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California DMV suspends Pony.ai driverless testing permit

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Record

CompanyPony.AI
Categoryav trucking
Typeregulatory
Date
Time of daynot documented
Locationno physical site (recall / fleet-wide / aggregate record)
SeverityS3 (recall, enforcement, or fleet-wide fault)
ScaleCalifornia driverless testing permit suspended
Confidencehigh
VerificationCited source on file; not independently re-verified
SourceReuters

What happened

Following the October 2021 Fremont collision, the California DMV suspended Pony.ais driverless testing permit, the first such suspension the DMV had ever issued.

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