Car dealer Yongda orders 400 UBTECH U1 Pro humanoids for showrooms

The Paper says the U1 Pro is the high-spec full-body version of the U1 series of full-size ultra-bionic humanoids that UBTECH launched in June 2026, and that it sells for RMB 169,800 each[1]. National Business Daily reports the same RMB 169,800 figure as the current listing price on JD.com[4]. The Paper estimates that 400 units at that price come to about RMB 67.92 million[1]. National Business Daily says that, at the JD.com listing price, the order exceeds RMB 65 million[4]. Those totals are the newsrooms' arithmetic on the published unit price. The companies did not disclose a contract value, and the reports publish the list-price estimates instead[1][4].

On the consumer side, the agreement covers product experience, sales promotion and customer service[1][2]. The Paper says the companies will explore a replicable consumer sales-and-service model for robots[1]. Sina Tech says they will use the U1 series as the entry point, that Yongda's first purchase of 400 U1 Pro units is for product experience, sales promotion and customer service, and that the aim is a consumer sales-and-service model for bionic humanoids that can be copied and promoted[2]. National Business Daily says the first batch will be used for product experience, sales promotion and customer service, among other things[4].

On the industry side, The Paper places the work in car retail scenarios: demand research, solution design, and sales and leasing[1]. Sina Tech places it in car retail service scenarios, with demand research, solution design, product sales and leasing[2]. The Paper says the two sides will jointly pursue secondary development of embodied intelligence technology, refine the solutions and land projects, and form an industry solution that can be promoted[1]. Sina Tech describes joint secondary development of embodied-intelligence application technology, solution optimisation and project implementation, aimed at an industry application that can be replicated[2].

Yicai, citing UBTECH, says the cooperation spans consumer product sales, industry application development, experience and delivery services, and data and ecosystem collaboration[3]. Yicai says the companies will use that work to expand robot sales in consumer and industry markets and to put embodied intelligence into commercial use[3]. Sina Tech lists the same four areas, and says UBTECH's product and technology capability will be joined to Yongda's market, customers and service resources, from promotion through deployment and ongoing operations[2].

The companies plan to build an experience and showcase centre in Shanghai for UBTECH's full range of robots[1][2][4]. Sina Tech says the centre is meant to combine product display, interactive experience, customer exchange, sales promotion and displays of commercial applications[2].

Sina Tech says the companies will draw on Yongda's East China outlets and team resources, choose suitable cities and sites, and try shop-in-shop and joint display formats, with experience events that combine robots and artificial intelligence education products[2]. The Paper describes those shop-in-shop and joint display trials, and the education-product events, as a choice of suitable cities and outlets[1]. The Paper and Sina Tech both say the companies will build out delivery, operations and after-sales capability and extend a sales and service network[1][2]. A store count, a list of the cities those stores are in, and a payment schedule were not disclosed[1][2][4].

UBTECH's U1 Pro page describes a 1:1 full-size ultra-bionic humanoid. Its heading reads "Pioneering the Mass Production of 1:1 Full-Size Ultra-Bionic Humanoids"[5]. Under the label "Natural Human Proportions" it lists a female height of 168 cm and a male height of 183 cm[5]. It describes a facial system it titles "33-Axis Facial Tendon Network", with 19 active degrees of freedom driving lifelike micro-expressions[5].

UBTECH has put a number on the first large ultra-bionic order it has disclosed: 400 U1 Pro units for a car dealer's experience, promotion and service work, with delivery planned within 2026, a Shanghai centre, and shop trials that Sina Tech places on Yongda's East China outlets[1][2][4]. The contract price is unpublished. The Paper's figure of about RMB 67.92 million, and National Business Daily's figure of more than RMB 65 million, are estimates from the RMB 169,800 list price[1][4]. The number of stores, the cities of those stores, and the payment schedule were not disclosed[1][2][4]. Spectrum has covered a separate warehouse letter of intent, GXO and Apptronik's plan for up to 1,000 Apollo humanoids, announced on 12 November 2026.