Pony.ai launches driverless passenger transport service in central Shanghai

Recently, at the 2024 World Artificial Intelligence Conference, Pony.ai was one of the first batch to obtain a demonstration application license for driverless intelligent connected cars in Shanghai, which means that on the 205-kilometer route in Pudong, the central city of Shanghai, passengers can pass "small "Mazhixing" mobile app of the same name makes an appointment to ride a Robotaxi without a driver.

This is another milestone after Pony.ai obtained fully unmanned passenger transportation licenses in Beijing, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen. It means that Pony.ai’s autonomous driving passenger transportation service officially covers Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen. Four super first-tier cities.

Pony.ai brought the sixth-generation Toyota Sienna autonomous passenger car (Robotaxi) to the World Artificial Intelligence Conference, and also provided citizens with an unmanned autonomous driving shuttle service experience. . The total length of this experience route is nearly 4 kilometers. It runs from the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center driverless venue to and from the Shanghai World Expo InterContinental Hotel, passing through two popular stations, the World Expo Center Station and the China Art Palace Station. Neighboring citizens can call a taxi through the "Pony.ai" taxi-hailing software and experience customized routes for the World Artificial Intelligence Conference.

The demonstration application of driverless intelligent connected cars in Shanghai further realizes the integration between Pudong andThe interconnection of the autonomous driving test roads in the Lingang New Area covers the entire Jinqiao Economic and Technological Development Zone, as well as the "North-South Science and Technology Innovation Corridor" roads such as Pudong Shenjiang Road, Hunan Highway, and Lianggang Highway, passing through multiple subway stations, Business districts and industrial parks fully meet citizens’ daily travel needs. In this area, users can ride in self-driving vehicles for free by placing an order through the "Pony.ai" taxi-hailing software.

Editor in charge: Wu Haotian