China's Omoway Announces a New Self-Driving Electric Scooter Named 'Omo X'

Electrek reports on the new Omo X, a scooter planned for release in 2026 that's "full of premium tech features that blur the lines between e-scooter and self-driving EV." At its recent launch in Jakarta, the Omo X didn't just sit pretty center stage, it actually drove itself onto the stage using its "Halo Pilot" system, which apparently comes complete with adaptive cruise control, remote summon, self-parking, and even automatic reversing and self-balancing at low speeds. This is legit autonomous behavior previously reserved for cars, now shrunk down and smoothed out for a two-wheeler. Under the hood — or rather, behind the sleek bodywork — Omoway's Halo architecture delivers collision warning, emergency-brake assist, blind spot monitoring, and V2V [vehicle-to-vehicle] communication.

The frame is modular, too. It can be reconfigured in step-through, straddle, or touring posture to suit casual riders, commuters, and motorcycle wannabes alike. That kind of flexibility isn't just a marketing gimmick, but rather it looks purpose-built to capture diverse motorcycle-heavy markets like Indonesia, which counts over 120 million two-wheelers and is quickly transitioning to electric models... It's tech-rich, head-turning, and seems built to evolve with software updates. The remote summon and AI-assisted features could genuinely simplify urban mobility, and tricks like automatically driving itself to a charging station sound legitimately useful...

[But] Omoway's vision here will have to carry extra sensors, actuators, and redundant systems to support those smart functions. With added costs and complexity, will riders in developing markets pay a premium, carry extra maintenance risk, or worry about obsolescence? Much hinges on Omoway's software support and local service networks.
The article reports a projected price around €3,500 (roughly $3,800). "And while Indonesia may have been the launchpad, global markets aren't off the table..."

No thank you

[BrendaEM]

Oddly, riding a scooter is supposed to be fun. At speed, it will likely need your cooperation, anyway. Gimmick.

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[RossCWilliams]

Oddly, scooters are major transportation modes in many countries. And a completely autonomous mode means it can be used without a rider. Aside from being able to park itself remotely, pizza delivery? Or bike sharing?

Oh wait, you're serious? Let me laugh harder

[algaeman]

Have these folks ever driven a scooter in a city in SE Asia? It is sensory overload for a human. I think it is highly unlikely that an automated system can be safe unless you take ~60-70% of the chaos out of the street.

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[drinkypoo]

TFA says it only self-balances at low speeds, so the only automation here besides adaptive cruise is self-parking. That is very much not self-driving on the street, but it's also potentially quite useful.

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[AmiMoJo]

As it mentions in the summary, it's not full self driving, it's just driver aids that are common in cars now. Cruise control that automatically maintains the distance to the car in front. Automatic emergency braking. Self parking and summon. The only bit specific to scooters is the self balancing. It seems like it only works at low speed and uses the steering system to do it, not a gyro or something like that.

Next up

[rossdee]

A self driving unicycle

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[ChunderDownunder]

Ah, the old Orwellian communist trope,

"two wheels good, one wheel better."

So IOW

[nospam007]

Instead of scooters blocking the sidewalk, these can go park themselves?