Pony AI has launched paid robotaxi services from multiple locations in Guangzhou’s city center to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport and Guangzhou South Railway Station. Pony.ai is the first and so-far only company approved to provide robotaxi services on these high-demand routes.

Riders can book a Pony.ai vehicle using the PonyPilot App, with fares aligned with standard Guangzhou taxi rates. This expansion marks a significant step in integrating autonomous driving with the urban environment of Guangzhou.

Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport and Guangzhou South Railway Station are among the busiest transportation hubs in China. Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport has led the nation in passenger volume for four consecutive years since 2020, while Guangzhou South Railway Station recorded more than 170 million passengers in 2024, making it the country’s most frequented high-speed rail hub.

Pony.ai has already introduced paid robotaxi rides to and from Beijing Daxing International Airport and to and from Beijing South Railway Station. The simultaneous expansion in Guangzhou’s city center and its key transit hubs represents another milestone in the company’s commercialization of autonomous mobility.

Introduced in January 2022, Pony.ai’s sixth-generation L4 autonomous driving software and hardware system was initially installed in Toyota’s Sienna Autono-MaaS vehicles. With a design that is nearly on par with consumer-grade vehicles, our new robotaxi vehicles have been engineered for auto-grade mass production in all aspects of hardware R&D, component selection, safety redundancy, system assembly and production.

In April 2024, Pony.ai, Toyota China, and GAC Toyota established a joint venture company—Zhuifeng Intelligent Tech (Guangzhou) Co.—with a combined investment exceeding 1 billion yuan, aiming to scale up the production and deployment of Level 4 robotaxis. The joint venture integrates Pony.ai’s fully autonomous driving technology capabilities and Toyota’s experience in fully autonomous vehicle platforms, redundant systems, and new energy vehicle R&D and manufacturing.

The joint venture is progressing steadily with the joint development and production planning of the first bZ4X-based robotaxi model. A fleet of a thousand bZ4X robotaxis will be deployed in the first phase to provide fully driverless autonomous mobility services in Tier-1 cities across China.