Stellantis teams up with Pony.ai to develop robotaxis in Europe 

Automaker Stellantis and Chinese autonomous conveyance institution Pony.ai person signed a non-binding statement to physique robotaxis for deployment successful Europe.  

The collaboration volition integrate Pony’s self-driving bundle into Stellantis’s electrical medium-size van platform, which is built with precocious sensors to enactment autonomous vehicles.

The companies program to archetypal deploy trial vehicles based connected the Peugeot e-Traveller model. Testing volition statesman successful Luxembourg, Pony’s European headquarters, successful the coming months, with plans to rotation retired much vehicles crossed European cities starting successful 2026.  

The tie-up comes a fewer months aft Pony announced a partnership with Uber to deploy successful planetary markets, including Europe and the Middle East. It besides comes aft the institution received an autonomous conveyance investigating licence from Luxembourg successful April. 

As Pony.ai works to grow beyond its existing markets successful China and carve retired marketplace stock successful Europe, the institution is besides chasing a 2nd IPO. Already listed connected the Nasdaq, Pony is besides pursuing a secondary listing connected the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong.