# AutoX RoboTaxi: robot model

Canonical ID: `02b7e287-5c33-4906-bfec-2041d1d82692`

**Lifecycle:** discontinued. The product or service is no longer actively pursued by the maker.

- **Slug:** autox-robotaxi
- **Form factor:** av
- **Maturity stage:** commercial
- **Lifecycle:** discontinued
- **Deployments registered:** 0

## Specs

- **notes:** [object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
- **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)

## Deployments

_No deployments registered for this model._

## Supply chain

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this model's suppliers._

_Suppliers appear when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## Common questions

### What is AutoX RoboTaxi?

AutoX (founded in August 2016 by Jianxiong Xiao, known as Professor X, a former Princeton assistant professor; based in Shenzhen and California and 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. The registry records it at commercial maturity to reflect that historical peak, with a discontinued lifecycle state: AutoX has wound down its China robotaxi operations entirely, with China operations divested, offices closed, and the brand discontinued, while 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. This follows the active-retired split, with maturity reflecting the historical commercial peak and lifecycle reflecting the wind-down. 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 rather than primary-sourced, the exact wind-down date is unconfirmed with the company having gone quiet around 2022 to 2023 and completing the wind-down around 2024 to 2025, and Tensor's planned second-half-2026 consumer-robocar launch is a forward-looking claim rather than a shipped product.

### Who makes AutoX RoboTaxi?

AutoX RoboTaxi is made by AutoX, based in Shenzhen, China, founded in 2016.

### Where is AutoX RoboTaxi deployed?

No verified deployments of AutoX RoboTaxi are currently on the DEPLOY registry. DEPLOY records deployments only when verified at a named site with a primary source; absence may reflect pre-deployment, research, or manufacturer-internal use.

### What is AutoX RoboTaxi's maturity stage?

AutoX RoboTaxi is at the commercial stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Commercial stage means production-grade deployments are operating at named customer sites.

### Is AutoX RoboTaxi still being made?

AutoX RoboTaxi is discontinued: the product line is permanently ceased; historical records remain on the registry.


## Sources (4)

1. https://www.therobotreport.com/autox-shenzhen-robotaxi-service-opens-to-public/
2. https://www.techbuzz.ai/articles/tensor-claims-first-consumer-robocar-launch-but-it-s-really-autox
3. https://carbuzz.com/chinese-level-4-robotaxi-startup-tensor-autox/
4. https://www.therobotreport.com/rbr50-company-2021/autox/

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