On September 8, CaoCao Inc., a leading shared mobility platform operator in China, released its ‘space-air-ground integrated’ shared mobility blueprint and announced a strategic partnership with Aerofugia, a low-altitude mobility technology company in China. The move marks a further deepening of the collaboration among Geely's ecological enterprises, and CaoCao Inc. will be the first to break through the physical limitations of urban ground transportation, leading the shared mobility industry into a new three-dimensional realm.
At the conference, CaoCao Inc. demonstrated a typical scenario for future mobility: users enter their pickup locations and destinations into CaoCao Inc.’s App, and the system will utilize AI algorithms to plan the optimal ‘space-air-ground integrated’ mobility path for users. Users can take a Robotaxi to the transfer hub, seamlessly transfer to an aerial craft, and quickly reach their final destination, achieving efficient mobility through "one platform", "one order", and "one journey".
Gong Xin, Executive Director and CEO of CaoCao Inc., said: "After more than a decade of rapid development, the shared mobility industry is entering the 3.0 stage, centered around Robotaxi. As the most important commercialization platform of Geely Holding Group's Robotaxi operations, CaoCao Inc. has always been down-to-earth and future-oriented. The ‘space-air-ground integrated mobility’ blueprint is CaoCao Inc.'s forward-looking plan for the future - aiming to create a new mobility experience and open up new growth space for the industry by establishing a seamless, three-dimensional transportation network."
In terms of Robotaxi, CaoCao Inc. launched the ‘CaoCao Zhixing’ autonomous driving platform in February this year and commenced pilot operations in Suzhou and Hangzhou. Starting in April 2025, the company began deploying a new-generation Robotaxi, which adopts Geely's latest redundant architecture design and deeply integrates CaoCao Inc.'s capabilities in automated order dispatch, remote safety assurance, travel cabin services, and asset digitization management. At the same time, CaoCao Inc. also collaborates with Geely and other business partners to develop the autonomous driving technology and purposed-built vehicles pre-installed with proprietary autonomous driving components and related applications.
In addition, CaoCao Inc. has entered into a strategic partnership with Geespace in July this year, whereby both parties will jointly explore the application of satellite communication and high-precision positioning technologies to the management and operation of Robotaxi. Vehicles operated under the ‘CaoCao Zhixing’ Platform will be fully equipped with satellite application products and services, and ‘CaoCao Zhixing’ will become the first mobility platform that fully integrates low-orbit satellite communication and centimeter-level high-precision positioning technologies in Robotaxi operations.
"The goal of CaoCao Inc. is not only to be a mobility service provider but also a builder and operator of future three-dimensional transportation ecosystems. We will collaborate closely with Geely's ecological partners, such as Aerofugia and Geespace, as well as more industrial partners, to build a ‘space-air-ground integrated’ intelligent mobility technology ecosystem, Gong Xin noted.