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Dr. James Peng, Pony.ai’s co-founder and CEO spoke in a keynote fireside chat at #MOVE2024 in London, UK yesterday to around 500 leading mobility industry executives. MOVE describes itself as “the world's number one tech mobility event, bringing together the people and companies redefining mobility.” James’ keynote fireside chat was moderated by Michael Dean, Global Head of Automotive Research at Bloomberg Intelligence. During James’ keynote fireside chat he talked about Pony.ai’s global expansion, especially the company’s focus on Europe and its recently signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. They also spoke about Pony.ai’s current fare-charging, fully driverless robotaxi operations in China and how autonomous vehicle technology is entering the commercialization era and mass production era, underscored by Pony.ai’s joint venture with Toyota and GAC Toyota. Through the joint venture, a fleet of a thousand robotaxis will be deployed in the first phase to provide fully driverless autonomous mobility services in Tier-1 cities across China.

Dr. James Peng, Pony.ai’s co-founder and CEO delivered a keynote speech at the Automobil-Elektronik Kongress 2024 (AEK) in Ludwigsburg, Germany yesterday to more than 500 of Europe’s leading auto industry executives; AEK is one of Europe’s premier auto industry events. James’ 30 minute keynote speech was extended by approximately 15 minutes due to an engaging Q&A session, which showed great audience interest in Pony.ai’s Autonomous Vehicle technology. In James’ keynote speech titled “Autonomous Driving’s iPhone Moment,” he introduced Pony.ai’s leading autonomous vehicle tech and safety features, our current fully driverless, public-facing and fare-charging robotaxi operations in China, how we’re entering the commercialization era of robotaxis and provided updates on Pony.ai’s recent global expansion with an emphasis on Pony.ai’s expansion into Europe. In March 2024, Pony.ai signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to advance the development of autonomous mobility in Luxembourg. Pony.ai will establish a Luxembourg-based hub which will be pivotal in driving technological advancements and tailoring solutions for the European market.

Are you ready for the adventure of a lifetime? We’re looking for more world-class senior software engineers to join our incredible AI Team. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with the most accomplished, dedicated, and professional engineers in the autonomous #mobility field. You will be working on the most fascinating and innovative #autonomousdriving and #ADAS projects, utilizing state-of-the-art #AI tech. Pony.ai’s leading position in the autonomous vehicle space has been recognized: Pony.ai was ranked #10 on the CNBC Disruptor 50 2022 list of the 50 most innovative and disruptive companies; in June 2023, Pony.ai was recognized by XPRIZE and Bessemer Venture Partners on their inaugural list of the world’s top 100 private deep tech companies, ranking #12 globally. Are you ready to join our AI Team and embark on an adventure of a lifetime, trailblazing AV and ADAS technology? Please apply via the below Workable link: https://lnkd.in/gZ97RS4n

The Automatic Parking Assist feature, part of Pony.ai’s full product solution of advanced ADAS features, is innovative and practical.  While a relaxing parking experience for the driver, Pony.ai’s ADAS works brilliantly to solve complex parking challenges, as it automatically detects available parking spaces and obstacles, using vision and ultrasonic sensors, and computes a multi-turn path to park the car into the space with a given heading (head-in, back-in, or parallel). Pony.ai’s ADAS then automatically and dynamically adjusts and executes the parking even in very tight and challenging parking situations.

We’re looking for the most driven and ambitious engineers to join us and work on the world’s leading #autonomousvehicle and #ADAS tech. We’re currently looking for software engineers for our Perception team, Data & Evaluation team, Safety team and more! You will be working alongside the most accomplished, dedicated and professional engineers in the autonomous #mobility field. Your work will have a major impact. Pony.ai’s leading position in the autonomous vehicle space has been recognized: Pony.ai was ranked #10 on the CNBC Disruptor 50 2022 list of the 50 most innovative and disruptive companies; in June 2023, Pony.ai was recognized by XPRIZE and Bessemer Venture Partners on their inaugural list of the world’s top 100 private deep tech companies, ranking #12 globally. Are you ready to join us and embark on an adventure of a lifetime, trailblazing AV technology? Please apply via the below Workable links: ADAS and AV Systems Engineer: https://lnkd.in/gDcbQEfE Software Engineer, Perception: https://lnkd.in/gCtSZXcE Self-Driving Vehicle Operator (Contract): https://lnkd.in/gpR8UAGX Software Engineer, Data and Evaluation: https://lnkd.in/gp5xbXiP

Pony.ai is well-known as a global leader in L4 robotaxi and robotrucking and we now have a burgeoning business for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems - Pony.ai ADAS - for consumer vehicles. Our approach is different from many suppliers: we started from L4 and we are now leveraging our L4 prowess for ADAS for consumer vehicles. Today, we can provide a full product solution of advanced ADAS features with an ECU and sensor cost for roughly $1,000 in total. We can greatly leverage the AI and algorithms we’ve developed for L4 robotaxi. According to Pony.ai’s Deputy U.S. Site Lead, Dr. Nan Wang: “Pony.ai has developed a platform-agnostic, commercially viable solution featuring Level 4 autonomy, utilizing comprehensive end-to-end technologies. This suite of advanced technologies provides us with significant advantages in the development of Level 2 to Level 3 autonomous driving systems for privately owned vehicles. This capability has been instrumental in enabling the rapid deployment of urban cruising and hands-free highway Navigation-on-Autopilot (NOA) within a mere six-month timeframe.”

We are honored to have hosted a delegation from the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to our Fremont office last week. We are also honored to have welcomed another Government delegation from Luxembourg to our Guangzhou office earlier this week. In Guangzhou, Pony.ai co-founder and CEO Dr. James Peng welcomed Consul General Tania Berchem and other distinguished guests from Luxembourg. In Fremont, Pony.ai VP of Engineering and U.S. Site Lead Dr. Yimeng Zhang and Deputy U.S. Site Lead Dr. Nan Wang hosted Luxembourg’s Vice Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, Minister of the Economy Lex Delles and other distinguished guests. Pony.ai has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Luxembourg to advance autonomous mobility in the country. This MoU represents a collaborative partnership between Luxembourg and Pony.ai, with the objective of fostering the research, development, and deployment of autonomous vehicles in Luxembourg. As a global leader in innovation and technology, Luxembourg presents an excellent opportunity for Pony.ai to further develop its leading autonomous mobility technology in Europe. Pony.ai’s Luxembourg-based hub will be pivotal in driving technological advancements and tailoring solutions for the European market and is an important step in Pony.ai's global expansion.

Fare-charging robotaxis in Guangzhou: we’re delighted to share that we’ve recently received a permit to charge fares for #robotaxi service for our Toyota Sienna Autono-MaaS (S-AM) vehicles in Guangzhou’s Nansha District. This vehicle platform features seven seats and Pony.ai’s sixth generation autonomous driving system (ADS). Residents will be able to hail the Toyota S-AM robotaxi for paid rides anytime between 8:00am and 10:30pm using Pony.ai’s PonyPilot APP as well as on Pony.ai ride-hailing partner, OnTime’s APP. This news comes on the heels of other recent big Pony.ai news in Guangzhou: Pony.ai recently received a permit to charge fares for its fully driverless, public-facing fifth generation Lexus RX robotaxi fleet in Nansha District, Guangzhou. In addition to Guangzhou, Pony.ai also has a permit to charge fares for its fully driverless robotaxi services in Yizhuang District, Beijing. Pony.ai will continue to expand its robotaxi services globally in the coming years.