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Autonomous driving Pony.ai:100 million dollar procurement to $ 5.3 billion (1/3) | Bridge (Bridge) Technology & Startup Information
Automatic car startup Pony.AI announced today (translated (translated by the original, the date of the original text is February 7) that it has raised $ 100 million in the Series C Extension Round.With this funding, the company's total tracks exceeded $ 1 billion, and the valuation rose from $ 3 billion to $ 5.3 billion in February 2020.
Some experts predict that pandemic will accelerate the adoption of autonomous transportation technology.Although autonomous cars need to be disinfected, the risk of spreading infectious diseases is minimal.For example, pony.AI states that California has delivered more than 15,000 foods and medical kits in California in a medical crisis.
In 2016, James Peng, a former BAIDU chief architect, with Tiancheng Lou, who was involved in Google X's autonomous driving project before spinning to Waymo..AI was jointly established.They are for "predictable" environments such as industrial housing complexes, university campuses, small towns, etc. (according to the definition of the Automotive Engineers Association, running without human supervision under certain conditionsWe are aiming to develop a car that can be done and develop the exam within a few years.
Pony's full stack hardware platform "Ponyalpha" monitors the obstacle within 200 meters from the car using LIDAR, radar and camera.Ponyalpha is the foundation for the company's complete autonomous trucks and freight distribution solutions, which was introduced in Test cars in the Beijing and Beijing, China and China, and has been tested in April 2019.(Continue next)
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