Tensor’s world's first personal robocar rolling into CES 2026!

Tensor, a leading agentic AI company, is shifting the automotive landscape with the unveiling of the world's first personally owned autonomous vehicle—Tensor Robocar. By redefining the future of embodied AI, agent, AI defined vehicle, privacy, and safety, Tensor empowers individuals to truly Own Your Autonomy.

Built on a decade of proprietary engineering prowess, advanced artificial intelligence (AI), and a ground up design for autonomous and agentic vehicles, the Tensor Robocar reimagines what a personal vehicle can be. As a pioneer creating a new category, Tensor offers a first-of-its-kind experience—liberating individuals through choice, privacy, and true ownership of their own AI. 

"When the world shifts, how will you move?" said Amy Luca, Chief Marketing Officer at Tensor. "We are building a world where individuals own their personal AGI agents, enhancing freedom, privacy and autonomy. With Tensor, we're introducing the world's first personal Robocar, ushering in the era of AI defined vehicles. This isn't a car as we know it. It's an embodied personal agent that moves you. It's time to Own Your Autonomy."

World's first robocar for volume production
Tensor isn't adapted for autonomy as an afterthought—it's designed and built for it. Every contour and system has been engineered from the ground up to serve AI perception, safety, and reliability. With over 100 seamlessly integrated sensors, Tensor offers uncompromised visibility—free from the constraints of legacy vehicle design.

Radar-transparent materials, unobstructed lidar sightlines, and a low hood profile all reflect a safety-first philosophy. At its core, Tensor's advanced electrical and electronic architecture delivers full-stack redundancy—across power, communications, and control—ensuring fail-operational performance in any scenario. This is not just a new car—it's a fundamentally new kind of vehicle, purpose-built for the autonomous and agentic era.

Tensor is powered by the world's most vertically integrated Level 4 autonomy stack. Its sensor suite includes 37 cameras, 5 lidars, 11 radars, 22 microphones, 10 ultrasonic sensors, 3 IMUs, GNSS, 16 collision detectors, 8 water-level detectors, 4 tire-pressure sensors, 1 smoke detector, and triple-channel 5G. This extraordinary level of hardware and software vertical integration sets a new benchmark in automotive sensing.

Driving it all is Tensor's advanced AI, built on the Tensor Foundation Model. Unlike traditional rule-based systems, it is entirely data-driven—learning perception, prediction, and planning from vast real-world and simulated datasets.

Based on Transformer architecture and advanced sensor fusion, it navigates challenging conditions—night, glare, fog, rain—with confidence. Tensor's dual-system AI mirrors human cognition: System 1 delivers fast, reflexive responses through imitation learning from expert drivers, while System 2 uses a sophisticated multimodal Visual Language Model to reason through rare and complex edge cases. Trained on proprietary and internet-scale visual data, it enables Tensor to handle the unexpected—not just the predictable.

World's first personal Level-4 robocar, beyond RoboTaxi
The overwhelming majority of new vehicles sold in the world today are purchased for personal use. Tensor is extending this ownership model into the future. The Tensor Robocar is the first volume-produced, consumer-ready autonomous vehicle—designed from the ground up for private ownership at scale.

While today's autonomous vehicles are primarily built as RoboTaxis—heavily maintained, depot-dependent fleets—Tensor represents a radical departure: a truly independent personal Robocar engineered to serve its owner, not its operator. Designed for real-world autonomy without daily technician oversight, Tensor brings unprecedented levels of self-reliance to consumer vehicles.

From intelligent sensor-cleaning systems with dedicated wipers and nozzles, to self-diagnosis, autonomous parking, charging, and even protective sensor covers when idle, Tensor anticipates and solves the challenges of everyday ownership. It performs its own startup checks, manages maintenance, updates over-the-air, and is always ready—whether parked in a garage with no signal or delivering itself for service.

More than just a car, Tensor is a self-sufficient embodied agent, designed from the ground up to operate autonomously, adapt intelligently, and put freedom and control back in the hands of the driver.

Tensor's RoboCar will be available in select global markets in the U.S., Europe, and the UAE.

Coming @ CES
In January 2026 at CES, Tensor has come in for the very first time, and we can't wait for the world to see it.

We're showcasing the first up-close look at a fundamental shift for individual drivers: the world's first personal, Level 4 autonomous Robocar built for private ownership. This is the start of a whole new era, and our core idea is simple: Own Your Autonomy.

CES debut is significant
CES is the Global Stage for Innovation and the ultimate venue for us to introduce our new category of AI-defined vehicles to the world's sharpest minds, global media, and industry leaders. We are here to show that the future belongs to the individual with an AI-defined vehicle—a vision powerful enough to attract major partners, including our recent one with Lyft, which has reserved hundreds of our Robocars for their luxury fleet operations.

Why Tensor is different?
Tensor is all about you—giving you independence, privacy, and control.

Your Data Stays Yours: We guarantee on-board data privacy. Your personal info is processed and stored right in the vehicle—not in the cloud.
Built for Brainpower: Tensor is engineered for Level 4 autonomy from the chassis up. It packs the world’s most powerful automotive AI supercomputer right inside, focusing on brainpower over horsepower.
An Intelligent Companion: Tensor is the world's first AI agentic vehicle. You can interact with it conversationally—you can even call or text your Robocar remotely like a friend!

Tensor and Autoliv debut world’s first foldable steering wheel
At Tensor, we believe the future of mobility is defined by the freedom to choose. In an industry-first collaboration with Autoliv, the worldwide leader in automotive safety, we have co-developed the world’s first foldable steering wheel for the Tensor Robocar. 

This groundbreaking innovation marks a transition from conceptual sketches to volume production, allowing the steering wheel to serve as a conventional manual control or retract seamlessly for Level 4 autonomous operation. This technology ensures that the Tensor Robocar remains the premier automotive-grade AI agentic vehicle for private ownership.

Cabin reimagined for freedom
This "Dual Mode" design addresses a critical evolution in autonomous vehicle interiors. While high-level automation provides a transformative user experience, the traditional steering wheel often remains a static obstacle that limits passenger comfort and cabin flexibility. By clearing the driver’s area entirely during autonomous mode, we are reimagining the cabin as a multifunctional space that prioritizes personal freedom.

As Founder and CEO Dr. Jay Xiao noted, this approach combines the best of both worlds, giving customers the liberty to drive when they want and be driven when they don’t.

Adaptive safety without compromise
Safety remains our core priority, even as we redefine the interior landscape. The Tensor Robocar features an intelligent, adaptive airbag system that adjusts based on the chosen driving mode.

Autonomous mode: When the steering wheel is retracted, a passenger airbag integrated into the instrument panel is enabled.

Manual mode: During human-led driving, the system utilizes the airbag located within the steering wheel. Both configurations provide an equally high level of protection, ensuring peace of mind regardless of who or what is in control.

Future of ownership
This milestone reflects Tensor’s broader vision of personal AI autonomy and ownership. By introducing a physical interface that adapts to the driving scenario, we are establishing a new benchmark for how safety systems harmonize with the user experience.

As we prepare to bring the Tensor Robocar to the US, EU, and Middle East markets, we continue to champion a future where technology empowers the individual. At Tensor, we don't just build cars; we build the tools that allow you to own your autonomy.