{"id":"02b7e287-5c33-4906-bfec-2041d1d82692","companyId":"817a5006-43be-442c-8018-451652d05731","modelName":"AutoX RoboTaxi","slug":"autox-robotaxi","description":"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.","formFactor":"av","maturityStage":"commercial","lifecycleState":"discontinued","supersededByModelId":null,"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)"},"manufacturerSerial":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://www.therobotreport.com/autox-shenzhen-robotaxi-service-opens-to-public/","title":"AutoX opens public fully-driverless RoboTaxi in Shenzhen (2021; 2nd globally)","sourceName":"The Robot Report"},{"url":"https://www.techbuzz.ai/articles/tensor-claims-first-consumer-robocar-launch-but-it-s-really-autox","title":"AutoX wound down China ops; founder rebranded the company as Tensor (US)","sourceName":"TechBuzz"},{"url":"https://carbuzz.com/chinese-level-4-robotaxi-startup-tensor-autox/","title":"Tensor (ex-AutoX) selling a privately-owned L4 robocar; US/Europe/UAE H2 2026","sourceName":"CarBuzz"},{"url":"https://www.therobotreport.com/rbr50-company-2021/autox/","title":"AutoX 2021 peak: driverless permits in 6 cities; SF operations center","sourceName":"The Robot Report"}],"aliases":["AutoX RoboTaxi","AutoX Gen5"],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"manufacturerTermForTeleop":null,"createdAt":"2026-06-03T22:04:29.119Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-03T22:04:29.119Z","jsonLd":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Product","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/autox-robotaxi","url":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/autox-robotaxi","name":"AutoX RoboTaxi","alternateName":["AutoX RoboTaxi","AutoX Gen5"],"description":"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.","identifier":"02b7e287-5c33-4906-bfec-2041d1d82692","category":"av","publisher":{"@id":"https://deploy.report/#organization"}}}