The California motor vehicle administration revoked pony on Tuesday local time AI has a license to test its autonomous vehicle technology because it does not monitor the driving records of safe drivers on its test license "When reviewing pony.ai's application to renew the test license, DMV found many violations in the driving record of active pony.ai safety drivers," a DMV spokesman told techcrunch, noting that pony had 41 autonomous test vehicles and 71 safety drivers on its license.
Pony's automatic driving license was suspended after a collision in Fremont, California, last November. It is reported that the license allows it to test its automatic driving technology without a human safety operator in the front seat. At that time, the national highway traffic and safety administration suspected that it was the software default, so pony recalled three vehicles with similar potential software problems in March.
The California vehicle administration did not respond in time to the request for pony's suspended automatic driving test license status, but if the license can be said to be a safer version - the version requiring the presence of the driver during the test - has been completely revoked, the vehicle administration is unlikely to resume the start-up's automatic driving license soon.
"When there is an unreasonable risk to public safety, DMV can immediately suspend or revoke the license," the agency told techcrunch
Pony currently does not hold any valid test licenses in California.
Meanwhile, in China, where most of pony's business is located, the company has just obtained a license to provide automatic driving services to the public on public roads in Beijing. The company also recently obtained a taxi license to operate commercial services in Guangzhou.