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Riders book through the Didi app, can change destinations mid-trip, and can trigger an emergency stop. The service area covers high-traffic nodes including subway stations, schools, and shopping centers in the designated demonstration zone.\n\nThe December 2025 launch followed years of supervised test operations and earlier permit grants in Guangzhou and Beijing. Didi Autonomous Driving (DiDi Chuxing's L4 AV subsidiary) integrates its own AV stack into DiDi's ride-hailing network. The company's joint venture with GAC-Aion, Guangzhou Andi Technology, is developing the R2 production vehicle targeted for broader commercial deployment.\n\nCap-flags: the paid-versus-free status of the trial is not confirmed in available sources; the service may be fare-free or invite-only during the trial period. The operational zone is a designated demonstration area, not city-wide service. Mileage and fleet-size metrics are company-reported without independent verification.","keyFacts":[{"label":"Launch date","value":"December 1, 2025"},{"label":"Zone","value":"Guangzhou Huangpu district demonstration area"},{"label":"Service","value":"24/7 fully driverless ride-hailing via Didi app"},{"label":"Supervision","value":"No safety driver (fully driverless)"},{"label":"Production vehicle","value":"GAC-Aion JV (Guangzhou Andi Technology) R2, targeted for scale"}],"reviewNote":null,"exposureHours":null,"exposureBasis":null,"customerSegment":null,"scaleTier":null,"contractValueUsd":null,"contractValueBasis":null,"customerCompanyId":null,"customerExternalName":null,"createdAt":"2026-06-11T15:12:49.592Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-12T00:12:20.126Z","model":{"id":"0976c93b-2d2e-40b8-af40-cdbe901877b6","companyId":"109e775b-3c8b-4c61-97a5-d7734197fdf2","modelName":"Didi Robotaxi","slug":"didi-robotaxi","description":"Didi Autonomous Driving, the autonomous-vehicle subsidiary of the Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing, is a distinct Level-4 robotaxi stack developer rather than a ride-hailing aggregator, and the one genuine missing active Chinese robotaxi operator beyond Baidu, Pony.ai, and WeRide. It launched a fully-driverless robotaxi service in Guangzhou's demonstration zone in December 2025 and reports more than 3,000 Level-4 test vehicles across eleven cities including Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou with over 80 million cumulative kilometers, integrating its own stack into Didi's ride-hailing network in a captive structure paralleling the Waymo Driver. It raised a 2 billion yuan, roughly $281 million, Series D in October 2025 from GAC Group, Beijing funds, and Didi Group, for about $1.83 billion across seven rounds including the SoftBank Vision Fund, and runs a joint venture with GAC-Aion called Guangzhou Andi Technology with an R2 production model. The registry records it at early, zone-limited driverless commercial maturity. Several cap-flags apply: the paid-versus-free status of the December 2025 Guangzhou driverless service is not explicitly confirmed in sources and should be verified before asserting commercial-paid operation, the 3,000-vehicle, eleven-city, and 80-million-kilometer figures are company-reported test-fleet rather than commercial-revenue numbers, and the total-funding figure includes aggregator-derived round history. On the public-versus-private verification axis, unlike the NASDAQ-listed Pony.ai and WeRide whose SEC filings give stronger verification, Didi Autonomous Driving is a private subsidiary of Didi Chuxing, which delisted from the NYSE in 2021, so its robotaxi metrics carry the weaker private-company and Chinese-market-disclosure verification posture.","formFactor":"av","maturityStage":"pilot","lifecycleState":"active","supersededByModelId":null,"specs":{"notes":[{"label":"Verified (the one genuine missing active operator)","value":"Didi Autonomous Driving (Didi Chuxing's AV subsidiary) is a distinct L4 AV-stack developer (not an aggregator). Launched a fully-driverless robotaxi service in Guangzhou's demonstration zone Dec 2025. Raised RMB 2B (~$281M) Series D Oct 2025 (GAC Group, Beijing funds, Didi Group); ~$1.83B raised total over 7 rounds (incl. SoftBank Vision Fund). GAC-Aion JV 'Guangzhou Andi Technology'; R2 production model. maturity=commercial (early/zone-limited driverless). Captive AV stack integrated into Didi's ride-hailing network (parallels the Waymo-Driver captive structure)."},{"label":"Cap-flag","value":"Paid-vs-free ride status of the Dec-2025 Guangzhou driverless service is NOT explicitly confirmed in sources (verify before asserting commercial-paid). The '3,000+ vehicles / 11 cities / 80M+ km' figures are company-reported (test fleet, not commercial-revenue fleet) - cap-flag. ~$1.83B total funding includes aggregator-derived round history."},{"label":"Editorial (public-vs-private verification)","value":"Unlike NASDAQ-listed Pony.ai (PONY) + WeRide (WRD) whose SEC filings give stronger verification, Didi Autonomous Driving is a private subsidiary of Didi Chuxing (which delisted from NYSE in 2021) - its robotaxi metrics carry the private-company / Chinese-market-disclosure verification posture, weaker than the listed peers."}],"specs":"Didi Autonomous Driving (Didi Chuxing's AV unit): own L4 robotaxi stack integrated with Didi's ride-hailing network. Launched fully-driverless robotaxi in Guangzhou's demonstration zone Dec 2025; 3,000+ L4 test vehicles across 11 cities (Beijing/Shanghai/Guangzhou), 80M+ km cumulative (company-reported). GAC-Aion JV 'Guangzhou Andi Technology' (2024) + R2 production model. Distinct AV-stack developer, NOT a ride-hailing aggregator.","formFactor":"av (autonomous robotaxi; L4; commercial early / zone-limited driverless)"},"manufacturerSerial":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://chinaevhome.com/2025/10/11/didi-autonomous-driving-secures-281-million-funding-l4-model-with-gac-aion-to-deliver-by-year-end/","title":"Didi Autonomous Driving raises RMB 2B (~$281M) Series D (Oct 2025); GAC-Aion L4 model","sourceName":"ChinaEVHome"},{"url":"https://www.caixinglobal.com/2026-04-13/to-make-autonomous-driving-a-viable-business-add-robotaxis-to-ride-hailing-networks-didi-executive-says-102433616.html","title":"Didi: add robotaxis to ride-hailing networks (commercial-viability framing)","sourceName":"Caixin Global"},{"url":"https://cnevpost.com/2025/12/didi-autonomous-driving-guangzhou-driverless/","title":"Didi launches fully-driverless robotaxi in Guangzhou demonstration zone (Dec 2025)","sourceName":"CnEVPost"},{"url":"https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0001764757&type=6-K","title":"DiDi Global Inc. 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