TENSOR UNVEILS WORLD'S FIRST PERSONAL AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE FOR PRIVATE OWNERSHIP--REDEFINING THE FUTURE WHERE YOU OWN YOUR AUTONOMY

Tensor is the only fully autonomous L4 Robocar that you can own.

SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- 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."

The 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.

The 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 – and 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.

Safety Ensured with the Highest Specs

Purpose-built for SAE Level 4 autonomy, Tensor can operate entirely without driver input under defined conditions. Every element—from its chassis, electronics and electrical architecture to its precision sensor-cleaning systems and thermal management systems—has been meticulously and holistically engineered from the ground up. Even details like the washer fluid system are optimized to clean lidar and camera lenses, ensuring uninterrupted sensor visibility. Just like human eyes, key sensors even have protecting covers when the sensors are not in use. Imagine parking your private Tensor by the entry way for a week, the key sensors are shielded away from pollen, dust, sand, or other unwanted debris. This seamless integration of hardware and intelligence sets a new benchmark for automotive-grade autonomy—delivering maximum capability with zero compromise.

Tensor is designed to meet the world's most stringent automotive standards, including FMVSS, IIHS Top Safety Pick+, and US N-cap 5-Star ratings, along with rigorous European and GCC standards. Safety has been our core focus from the outset, engineered for autonomous, agentic, and electric vehicles. To prevent single points of failure, Tensor Robocar features full redundancy across sensors, communication links, drive-by-wire systems, power, and thermal management.

The World's First AI Agentic Car

The Tensor Robocar is more than autonomous—it's the world's first AI agentic car. Far beyond a basic voice assistant, Tensor enables natural, conversational interaction whether you're inside the cabin, nearby, connecting remotely via voice or text, or even waving at it like a friend. At its core is a state-of-the-art multimodal Large Language Model (LLM), embedded within an agentic framework that brings the entire vehicle to life. The AI agent continuously processes data from in-cabin cameras, microphones, and other sensors for perception, using the LLM for advanced reasoning, decision-making, and tool use. The Tensor software architecture is designed to be AI-native as a responsive and intelligent companion—one that supports, adapts, and evolves with you in ways no traditional vehicle ever could.

Privacy Isn't a Feature—It's the Foundation of Tensor

Your Robocar, your data. With Tensor, privacy isn't a feature—it's the foundation. Unlike cloud-dependent systems, all data on Tensor—users' location, preferences, and records—is processed and stored locally on the vehicle, ensuring security. Users can access their data via the end-to-end encrypted smartphone app or onboard interface, making data impossible to track, extract, or compromise without your consent. Additionally, physical camera covers and microphone off switches provide users with guaranteed privacy and discretion. Tensor offers unmatched security and privacy. Whether you're conducting confidential conversations or handling proprietary information, Tensor eliminates risk and reduces personal liability. Our AI doesn't just assist—it acts on your behalf, protects your privacy, and gives you total control over your digital self.

28 World Firsts

Tensor's Robocar is equipped with 28 world-firsts specifically designed to seamlessly integrate into the modern mobile lifestyle. It's the first personal Robocar — a fully autonomous, automotive-grade vehicle built for private ownership and mass production. It's also the world's first AI agentic vehicle, powered by a multimodal LLM that perceives, reasons, and takes action using tool-use capabilities through MCP protocols — all while learning your preferences with memory over time. Tensor is the first to natively support all levels of autonomy, from L0 to L4, and features a true Dual Mode design that lets you drive or be driven with seamless ease. And it reimagines the in-cabin experience with the world's first foldable steering wheel and sliding display — giving you more space, more flexibility, and a radically new way to interact with your vehicle. Tensor doesn't just move you — it moves the entire industry forward.

For the full list of Tensor Robocar features and vehicle specification, see more at  https://www.tensor.auto.

World Class Partnerships to Reach a new Height in Auto Tech

Tensor Robocar is made possible by leading strategic partners whose expertise in advanced technology and scalable manufacturing are essential for revolutionizing autonomous driving.

• World's Most Powerful AI Supercomputer in a Car - NVIDIA
  • NVIDIA powers Tensor Robocar's cutting-edge onboard supercomputer with 8,000 TOPs—enabling advanced AI and unparalleled safety through high redundancy systems.
• World Class Technologically Advanced Manufacturing Pipelines - VinFast
  • VinFast and Tensor are partnered to scale production at the VinFast Hai Phong factory in Vietnam, where every stage of manufacturing — from stamping and welding to painting and final assembly — will be carried out, paving the way for mass-market deployment.
• World Class Partnerships to Reach a new Height in Auto Tech
  • Tensor is partnered with a series of world class automotive industry leaders, including Autoliv, ZF, Bosch, Continental, Veoneer, Schaeffler, Batz, ARaymond, ITW, FEV, Omnex, HomeLink, Rocsys, Brose, and many others. Tensor is also partnered with a multitude of top automotive chip makers, including NVIDIA, AMD, NXP, TI, Qualcomm, Samsung, Broadcom, Infineon, Renesas, u-blox, muRata, Hamamatsu, ams OSRAM, Maxim, STMicroelectronics, indie Semiconductor, and cloud provider Oracle. The vehicle's groundbreaking features are a direct result of close collaboration with these leading companies in the industry.
  • Tensor has collaborated with Marsh, a leading global insurance broker and risk advisor, to provide the world's first insurance policy for Robocars.

Start of Delivery to Customers from 2026

Delivery is scheduled for the second half of 2026. To find out more information, follow the link https://www.tensor.auto.

Tensor Brand

Founded in Silicon Valley in 2016, we are an American company with our headquarters in San Jose, California.

Under our prior brand name, AutoX, we entered the China market in 2019 to launch a robotaxi fleet. These China operations have been fully divested and discontinued so we could focus on developing and launching Tensor.

We have evolved into Tensor, a consumer brand dedicated to delivering personalized, private, and autonomous technology for individual ownership. Our name, Tensor, reflects the strength, intelligence, and advanced AI that drives our commitment to innovation, security, and personal autonomy in transportation. This transition is both a strategic shift and a bold statement of our new business model—one centered on personal autonomy. For more, visit our website at https://www.tensor.auto and our official YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TensorAuto

We are proud to be an independent California-based company, operated and led by our U.S. employees. Headquartered in California, we maintain a global presence with regional offices in Spain, the UAE, and Singapore. The majority of our ownership is held by our US employees and investors from the UK, US, Japan, and South Korea.

About Tensor

Tensor is an American AI company dedicated to building agentic products that empower individual consumers. Our flagship product, the Tensor Robocar, is the world's first personal Robocar and the first AI agentic vehicle—fully autonomous, automotive-grade, and built for private ownership at scale. With native support for L0–L4 autonomy and a true Dual Mode design, you can choose to drive or be driven, enhanced by a foldable steering wheel and sliding display. Founded in 2016 in Silicon Valley, Tensor is headquartered in San Jose, California, with offices in Barcelona, Singapore, and Dubai. At Tensor, we champion personal AI autonomy and ownership. Our vision is to build a future where everyone owns their own Artificial General Intelligence—a personal AGI that enables more time, freedom, and autonomy. We're forging an alternative path where AGI serves only you, and is controlled solely by you. To those who share this vision: Own Your Autonomy.

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