China's Robot-Van Operators Shift Toward Night Deliveries as Shenzhen Routes Expand

China's autonomous-delivery operators are moving robot vans from daytime trials into nighttime logistics, using after-dark road access to move parcels when streets and transit capacity are underused. In Shenzhen, approved nighttime unmanned-delivery routes grew from 2 to 331 in three months, more than 100 vehicles were deployed, and June nighttime mileage topped 40,000 km under the city's nighttime road-access program.