DiDi Autonomous Driving · robotaxi
DiDi Autonomous Driving robotaxi
Shanghai pilot
DiDi's ride-hail robotaxi pilot in Shanghai, run by its autonomous unit that became a separate company in August 2019. Car models were not named in the source.
- Price
- —service only, not sold
- Autonomy
- Level 4No driver needed in its area
- Driverless
- Not yetSafety driver on board
- Fleet
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Range
- —Not published
Why it matters
DiDi's first robotaxi rides open to the public, booked in the main DiDi app.
Real-world use
From 27 June 2020 approved members of the public could book test rides on set roads in Shanghai's Jiading district, with a safety officer in every car.
Maker
DiDi Autonomous DrivingCompanyHow it drives
Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.
- Driverless status
- Safety driver on board
- Where it runs
- Shanghai Jiading district (2020)
- SAE level
- Level 4: drives itself with no one at the controls inside its approved area
Public attention
How much public attention DiDi Autonomous Driving robotaxi (Shanghai pilot) gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
- 1 reported deployment
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-13; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
No component details published yet.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- How it runs
- Supervised. Works by itself while a person watches and steps in.
Lineage
Every DiDi Autonomous Driving vehicle in order.
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not publishedservice only, not sold
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
Where it works
1 reported deployment.
- Pilot
DiDi Autonomous Driving · Jiading district · Shanghai · since 2020-06-27
DiDi opened a robotaxi pilot to the public on certain roads in Shanghai's Jiading district, with a safety officer in every car. CnEVPost
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every robot: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | DiDi Autonomous Driving robotaxi (Shanghai pilot)DiDi Autonomous Driving |  Zoox robotaxiZoox (Amazon)Same job: ride-hail · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  Apollo Moon (5th-gen robotaxi, ARCFOX version)Baidu Apollo with BAIC ARCFOXSame job: ride-hail · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  Pony.ai Lexus RX robotaxiPony.aiSame job: ride-hail · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2020-06-27 | 2020-12-14 | 2021-06-17 | 2019 |
| Status | Pilot use | Commercial | Pilot use | Pilot use |
| Height | — | — | — | — |
| Weight | — | — | — | — |
| Joints | — | — | — | — |
| Speed | — | 121 km/h | — | — |
| Payload | — | — | — | — |
| Battery | — | — | — | — |
| Price | — | — | $75,000 | — |
Sources
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