Pony.ai, Toyota showcase Sienna Autono-MaaS Robotaxi at CIIE

Beijing (Gasgoo)- Pony.ai and Toyota Motor showcased their jointly developed Sienna Autono-MaaS vehicle powerd by Pony.ai’s sixth-generation L4 autonomous driving suite at the 5th China International Import Expo (CIIE). 

According to Pony.ai, the standardized manufacturing of its first batch ADK (autonomous driving kit) has been kicked off. The vehicles have gone through a four-month-long closed road test. The first batch of the Sienna Autono-MaaS vehicles will be put into Robotaxi service in first-tier Chinese cities in the first half of 2023. 

The Sienna Autono-MaaS vehicle displayed at the CIIE features the similar exterior design as the Sienna for retail. The entire autonomous driving system is designed for mass production. The system inherits its original sensor fusion technical approach, with upgraded sensor quantity and design, as well as scaled solid-state LiDAR usage.  

The system is equipped with four LiDAR units on the top of the car, two LiDAR units on the two sides, three millimeter-wave radars, and eleven cameras, seven of which are placed on the top of the car and the rest four are placed on the four sides of the car.