level
- Level 4: drives itself with no one at the controls inside its approved area
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
- 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
- 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 publishednot sold publicly; no price published
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
Where it works
1 reported deployment.
- Deployed
Zhengzhou Intelligent Island · Intelligent Island · Zhengzhou · since 2019-05 · 4 units
Four Yutong L4 autonomous minibuses began trial runs on Zhengzhou Intelligent Island's ring road in May 2019 and moved to official operation that September. 4 buses (Yutong, Sept 2019) Yutong
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 | Xiaoyu (first generation)Yutong Bus |  ApolongBaidu Apollo with King Long (Xiamen King Long United Automotive)Same jobs: shuttle, public transit · Both on wheels · Both past robots |  Turing Drive Xinyi Road autonomous busTuring DriveSame job: public transit · Both on wheels · Both past robots | 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 |
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| First shown | 2019 | 2018-07-04 | 2020-05 | 2017-12-02 |
| Status | Retired | Discontinued | Retired | Retired |
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| Speed | — | — | 20 km/h | 40 km/h |
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Sources
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