Services in Shanghai
Baidu Apollo Go Open to the public
No one in the driver’s seat · Book in: Apollo Go app / mini-program, Dazhong Transportation app · Since April 2023
About 25 sq km around Jinqiao in Pudong at launch (Aug 2025), weekdays 9am-6pm, fixed stops
Run with taxi firm Dazhong Transportation; supervised test rides in Jiading from April 2023, then a Pudong driverless licence in July 2025.
Sources: Baidu (SEC Form 6-K), November 18, 2025; China Daily, September 10, 2025; KrASIA, July 28, 2025. Checked November 8, 2026.
Pony.ai Open to the public
No one in the driver’s seat · Book in: PonyPilot app, PonyPilot WeChat mini-program · Since August 2025
Jinqiao and Huamu in Pudong at launch; weekdays 7:30am-9:30pm
Run with Jin Jiang Transport; stops include the Pudong government offices, Century Park and LaLaport.
Sources: Pony AI (SEC Form 6-K), August 18, 2026; Gasgoo, August 4, 2025. Checked November 8, 2026.
SAIC Open to the public
Some rides with no one in the driver’s seat · Book in: Lin-gang Travel WeChat mini-program, Xiangdao Chuxing app · Since December 2021
Lin-gang: 58 fixed stops, 8am-8pm; plus a Shanghai Disney Resort to Pudong airport route · Airport: Pudong (PVG) from Shanghai Disney Resort; free pilot with a safety operator in the driver's seat (Aug 2025) · Uses freeways
Public test rides with safety drivers began in Jiading in December 2021 through the SAIC Mobility (Xiangdao) app. Lin-gang rides with Qiangsheng Taxi are paid (from 16 yuan) and billed as driverless; the Disney-airport route is free and keeps a safety operator because it uses highways. Momenta supplies the self-driving system for the Pudong fleet.
Sources: China EV Home, July 20, 2026; China Daily, September 10, 2025; China Daily, August 21, 2025; Lin-gang Special Area Administration, August 15, 2025; Reuters via Yahoo Finance, December 7, 2021. Checked November 8, 2026.
What changed
SAIC, Shanghai: Opened a free pilot route between Shanghai Disney Resort and Pudong airport, bookable in the Xiangdao app. (China Daily)
Baidu Apollo Go, Shanghai: Started driverless rides around Jinqiao with taxi firm Dazhong Transportation. (China Daily)
SAIC, Shanghai: Began paid L4 robotaxi rides at 58 stops in Lin-gang with Qiangsheng Taxi (China Daily)
Pony.ai, Shanghai: Opened driverless public rides in Jinqiao and Huamu, Pudong, with Jin Jiang Transport. (Gasgoo)
Baidu Apollo Go, Shanghai: Licensed to run fully driverless robotaxis in Pudong. (KrASIA)