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ZTO Express x Inceptio Technology

ZTO Express partnered with Inceptio Technology to deploy 400 autonomous heavy-duty trucks equipped with Inceptio's Xuanyuan autonomous driving system on freight corridors across China. The delivery marked one of the world's largest deployments of autonomous freight trucks.

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Type
deployment
Status
Activeoperating
Announced
2024-11-01
1.8 years ago
Start
2024-11-01
1.8 years ago
Active for
1.8 years

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ZTO Expressdeployer

China's largest express delivery company by parcel volume (19.4% market share in 2024), founded in 2002 and headquartered in Shanghai. Dual-listed on NYSE (ZTO) and HKEX (2057). ZTO operates one of China's largest autonomous delivery fleets with over 2,000 autonomous delivery vehicles (ADVs) as of October 2025, up from 350 in late 2024, and has deployed 400 Inceptio-powered autonomous heavy-duty trucks for freight corridor operations. The company [Also](/companies/also) uses 'Mini Yellow' sortation robots across its sorting centers for parcel processing.

HQShanghai, Chinazto.com1 partnerships

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Inceptio Technologytechnology provider

Inceptio Technology is a Chinese autonomous trucking company founded by CEO Julian Ma, developing self-driving truck technology for line-haul logistics. The company raised $678M over six funding rounds including $270M Series B and $120M from [Catl](/companies/catl), and targets mid-2028 for L4 commercialization.

HQShanghai, Chinainceptio.ai3 partnerships

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  1. https://www.fleetpoint.org/autonomous-vehicles/zto-express-take-delivery-of-400-autonomous-trucks/

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