What’s new: Shanghai has given the green light for the first batch of companies to provide robotaxi services, including Pony.ai Inc. and SAIC Motor Corp. Ltd., as the Chinese city redoubles efforts to roll out autonomous vehicles.
The permit, issued Thursday during the 2024 World AI Conference in Shanghai, allows Pony.ai to deploy robotaxis without a human driver on predetermined routes totaling 205 kilometers (127 miles) in the city’s downtown area of Pudong, Pony.ai said in a statement .
