Neolix is a Chinese maker of autonomous delivery vans. By mid-2026 it had put around 1,200 unmanned delivery vans on the roads of Qingdao, with a target of 4,000 by year-end. The vans are permitted to drive at any time but may make deliveries only in off-peak daytime hours. Neolix runs business-to-business services, such as delivering meat from markets to restaurants; the human drivers it displaces tend to be older workers in unsafe three-wheelers, a niche young people avoid. Senior officials in Shandong province want 15,000 driverless short-delivery vehicles on its roads by the end of 2027.
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