Pony.AI collaborate with TENCENT ROBOTAXI Services on WeChat, other applications

Pony.ai starting tray said on Friday that it will develop independent driving technology in partnership with Tence Cloud and provide ROBOTAXI services on the giant WeChat Tencent and other applications.

The company listed on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange specializes in autonomous vehicle technology, especially robotics and Robotrucks said in a press statement that the deal will include cooperation in areas such as cloud services, map data, information security and smart ecosystems in the cockpit.

This arrangement will also witness that the two companies merged Robotaxi robotaxi services into the famous WeChat app in Tincent as well as other applications such as Tincent Maps.

James Ping, CEO of Pony.ai, told CNBC on the sidelines of the Shanghai Motor Show on Friday, both companies were in talks for “for some time.” He cited the huge user base in Tencent and its cloud shows as factories that support the “victory” cooperation with the continued startup.

After the partnership, Beng said he “hope in the near future”, users will be able to contact Pony.ai Robotaxi directly via WeChat.

WeChat is known as the most popular in the world.Super application“It includes everything from the correspondence to payment transactions to food delivery services, with a A monthly user base of more than one billion people.

“Pony.ai has accumulations of self -ruling driving technology in industry, while Tencent excels in cloud services, maps drawing, and ecosystem technologies in the cockpit,” as quoted from the Vice President of Tence Group and President of Tence Mobility Smart Mobility Zhong Xiangping on Friday’s edition.

He added: “This strategic partnership between the two parties is not only related to completing the technologies and resources of each other, but it also represents a new starting point for cooperative innovation.”

The version said that the partnership will also witness that both companies cooperate in developing, testing and operating robotics, especially in independent leadership at the L4 level.

according to Sae InternationalL4 is a type of independent driving that allows drivers to take their eyes from the road in the specified areas. For comparison, L3 is an unexpected system, but drivers must actively monitor the car and be ready to seize the wheel.

The Tencent Cloud Agreement comes a day later I mentioned That Pony.AI revealed a L4 solution, from the seventh generation of Robotaxi at the Shanghai Auto exhibition on Wednesday. The shares of the company rose about 40 % in the United States on Thursday.

The emerging company continues to establish itself as a prominent player in the independent leadership industry in China. The company got China’s first statement To impose fees on fully driver taxi in the basic parts of a commercial area in Shenzhen, where its headquarters is located.

However, the company may be involved in increasing trade tensions between China and the United States because the latter is the market dowry.Very important“For expansion plans.

James Ping, co -founder and CEO of Pony.ai this week It is said Financial Times told the company that the company is considering a secondary list outside the United States amid increasing concerns that Washington will pressure to delete Chinese companies outside the New York Stock Exchange.

If this happens, it will come after less than six months after the company The first general offering Despite the United States, Ping FT told many factors.

– Nur Hikhmah MD Ali from CNBC contributed to this story.