Pony.ai · self-driving truck
PonyTron L4 truck
FAW Jiefang J7
Pony.ai's first branded self-driving heavy truck, a FAW Jiefang J7 tractor with two lidars, radars and long-range cameras that see about 1 km. A safety driver stayed aboard during tests.
- Price
- —not sold; freight service
- Autonomy
- Level 4No driver needed in its area
- Driverless
- Not yetSafety driver on board
- Fleet
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Range
- —Not published
Why it matters
Reported as the first high-automation heavy truck tested on a public expressway in China (December 2021, G3 in Beijing).
Real-world use
Began regular Level 4 tests on the G3 expressway in Beijing on 5 December 2021, with permission on six highway sections totalling 143 km; earlier pilots ran with Sinotrans from June 2021.
Maker
Pony.aiCompanyHow it drives
Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.
- Driverless status
- Safety driver on board
- Where it runs
- Beijing G3 expressway and E-Town (2021); Guangdong
- Rides, miles or loads
- 16,400 tonnes of freight over nearly 50,000 km (Pony.ai via Gasgoo, Dec 2021)
- SAE level
- Level 4: drives itself with no one at the controls inside its approved area
Public attention
A historic robot: no longer sold or in use, so it is not ranked against current vehicles.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-14; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
No component details published yet.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- How it runs
- Supervised. Works by itself while a person watches and steps in.
Lineage
Every Pony.ai vehicle in order.
Pony.ai Lexus RX robotaxi2019Pilot use
BotRide (Hyundai KONA Electric)2019Retired- PonyTron L4 truck (FAW Jiefang J7)2021Retired
Pony.ai Gen-6 robotaxi (Toyota Sienna Autono-MaaS)2022Commercial
Pony.ai-SANY L4 heavy truck2022Pilot use
Pony.ai Gen-7 robotaxi (BAIC ARCFOX Alpha T5)2025Commercial
Pony.ai Gen-7 robotaxi (GAC Aion V, 2nd gen)2025Commercial
Pony.ai Gen-7 robotaxi (Toyota bZ4X)2025Commercial
Pony.ai Gen-4 autonomous truck2025Commercial
Pony.ai L4 light-duty truck2026Pilot use
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not publishednot sold; freight service
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every robot: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | PonyTron L4 truck (FAW Jiefang J7)Pony.ai |  TuSimple Driver Out autonomous semi-truckTuSimpleSame job: freight · Both on wheels · Both past robots |  Locomation Autonomous Relay ConvoyLocomationSame job: freight · Both on wheels · Both past robots |  TuSimple China driverless truckTuSimple (now CreateAI)Same job: freight · Both on wheels · Both past robots |
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| First shown | 2021-03-31 | 2021-12-29 | 2020 | 2023-06-15 |
| Status | Retired | Discontinued | Discontinued | Discontinued |
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Sources
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