Teams with Tencent with Tencent for Robotaxi services in Pony.ai, Wechat, Other Applications

Chinese start-up pony.ai will develop autonomous driving technology with Tencent Cloud in Friday and will offer Robotaxi services in Tech Giant Tencentin Wechat and other applications.

Autonomous vehicle technology, especially the company, which is listed in the NASDAQ, especially robotaxis and specializes Robotruks said the press release will cover cooperation in areas such as cloud services, map data, information security and intelligent cockpit ecosystems.

ARANQIMAN will also see that the two companies combine Pony.Ai Romotaxi Riding-Hailing services as part of the Tencent’s popular WECHAT application and tencent maps.

Both companies were in the talks, “For a while,” Pony.ai CEO James Peng told CNBC on Friday, Shanghai car show on Friday. Tencent’s giant user base and its cloud sacrifices showed the start of the startup, because the factors that support Win-Win cooperation.

After the partnership, Peng said, “I hope” in the near future, “users said they could go directly to the WECHAT application called Pony.ai Robotaxi.

Wechat is known as the most popular in the world ‘Super app‘Food delivery services to the payment operations in the house of everything you messed up, a More than 1 billion people’s monthly user base.

“Pony.ai, the industry’s leading autonomous driving technology, cloud services, mapping and cockpit ecosystem technologies,” Tencent Group’s Vice President and Tencent Smart Mobility Zhong Xiangping quote in Zhong Xiangping.

“This strategic partnership between the two sides is not only to complete each other’s technologies and resources, but also a new starting point for joint innovation,” he said.

The release will see both the companies, especially in L4 autonomous driving, the development of robotaxis will meet together, he said.

According to SAE InternationalL4 is an autonomous driving type that allows drivers to take their eyes to their eyes in the designated areas. For comparison, the L3 is considered hand-handed system, but drivers must be able to follow the vehicle actively and will be ready to get the steering wheel.

Tencent cloud agreement comes a day after one day declare The pony.ai announced the Shanghai Motor Shhangu in Shanghai Motor Show on Wednesday. The company’s shares in the United States increased by about 40% on Thursday.

The beginning continues to build itself as a prominent player in the Autonomous Driving Industry. The company acquired China’s first permission Filling tariffs for full-driving taxi in the main parts of the Shenzhen, where Tencentin headquarters.

However, the company can lead to an increase in trade voltage between China and the United States, because the last one is a market pony.ai “It is very important“To its expansion plans.

The Executive Director of James Peng, co-founder and Pony.ai It was reported to have something The Financial Times said that the company’s concerns outside the United States, Washington’s New York Exchange has impetuated concerns to push Chinese companies to delete.

If this had to happen, the company said it would be less than six months Preliminary public offer Despite the Peng in the United States, many factors said they need to be taken into account.

– CNBC’s Nur Hikmah MD Ali contributed to this story.