The Japanese manufacturer Toyota and the Chinese startup Pony.ai are working together.
The startup Pony.ai was founded in 2016 and has had some success last year. They started the first robot taxi service in China, they test in Peking and you have your own fleet elevated. This year you got one license for the operation of a robot taxi service in California – still to come Waymo,
Pony Lexus. Source: globenewswire.com
Now you have one with you Toyota won one of the largest manufacturers in the world as a cooperation partner. The Japanese carmaker has recently intensified in China engaged and is also a Baidu partners for the platform Apollo become. The agreement with Pony.ai serves the development of autonomous driving, so the press release,
The cooperation apparently implies the use of the Lexus model for the pony system for autonomous driving. All sorts of sensors are installed on the roof, especially lidar systems. Further information on the common path was not disclosed.
Toyota is responding to a trend that has been affecting the industry for quite some time. Because many manufacturers have incorporated startups or committed to driving the development. For example, have Volkswagen and ford Argo AI. General Motors Has Cruise Automation and Apple joined in Drive.ai shopped.
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