Pony.ai · robotaxi
Pony.ai Gen-6 robotaxi
Toyota Sienna Autono-MaaS
Pony.ai's sixth-generation driving system fitted to Toyota's Sienna Autono-MaaS minivan, a vehicle Toyota built for automated ride-hail. It carried much of Pony.ai's driverless service before the Gen-7 cars arrived.
- Price
- —service only, not sold
- Autonomy
- Level 4No driver needed in its area
- Driverless
- In serviceSince 2023-11
- Fleet
- 1,975Reported; details below
- Speed
- —Not published
- Range
- —Not published
Why it matters
Pony.ai's first robotaxi approved for fully driverless public service in Guangzhou (Nov 2023) and Beijing (Feb 2024), per its company timeline.
Real-world use
Public road testing in Beijing began in April 2023; the Gen-6 car was approved for fully driverless service in Guangzhou in November 2023 and in Beijing in February 2024.
Timeline
- Released
- 2023-11
Maker
Pony.aiCompanyHow it drives
Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.
- Driverless status
- Driverless in service
- Where it runs
- Guangzhou, Beijing (fully driverless public service); Shenzhen, Shanghai
- Driverless since
- 2023-11
- Fleet
- not broken out by model; Pony.ai total fleet 1,975 vehicles at Q2 2026 (Pony AI, Aug 2026)
- SAE level
- Level 4: drives itself with no one at the controls inside its approved area
Public attention
How much public attention Pony.ai Gen-6 robotaxi (Toyota Sienna Autono-MaaS) gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
- 3 reported deployments
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-13; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
No component details published yet.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- How it runs
- Fully autonomous. Does its job with nobody at the controls.
Lineage
Every Pony.ai with Toyota vehicle in order.
Pony.ai Lexus RX robotaxi2019Pilot use
BotRide (Hyundai KONA Electric)2019Retired
PonyTron L4 truck (FAW Jiefang J7)2021Retired- Pony.ai Gen-6 robotaxi (Toyota Sienna Autono-MaaS)2022Commercial
Pony.ai-SANY L4 heavy truck2022Pilot use
Pony.ai Gen-7 robotaxi (BAIC ARCFOX Alpha T5)2025Commercial
Pony.ai Gen-7 robotaxi (GAC Aion V, 2nd gen)2025Commercial
Pony.ai Gen-7 robotaxi (Toyota bZ4X)2025Commercial
Pony.ai Gen-4 autonomous truck2025Commercial
Pony.ai L4 light-duty truck2026Pilot use
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not publishedservice only, not sold
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
Where it works
3 reported deployments.
- Deployed
Pony.ai (PonyPilot) · Yizhuang (Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area) · Beijing · since 2022-04
Pony.ai was approved in April 2022 to offer robotaxi rides to the public in Beijing's Yizhuang, with no one in the driver's seat and a safety officer in the passenger seat, called from subway entrances, parks and residential areas. Beijing fleet size not published; mixed Gen-6 and Gen-7 fleet; Pony.ai total robotaxi fleet 1,975 at 30 June 2026 (Pony AI Q2 2026 results) CnEVPost
- Deployed
Pony.ai (PonyPilot) · Pudong New Area · Shanghai · since 2025-07
Pony.ai started fully driverless commercial robotaxi service to the public in Shanghai's Pudong New Area in July 2025. Shanghai fleet size not published; vehicle model not named by source (Gen-6 Sienna fleet assumed, Gen-7 cars also in service across tier-one cities) Pony AI Inc. via US SEC
- Pilot
ComfortDelGro (Zig) · Punggol · Singapore · since 2026-06-22
ComfortDelGro's Pony.ai-powered autonomous service on a 12 km route in north-east Punggol opened to public booking on the Zig app on 22 June 2026, after invite-only rides from April 2026. 5 Toyota Sienna minivans from Pony.ai planned for the route (Land Transport Guru, 2025); safety operator on board Pony.ai
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every robot: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | Pony.ai Gen-6 robotaxi (Toyota Sienna Autono-MaaS)Pony.ai with Toyota |  Apollo RT6 (6th-gen robotaxi)Baidu Apollo (built by JMC)Same job: ride-hail · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  Apollo Moon (5th-gen robotaxi, ARCFOX version)Baidu Apollo with BAIC ARCFOXSame job: ride-hail · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  AutoX RoboTaxi (Shenzhen driverless fleet)AutoXSame job: ride-hail · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2022-01 | 2022-07-21 | 2021-06-17 | 2020-12 |
| Status | Commercial | Commercial | Pilot use | Pilot use |
| Height | — | — | — | — |
| Weight | — | — | — | — |
| Joints | — | — | — | — |
| Speed | — | 135 km/h | — | — |
| Payload | — | — | — | — |
| Battery | — | — | — | — |
| Price | — | $28,350 | $75,000 | — |
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