Pony.ai

Pony.ai is a robotaxi operator and driving-system maker. In its interim results for the first half of 2026, it said that its robotaxi fleet had expanded to 1,975 vehicles as of June 30, 2026, that robotaxi services revenue for the half was USD20.6 million, up 534.0% year on year, and that the number of registered users of its PonyPilot app in China exceeded 1.5 million as of August 16, 2026.¹ At its first-quarter results in May 2026 it had reported a fleet of more than 1,700 units and raised its year-end fleet target from 3,000 to over 3,500, with a target of over 20 cities worldwide by year-end.²

The company says it was the first to commence fully driverless, public-facing, fare-charging robotaxi operations in designated areas of all four tier-one Chinese cities (Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen); the statement gives no per-city start dates, and it adds that its Guangzhou service now spans four city districts and Shenzhen runs 24/7 fully driverless.¹ Outside China, its evidence is earlier-stage: in Doha it has run a fare-charging commercial pilot with Mowasalat (Karwa) since December 2025, with trained safety operators aboard;³ in Zagreb it offers rides with a licensed operator behind the wheel through Uber and Verne, and began fully driverless test rides for invited passengers on a 22-kilometer airport route in September 2026;⁴⁵ in Dubai it has begun driverless trials and expects to launch fare-charging service later in 2026;⁶ and in Luxembourg it is preparing a pilot with Bolt and Stellantis.⁷ In Seoul, a Korean report says it plans 200 vehicles with FutureLink, starting with 10 for certification.⁸

Pony.ai appears on MetaRoles for what its services do to the taxi driver’s driving task; see robotaxi services by city and status and robotaxis and the taxi driver’s job. Every figure is Pony.ai’s own statement or a partner’s, not an independent measurement.