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pony.ai gets approval to conduct robotaxi road tests on some expressways in shenzhen

2024-08-29

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it home reported on august 29 that according to official news from pony.ai, the company recently obtained shenzhen's intelligent connected vehicle expressway testing license, becoming the first autonomous driving company in shenzhen to obtain this license. after obtaining this license, pony.ai can conduct robotaxi road tests on expressways such as the guangzhou-shenzhen yanjiang expressway, nanping expressway, and shuiguan expressway.

it home learned that in order to obtain shenzhen's intelligent connected vehicle expressway testing license, autonomous driving companies need to undergo autonomous driving function testing by relevant nationally recognized institutions, including the ability to handle special scenarios such as gate driving, passing through toll stations, passing through service areas, passing through tunnels and congested scenarios.

since 2022, pony.ai has provided autonomous driving manned demonstration application services in shenzhen. currently, pony.ai's operations in shenzhen cover core areas such as qianhai, bao'an central district, nanshan houhai, and shenzhen bay. users can choose to get on and off at nearly 1,500 stations. the operating hours are from 7:30 am to 10:00 pm, and users can call autonomous driving vehicles through the pony.ai taxi app.

as of now, pony.ai has accumulated more than 35 million kilometers of autonomous driving road test mileage, of which unmanned autonomous driving test mileage exceeds 3.5 million kilometers.