ChinaChina’s Neolix announced nearly $400 million for driverless vans.
Total funding now exceeds 10 billion yuan, with an Alibaba-affiliated fund joining the round.
Industry sources say vans stall at gates and absent customers, so Meituan shifted to short branch-line transport.
A person close to Meituan said van-courier trials in dense districts ran slower than couriers alone.
Meituan has pushed this year’s promotion reviews to year-end so staff can count its new van launch.
How each outlet framed it
- TMTPost
- frames driverless delivery as a shift from technologists to operations executives, tracing Meituan's unit from tech-first to proving commercial viability
Sources: TMTPost