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China’s Pony.ai’s overseas robotaxi pipeline expands to over 4,000 vehicles

By Thomson Reuters Aug 18, 2026 | 4:03 AM

BEIJING, Aug 18 (Reuters) – Chinese autonomous driving firm Pony.ai said on ​Tuesday that its ‌pipeline of planned and potential overseas robotaxi deployments has expanded to more than ‌4,000 ​vehicles.

The company posted ⁠a strong ⁠second quarter with total revenue rising 68.8% from a year earlier to $36.2 ​million, according to a company statement.

Revenue from ⁠robotaxi services, ⁠which made up ​one-third of total revenue for ​the first time, surged ‌691.2%.

“We will continue to advance our full-year plans and are confident ⁠in our ability to exceed our full-year robotaxi services revenue ⁠target,” ‌said Pony.ai CEO ⁠James Peng.

The company ​remains ‌on track for ​full-year robotaxi ⁠revenue to exceed 3-1/2 times 2025’s level.

(Reporting by Qiaoyi Li and Liz Lee; Editing by Kirsten ​Donovan)