Autonomy and agency

AutoX removes safety drivers from a 25-vehicle Shenzhen robotaxi fleet

AutoX began testing 25 robotaxis on public roads in Shenzhen without onboard safety drivers or remote operators, the first such fully driverless fleet test reported in China.

CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 1
TOWARD DOOM43confidence 92/100

Why it moved the index

The deployed fleet removed both onboard and remote human fallback from public-road testing, directly increasing consequential physical autonomy and competitive pressure. Its limited fleet, testing status, and lack of public rides bound magnitude, while direct company evidence and exact-timestamp reporting support high confidence.

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  1. R1
    Toward 43 · confidence 92

    New December 2020 fully driverless public-road fleet test absent from the durable corpus.

    11 Aug 2026