Zelos · driverless delivery vehicle
Zelos Z5
2024 edition
A restyled, lower-drag Z5 with sensors built into the body and in-cab monitoring, sold at a much lower price with a quarterly software subscription. It is the core of Zelos's fleet of about 20,000 vehicles.
- Price
- $6,850Cheaper than 50%
- Autonomy
- Level 4No driver needed in its area
- Driverless
- In serviceDriverless in service
- Fleet
- ~20,000Reported; details below
- Speed
- —Not published
- Range
- —Not published
Why it matters
Cut the price of a 5-cubic-metre L4 robovan to under RMB 50,000, which helped trigger mass adoption by Chinese courier franchisees.
Real-world use
About 2,100 units were ordered on launch night in June 2024; it is Zelos's best-selling model (KrASIA, Feb 2026).
Maker
ZelosCompanyHow it drives
Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.
- Driverless status
- Driverless in service
- Where it runs
- 300+ Chinese cities; Singapore (LTA licence, late 2024), plus UAE, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia
- Fleet
- No model-specific count. Zelos-wide (all models): about 20,000 vehicles in early 2026 including the merged Cainiao fleet, operating in 300+ cities (KrASIA/36Kr, Feb 2026)
- Rides, miles or loads
- Zelos vehicles ran over 100,000 km per day combined (36Kr Japan, May 2025)
- SAE level
- Level 4: drives itself with no one at the controls inside its approved area
How it stacks up
Against other delivery pods that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
Zelos Z5 (2024 edition) costs less than 50% of the 4 other delivery pods that publish a price. Bars show the 4 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: height, weight, speed, payload, joints, battery.
Public attention
A hidden gem: a recent robot with full published specs that gets little attention so far.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
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
- Fully autonomous. Does its job with nobody at the controls.
Lineage
Every Zelos (Jiushi Zhixing) vehicle in order.
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- $6,850RMB 49,800 vehicle price plus autonomy software at RMB 7,000 per quarter (TMTPost Jul 2024; 36Kr Japan May 2025); USD at about RMB 7.27/USD, June 2024
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
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 | Zelos Z5 (2024 edition)Zelos (Jiushi Zhixing) | No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useCainiao GT-LiteCainiao (Alibaba Group); brand licensed to Zelos from 2026Same job: parcel delivery · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar price |  Neolix X6Neolix (Xinshiqi)Same job: parcel delivery · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  Neolix X3Neolix (Xinshiqi)Same job: parcel delivery · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2024-06-28 | 2025-06 | 2024 | 2024-05 |
| Status | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial |
| Height | — | — | — | — |
| Weight | — | — | — | — |
| Joints | — | — | — | — |
| Speed | — | — | 60 km/h | 50 km/h |
| Payload | — | — | 1000 kg | 500 kg |
| Battery | — | — | — | — |
| Price | $6,850 | $3,036 | — | — |
Sources
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