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DiDi and GAC Aion deliver first R2 robotaxi fleet; vehicle officially enters mass production

DiDi Autonomous DrivingDiDi Robotaxi R2

DiDi Autonomous Driving and GAC Aion delivered the first R2 fleet at GAC Aion's Guangzhou manufacturing facility, marking China's first mass-produced autonomous vehicle designed specifically for commercial robotaxi operations. The R2 is equipped with 33 sensors and a tri-domain computing platform delivering 2,000+ TOPS of processing power.

  • First Chinese mass-produced vehicle designed from the ground up for autonomous operation
  • R2 equipped with 33 sensors (cameras, LiDAR, radar) and tri-domain fusion computing
  • Production costs 74% lower than prior-generation autonomous vehicles
  • Initial deployment planned for Beijing and Guangzhou in 2026
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