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NHTSA announces first-ever recall of an automated driving system, targeting Pony.ai

S3 · 03/08
2022 · Pony.AI

Record

CompanyPony.AI
Categoryav trucking
Typerecall
Date03/08
2022
Time of daynot documented
Locationno physical site (recall / fleet-wide / aggregate record)
SeverityS3 (recall, enforcement, or fleet-wide fault)
Scalesoftware recall, Pony.ai test fleet
Confidencehigh
VerificationCited source on file; not independently re-verified
SourceReuters

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More than four months after the Fremont collision, NHTSA announced what it called the first recall of an automated driving system after Pony.ai agreed to a software recall addressing the defect that caused the crash.

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