Driverless rides in Shenzhen, China
As of November 11, 2026, three services give rides to the public in Shenzhen: WeRide, booked in the Shenba Chuxing (深巴出行) mini-program; Apollo Go, booked in the Apollo Go app; and Pony.ai, booked in the PonyPilot+ app, or booked in WeChat Mobility Services. DiDi Autonomous Driving and Momenta are testing there. AutoX's service has ended. Pony.ai runs with no one in the driver’s seat.
Data updated · Last verified
Services in Shenzhen
| Operator | Service | Status | Who can ride | How to book | Hours | Fares | Driver | Last verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WeRide | ShuttleShenzhen (Luohu) | Public preview | Open to public | Shenba Chuxing (深巴出行) mini-program | — | Not verified | — | Oct 28, 2026 |
| Apollo Go | Robotaxi | Public | Open to public | Apollo Go app | — | Paid | — | Oct 13, 2026 |
| Pony.ai | Robotaxi | Public | Open to public | PonyPilot+ app or WeChat Mobility Services | — | Paid | Unsupervised | Oct 12, 2026 |
| DiDi Autonomous Driving | Robotaxi | Testing | No public rides | — | — | No public service | — | Oct 12, 2026 |
| Momenta | Robotaxi | Testing | No public rides | — | — | No public service | — | Oct 28, 2026 |
| AutoX | Robotaxi | Discontinued | No public rides | — | — | No public service | — | Oct 28, 2026 |
How to ride here
WeRide
weride.ai, Oct 28, 2026
Apollo Go
finance.eastmoney.com, Oct 13, 2026
Pony.ai
Map and area
WeRide: WeRide robobus on Shenzhen Bus Group's Luohu B888 line, between Luohu Port and 万象食家 in both directions, booked in Shenzhen Bus Group's Shenba Chuxing mini-program.
Apollo Go: Driverless robotaxi service in Nanshan, Bao'an and Pingshan districts, with fully driverless commercial operations since June 2023. Shenzhen's revised intelligent connected vehicle regulation (July 2026) allows citywide road opening and commercial pilots to be explored. Community-drawn service area, about 71 sq mi (185 km²), from an open dataset. AVwhere has not traced or verified it; see Credits & licences.
Pony.ai: Fully driverless paid service under a citywide driverless permit held with Shenzhen Xihu, operating in Nanshan (including Shekou and Overseas Chinese Town), Qianhai and Bao'an, with service to Bao'an International Airport, Shekou Cruise Homeport and Shenzhen Bay Port. Pony.ai reported more than 10,000 pickup and drop-off stops in November 2025.
DiDi Autonomous Driving: Public-road testing only: DiDi says its R2 robotaxi has been tested on public roads in Guangzhou, Beijing, Shenzhen and other cities since delivery in January 2026. No passenger service in Shenzhen has been announced.
Momenta: Momenta received a Shenzhen intelligent connected vehicle road-testing permit for its robotaxi on July 21, 2026, and coverage of its first-half results says robotaxi testing is under way in Shanghai, Suzhou, Wuxi and Shenzhen. The permit's roads and scope were not published. No passenger service.
AutoX: AutoX ran China's first fully driverless robotaxi pilot open to the public in Pingshan district from January 2021 (168 sq km), received Shenzhen's first fully driverless fare-charging commercial pilot qualification for Pingshan in May 2023 and a second for Bao'an in January 2024, with driverless testing in Nanshan. AutoX has since shut down all of its China operations.
Latest updates
- Fully driverless R2 service trials begin in Beijing and Guangzhou demonstration areas DiDi Autonomous Driving press release Officially verified
- Q2 2026 results: fleet of 1,975 robotaxis, Guangzhou and Shenzhen coverage grows Pony.ai blog Officially verified
- Momenta gets a Shenzhen robotaxi road-testing permit Momenta Officially verified
Questions
Can I ride today?
WeRide, Apollo Go and Pony.ai: Yes. Anyone can ride.
DiDi Autonomous Driving, Momenta and AutoX: No public rides. No passenger service is available to the public here.
How do I book?
WeRide: Shenba Chuxing (深巴出行) mini-program.
Apollo Go: Apollo Go app.
Pony.ai: PonyPilot+ app or WeChat Mobility Services.
DiDi Autonomous Driving, Momenta and AutoX: No public booking channel listed.
Is anyone in the driver’s seat?
WeRide, Apollo Go, DiDi Autonomous Driving, Momenta and AutoX: AVwhere has not confirmed this.
Pony.ai: Rides run without a safety supervisor on board.
Sources and limitations
- WeRide · weride.ai · Last verified Oct 28, 2026Added from WeRide's Chinese service directory (weride.ai/zh/services); not yet in the coverage sheet. The directory's status field for this entry is blank, unlike the "open" entries. Fares and supervision not stated.
- Apollo Go · finance.eastmoney.com · Last verified Oct 13, 2026Added from Baidu results releases, partner and regulator statements and trade coverage; not yet in the coverage sheet. Whether every Shenzhen ride is fully driverless was not confirmed in the August 2026 report. The area shown is a community-drawn outline from the av-map-data dataset, drawn from the Apollo Go app in February 2026; it covers the Pingshan and Longgang area only, not Nanshan or Bao'an.No operator boundary data; the outline is from the av-map-data open dataset.
- Pony.ai · blog.pony.ai · Last verified Oct 12, 2026Added from Pony.ai announcements and filings; not yet in the coverage sheet. The citywide permit allows districts to be added over time; current coverage is in the app.
- DiDi Autonomous Driving · prnewswire.com · Last verified Oct 12, 2026Added from press coverage and regulator statements; not in the coverage sheet. Testing only; the 1-million-vehicle-by-2030 ambition is not a Shenzhen launch plan.
- Momenta · momenta.cn · Last verified Oct 28, 2026Added from Momenta announcements and results coverage; not yet in the coverage sheet. Test roads not published; no passenger access.
- AutoX · theverge.com · Service area: qbitai.com · Last verified Oct 28, 2026Added from press coverage and regulator statements; not in the coverage sheet. Kept as a discontinued listing for the record; there is no service. The former service used the AutoX app, with Amap integration reported in 2022.
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