Pony.ai and Toyota: Series Production of the bZ4X Robotaxi Begins

Autonomous Driving Pony.ai and Toyota: Series Production of the bZ4X Robotaxi Begins

2026-02-12 From Stefanie Eckardt | Translated by AI 1 min Reading Time

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Pony.ai has started commercial production of the bZ4X robotaxi, the Chinese company has announced. The autonomous vehicle was developed together with Toyota, its subsidiary Toyota China, and the joint venture GAC Toyota. More than 3,000 robotaxis are expected to be on the road by the end of 2026.

Toyota and Pony.ai have started production of the bZ4X robotaxi.(Image: Pony.ai) — Toyota and Pony.ai have started production of the bZ4X robotaxi.
(Image: Pony.ai)

Series production of the bZ4X Robotaxi is the result of a long-standing collaboration between Pony.ai and Toyota that began in 2019. In 2020 alone, the Japanese car manufacturer invested around 400 million US dollars in the Chinese company. Toyota China and GAC Toyota are supplying the vehicle platform, the redundant vehicle design and the research, development and production capacities for the autonomous vehicle. The Level 4 system comes from Pony.ai.

More than 3,000 Robotaxis in Total

Both companies are planning to produce more than 1,000 robotaxis this year. Pony.ai aims to increase its entire robotaxi fleet to more than 3,000 vehicles by the end of 2026. The vehicle is to be used in various Chinese cities.

Robotaxi models from BAIC and GAC are already in use in Beijing, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. Pony.ai will now complement these. (se)

Robobuses, like WeRide here, are well on the way to becoming an integral part of local public transport. (Image:WeRide)

Autonomous vehicles can massively improve the quality of public transportation, according to a study commissioned by DB Regio. (Image:Deutsche Bahn)

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