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Pony.AI

Products: Robotaxi. Risk band: Elevated   RobotRisk index 40.3/100 (severity- and time-weighted incidents) · ranked 6 of 15 among AV trucking companies with incidents (93 tracked).

Analyst brief

The record contains four entries spanning October 2021 to May 2022: a 2021 crash into a road center divider and traffic sign in Fremont (severity 2), a December 2021 California DMV suspension of its driverless testing permit (severity 3), the March 2022 NHTSA recall, the first-ever recall of an automated driving system (severity 3), and a May 2022 California DMV revocation of its autonomous testing permit (severity 3). The dominant entries are regulator-driven actions, three of the four, with only one press-reported crash event, indicating a record built primarily on sustained regulatory scrutiny rather than a series of physical incidents. The trajectory over roughly seven months moves from a crash through escalating state-level suspension and revocation actions alongside a federal recall. Pony.AI's index of 40.3 ranks 6 of 15 companies in AV trucking with incident history.

Risk index

40.3/100RobotRisk index
32.1/100Median index across the 15 AV trucking companies with incident history (93 tracked, 78 with none)
6 of 15Rank in AV trucking (of 15 with incident history)
ElevatedRisk band

Incident timeline

Comparisons over time

Per-type breakdown

Incident typeUnique incidentsShare
regulatory250%
recall125%
crash125%

Unique incident list

4 unique incidents on file for this company.

SevDateTypeLocationIncidentSource
S3~May 2022 regulatory California DMV revokes Pony.ai autonomous testing permit · California testing permit revoked TechCrunch
S308 Mar 2022 recall NHTSA announces first-ever recall of an automated driving system, targeting Pony.ai · software recall, Pony.ai test fleet Reuters
S2not documented crash Fremont, CA, USAPony.ai robotaxi hits road center divider and traffic sign in Fremont · 1 vehicle Reuters
S3not documented regulatory California DMV suspends Pony.ai driverless testing permit · California driverless testing permit suspended Reuters
S3 ~May 2022 · regulatory · California DMV revokes Pony.ai autonomous testing permit
Location not specified1 supporting source rowhigh confidence
SevDateSupporting source rowSource
S3~May 2022California DMV revokes Pony.ai autonomous testing permitTechCrunch
S3 08 Mar 2022 · recall · NHTSA announces first-ever recall of an automated driving system, targeting Pony.ai
Location not specified1 supporting source rowhigh confidence
SevDateSupporting source rowSource
S308 Mar 2022NHTSA announces first-ever recall of an automated driving system, targeting Pony.aiReuters
S2 not documented · crash · Pony.ai robotaxi hits road center divider and traffic sign in Fremont
Fremont, CA, USA1 supporting source rowhigh confidence
SevDateSupporting source rowSource
S2not documentedPony.ai robotaxi hits road center divider and traffic sign in FremontReuters
S3 not documented · regulatory · California DMV suspends Pony.ai driverless testing permit
Location not specified1 supporting source rowhigh confidence
SevDateSupporting source rowSource
S3not documentedCalifornia DMV suspends Pony.ai driverless testing permitReuters

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