Incident 151: California Regulator Suspended Pony.ai's Driverless Testing Permit Following a Non-Fatal Collision
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On October 28, 2021, after turning right onto Fremont Blvd from Cushing Pkwy, the Pony.ai Autonomous Vehicle ("Pony.ai AV") performed a left lane change maneuver in autonomous mode. While performing the lane change, the Pony.ai AV came into…

Following an accident on October 28, 2021 while operating a vehicle in autonomous mode, Pony.ai‘s driverless testing permit has been suspended by the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). This is the first time the state of Califor…
Pony.ai, a Chinese autonomous driving company backed by Toyota, can no longer test fully self driving vehicles in California, for now at least. According to Reuters, the DMV suspended its driverless testing permit on November 19th, a few we…

One of the company’s AVs collided with a center divider in October.
Pony.ai, an autonomous vehicle startup based in Silicon Valley and Guangzhou, China, is temporarily unable to test driverless vehicles in California after a vehicle crash l…

Founded in 2015 by two former Baidu developers, Pony.ai is the first company to test driverless vehicles on public roads in both the United States and China. After getting approval to test autonomous vehicles in California in May 2021, the …

Pony.ai, a Chinese autonomous driving startup with an office in the U.S., has paused its driverless pilot fleet in California six months after it was approved by local regulators to test autonomous vehicles without a human safety driver.
On…
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SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 13 (Reuters) - A California regulator on Monday said it has suspended a driverless testing permit for startup technology firm Pony.ai following an accident - the first time it has issued such a suspension.
On Oct. 28, a P…

Three different robotaxi-related accidents at the end of this year raise some interesting issues about what they mean going forward. This includes a serious injury accident when an Olli shuttle near Toronto ran off the road, the loss of Pon…
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WASHINGTON, March 8 (Reuters) - Startup technology firm Pony.ai agreed to issue a recall for some versions of its autonomous driving system software after an October crash in California, U.S. regulators said on Tuesday.
The recall covers th…

Autonomous vehicle startup Pony.ai will issue a recall for three vehicles following an October crash in California, according to the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration (NHTSA).
The agency said on Tuesday that this was the fi…