On January 23, at GAC Aion's Guangzhou factory, the new - generation L4 - level Robotaxi, the R2, which was jointly developed by GAC Aion and DiDi Autonomous Driving, officially kicked off mass production and delivery. This vehicle is tailor - made for commercial operations. It comes with 33 high - precision sensors and a computing brain boasting over 2000TOPS of computational power. These features not only help cut costs by 74% but also enable it to obtain dual five - star safety certifications from both China and Europe. It is planned that by 2026, the R2 will be rolled out in stages for demonstration applications in cities like Guangzhou and Beijing.
