Overview
- Geely, Afari Technology, and Caocao Mobility showed the EVA Cab at the Beijing show as a Level 4 robotaxi with plans for mass production and commercial service in 2027.
- Geely claims a 2,160‑line digital LiDAR that maps 25.92 million points each second and detects objects up to 600 meters away, paired with compute exceeding 3,000 TOPS from NVIDIA and Qualcomm chips.
- The cabin drops a driver seat and steering wheel for four seats facing each other and electric sliding doors, aiming to speed boarding and free up space for riders.
- Caocao set a goal to field 100,000 purpose‑built robotaxis by 2030, starting deployments in 2027 in Abu Dhabi, Hong Kong, and several mainland Chinese cities.
- Pilot operations are running in Hangzhou and Suzhou, and Caocao says a 100‑car fleet in Hangzhou won approval for driverless road tests without safety drivers, while broader rollout still needs city permits and independent safety checks.