DiDi (滴滴) showcased R2, co-developed with GAC Aion (广汽埃安), featuring DiDi’s internally developed Level 4 autonomous-driving software and hardware.

R2 was presented as a next-generation robotaxi at the fifth Global Digital Trade Expo (全球数字贸易博览会). The supplied report says DiDi Autonomous Driving and GAC Aion jointly developed the vehicle. It uses DiDi’s full-stack, internally developed Level 4 autonomous-driving software and hardware.

The report describes multiple safety redundancies and broad operating capabilities. It characterizes the vehicle as offering perception and recognition across scenarios and adaptation to all-weather operating conditions. These are reported product capabilities; the supplied material does not include independent test results, a defined operating domain, disengagement statistics, or onboard-compute specifications.

The showcase accompanied a local strategic-cooperation agreement. DiDi and Yuhang District (余杭区) agreed to explore autonomous-driving industry applications in Hangzhou (杭州). The stated stage is cooperation and exploration, with no disclosed commercial fleet size, deployment timetable, investment amount, or operating authorization.