China
Robotaxis in Shanghai
Supervised2 operators: Pony.ai, Apollo Go (Baidu)
Shanghai, China has supervised robotaxi service.
technode.com· Jul 2025medium
Service
Who Runs Robotaxis Here
- Pony.aiSupervisedLidar
- Book viaOwn app
Paid fares in about 300 sq mi of central Shanghai; a safety officer rode in the passenger seat (Jul 2025).
technode.com· Jul 2025medium - Apollo Go (Baidu)SupervisedLidar
- Book viaOwn app
Paid fares in about 300 sq mi of central Shanghai; a safety officer rode in the passenger seat (Jul 2025).
technode.com· Jul 2025medium
Fares
Known Fares and Figures
No published fares yet for this market. Operators do not publish city-level prices.
Rules
Regulation
3of 5
Gated commercialModelled: our estimate, medium confidence
Driverless paid service under case-by-case permits
Research rubric level for Chinese first-tier cities. New permits were frozen nationwide from April to July 2026 after the Wuhan outage.
- -5Regulator freeze in the last 12 months
Jurisdiction CN-SH · outlook stablecnevpost.com· Apr 2026mediummodelled
Tracker
Recent Events
- Permit
China suspends new robotaxi permits nationwide after the Wuhan outage
The freeze lasted from April to July 2026.
cnevpost.com· Apr 2026medium