# AutoX RoboTaxi

Manufacturer: [AutoX](/companies/autox)  
Category: av

## Summary

AutoX (founded 2016 by Jianxiong Xiao, 'Professor X', a former Princeton assistant professor; Shenzhen and California; backed by Alibaba and Dongfeng Motor Group) was an early Chinese robotaxi leader and the second company in the world to run a public fully-driverless robotaxi service, in Shenzhen in 2021, holding driverless permits across six cities and opening a San Francisco operations center in 2022. There is no consumer price, and AutoX is discontinued. It is recorded at commercial maturity to reflect that historical peak, with a discontinued lifecycle state: AutoX has wound down its China robotaxi operations entirely (China operations divested, offices closed, the brand discontinued), and the founder pivoted the company into a Silicon Valley personal-robocar startup called Tensor, with no active China presence, so it is not a currently-operating robotaxi service. Several cap-flags: the frequently cited 2021 claim of a fleet of more than a thousand vehicles (the largest in China) is stale and self-reported and does not reflect 2026 reality; the roughly $267 million total-funding figure is an aggregator number, not primary-sourced; the exact wind-down date is unconfirmed (the company went quiet around 2022-2023 and completed the wind-down around 2024-2025); and Tensor's planned second-half-2026 consumer-robocar launch is a forward-looking claim, not a shipped product. It is a Chinese wound-down robotaxi anchor, parallel to Cruise on the US side.

## Top line

> AutoX RoboTaxi is discontinued, no capability claims are on file, the model has no verified field deployments in the registry, and no incidents are on record.

## Readiness

- **Availability** (discontinued): Discontinued.
- **Price honesty** (no-price): No price points on file for AutoX RoboTaxi.
- **Capability honesty** (no-claims): No reviewed capability claims on file for AutoX RoboTaxi.
- **Real-world use** (commercial): Maturity: commercial. No verified deployments in the registry.
- **Safety record** (no-incidents): No incidents on record. No verified deployments either.

## What it claims to do

_No reviewed capability claims on file._

## Price

_No reviewed price points on file._

## Real-world use

_No verified deployments on file for AutoX RoboTaxi._

## Safety record

_No incidents on record. No verified deployments either, so the absence is uninformative._

## Privacy

_No privacy practices disclosed or on file for AutoX RoboTaxi._

## Specs

- **notes**: [{"label":"Verified (historical peak)","value":"AutoX (founded 2016; founder Jianxiong Xiao; Alibaba + Dongfeng-backed) was the 2nd company worldwide to run a public fully-driverless robotaxi service (Shenzhen, 2021), with driverless permits across 6 cities and an SF operations center (2022). maturityStage=commercial (historical peak)."},{"label":"CURRENT STATUS: discontinued (wound down -> Tensor)","value":"AutoX has WOUND DOWN its China robotaxi operations entirely: China ops divested, offices closed, the AutoX brand discontinued. The founder pivoted the company into a Silicon Valley personal-robocar startup, Tensor, with no active China presence. It is NOT a currently-operating robotaxi service. lifecycleState=discontinued (active/retired split: maturity reflects the historical commercial peak, lifecycle reflects the wind-down)."},{"label":"CAP-FLAG (stale numbers)","value":"The 2021 '~1,000+ vehicle fleet / largest in China' claim is STALE (self-reported, ~2021) and does NOT reflect 2026 reality - do not carry forward as current. ~$267M total funding is a Tracxn aggregator figure (not primary). Exact wind-down date is unconfirmed (profile went quiet ~2022-2023; completed ~2024-2025). Tensor's H2-2026 consumer-robocar launch is a forward-looking claim, not a shipped product."}]
- **specs**: AutoX RoboTaxi: L4 autonomous robotaxi operated in Shenzhen (and permitted in Beijing/Shanghai/Guangzhou/Hangzhou + CA Silicon Valley testing). Founded Aug 2016 (founder Jianxiong Xiao, 'Professor X'; ex-Princeton); Shenzhen + California; backed by Alibaba + Dongfeng Motor Group.
- **formFactor**: av (autonomous robotaxi; remotely-supervised L4; DISCONTINUED China operations)

## What's under the hood

_No brain on file for AutoX RoboTaxi._

## Frequently asked questions

### Is the AutoX RoboTaxi actually available for purchase?

Discontinued. No longer available for purchase.

_Source: [AutoX opens public fully-driverless RoboTaxi in Shenzhen (2021; 2nd globally)](https://www.therobotreport.com/autox-shenzhen-robotaxi-service-opens-to-public/)._

### What does the AutoX RoboTaxi cost?

Not announced.

### Where is the AutoX RoboTaxi being used?

No verified field deployments on record.

### Is the AutoX RoboTaxi safe?

No incidents on record, but with no verified field deployments either, the absence is uninformative.

### How does the AutoX RoboTaxi handle privacy?

No privacy practices disclosed or on file for AutoX RoboTaxi.

### Who makes the AutoX RoboTaxi?

AutoX RoboTaxi is made by AutoX, based in Shenzhen, China.

_Source: [AutoX opens public fully-driverless RoboTaxi in Shenzhen (2021; 2nd globally)](https://www.therobotreport.com/autox-shenzhen-robotaxi-service-opens-to-public/)._

## Manufacturer

- [AutoX (https://www.therobotreport.com/autox-shenzhen-robotaxi-service-opens-to-public/)](https://www.therobotreport.com/autox-shenzhen-robotaxi-service-opens-to-public/)

## Compared to

- [Didi Robotaxi](/consumer/models/didi-robotaxi)
- [Waymo Driver 6th-gen](/consumer/models/waymo-driver-gen6)
- [Robotaxi GXR](/consumer/models/weride-gxr)

## Sources

1. [AutoX opens public fully-driverless RoboTaxi in Shenzhen (2021; 2nd globally)](https://www.therobotreport.com/autox-shenzhen-robotaxi-service-opens-to-public/)
2. [AutoX wound down China ops; founder rebranded the company as Tensor (US)](https://www.techbuzz.ai/articles/tensor-claims-first-consumer-robocar-launch-but-it-s-really-autox)
3. [Tensor (ex-AutoX) selling a privately-owned L4 robocar; US/Europe/UAE H2 2026](https://carbuzz.com/chinese-level-4-robotaxi-startup-tensor-autox/)
4. [AutoX 2021 peak: driverless permits in 6 cities; SF operations center](https://www.therobotreport.com/rbr50-company-2021/autox/)
5. [AutoX technology (fully-driverless system; Shenzhen RoboTaxi) - official](https://home.autox.ai/en/technology.html)

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