Robotaxi Geo-Fenced Commercial Testbed

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Guangzhou is one of China's busiest robotaxi testbeds. WeRide has piloted driverless taxis with the Baiyun fleet since 2019; Pony.ai won a dedicated 100-car taxi licence in 2022; DiDi gained a remote, safety-operator-free testing permit in 2022; and Baidu's Apollo Go also operates here. By 2025 several run fully driverless commercial service.

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Sources

↗ TechCrunch (press)Pony.ai's 2022 Guangzhou taxi licence for 100 robotaxis — first AV-only taxi licence in China.
↗ Gasgoo (trade press)DiDi's driverless ride-hailing trials in Guangzhou (2022 remote-testing permit).
↗ WeRide (operator)WeRide's Guangzhou (Huangpu) 24/7 fully driverless robotaxi service; pilot began 2019.
↗ IEEE Spectrum (press)Context on China's robotaxi operators (Baidu, Pony.ai, WeRide) and fleet scale.
📎 Cite this project

1001 Smart Cities (2026). “Robotaxi Geo-Fenced Commercial Testbed” — Guangzhou, China. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/guangzhou-autonomous-transit/ (last verified 2026-07-18). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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