AutoX surpasses 1,000 vehicles in its robotaxi fleet
The AutoX robotaxi fleet has grown to more than 1,000 vehicles. This is a monumental milestone for the company and the industry, as AutoX's robotaxi fleet is the largest in China.
AutoX has also recently opened a new robotaxi operations center in San Francisco to further expand its AV testing capabilities in the city.
In July 2020, the company received permission from the California DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles) to test its autonomous vehicles without safety drivers. AutoX became the third company to receive driverless testing permission in the state. Since 2017, it had been able to conduct tests with drivers.
In July 2021, AutoX unveiled its Gen5 autonomous driving system. The system includes two main sensor towers mounted on the vehicle's roof and a set of blind-spot sensors. The vehicle's computing unit, the AutoX XCU, is located under the trunk and runs the autonomous driving software stack.
Reaching the milestone of 1,000 autonomous vehicles is a pioneering moment for AutoX and the robotaxi industry, as previously the largest fleets numbered in the hundreds. Scaling to more than 1,000 vehicles represents a significant step forward toward broader commercialization.
In July 2021, the first Gen5 robotaxis equipped with the AutoX system rolled off the production line. More recently, in January 2022, AutoX shared an inside look at its latest fully automated production facility. Since production began, the robotaxi assembly line has been running at full capacity.
AutoX's manufacturing facility marks an important milestone in China's AV industry, as the dedicated production line is critical for ensuring the quality, safety and consistency of every vehicle. The facility is the first of its kind in China.
In addition to expanding its fleet, AutoX also launched a new driverless taxi operations center in San Francisco. Thanks to years of driving and training in megacities, AutoX's autonomous vehicles are known for safe navigation in the most chaotic and dynamic road conditions. Now the company's robotaxis are applying their driving skills in San Francisco, one of the most densely populated urban centers in the US.
Since 2016, AutoX has tested in the San Jose area of California. The company currently tests and deploys robotaxi fleets in five cities, including San Francisco and the Chinese megacities of Shenzhen, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Beijing.
AutoX has more than 1,000 technical team members, 5 R&D offices, and now 10 operations centers worldwide, the latest of which opened in San Francisco. AutoX is the largest player in the robotaxi market in China.
Operations centers are purpose-built facilities that support the day-to-day operations of large driverless taxi fleets and large-scale vehicle data collection. In Shenzhen, AutoX runs four operations centers spread across a service area of 1,000 km². AutoX's other operations centers are located in Guangzhou, Shanghai and Beijing.
In Shenzhen alone, AutoX already operates autonomous robotaxis across a service area of more than 1,000 km². Within this service area, the AutoX fleet can operate fully without a driver, and within 168 km² without a human safety driver on board. AutoX is rapidly expanding both its autonomous and fully driverless zones.
“We want to deploy the AutoX robotaxi fleet in many cities to serve hundreds of millions of people, and to keep improving and become part of communities around the world. Cities such as San Francisco, Shenzhen, Shanghai and Beijing are launch points for robotaxis to transform people's everyday lives. And this is only the beginning”
AutoX is the leader and largest company in Level 4 autonomous robotaxis in China, with the mission of "Democratizing Autonomy" to accelerate the arrival of fully driverless vehicles. It was founded in 2016 by Dr. Jianxiong Xiao (also known as Professor X), a self-driving vehicle technologist from MIT and Princeton.
The company's self-driving platform is capable of handling the most complex and dynamic road scenarios in cities around the world. AutoX is the first and currently the only company in China offering a fully automated driverless robotaxi service on public roads without safety drivers.
"Democratizing Autonomy" means providing universal access to mobility with superhuman safety. The company aims to build a self-driving vehicle in which safety is the highest priority. Its comprehensive approach to artificial intelligence algorithms and large-scale simulation enables a safety level that exceeds human safety.
AutoX's innovative artificial intelligence goes beyond the lab, as it is built for real, complex traffic scenarios. The company's mission is to bring autonomous driving into everyone's everyday life and make it accessible to all.
