小马智行第七代Robotaxi数周内在伦敦路测 彭军：伦敦市场潜力巨大 竞争是好事
10月8日，Uber与自动驾驶公司小马智行（Pony.ai）宣布，小马智行第七代Robotaxi将在未来数周内开始在伦敦进行道路测试。两家公司尚未公布伦敦乘客服务的开通日期，也未公布伦敦的车队规模与运营方。
伦敦是双方欧洲合作的第二站。两家公司自2025年起开始合作，先在中东地区落地；今年8月，搭载小马智行系统、由Rimac集团旗下Verne运营的车辆在克罗地亚萨格勒布上线，乘客已可通过Uber应用叫车，该服务被双方称为欧洲首个带安全员的商业化Robotaxi服务。按双方8月公布的计划，其欧洲布局目标是在五座城市投放超过2,000辆Robotaxi。
小马智行创办人兼首席执行官彭军此前在MOVE 2026大会上谈及伦敦时表示：「伦敦是一个潜力巨大的市场。所以我认为，竞争是好事。」他表示，公司对自家技术有信心，也欢迎为伦敦乘客提供更多选择。小马智行在10月8日的公告中表示，测试预计在未来数周启动，公司期待与英国地方及中央政府官员和合作伙伴协作，在英国自动驾驶法规框架下推进试验。
伦敦的Robotaxi赛道已经颇为拥挤：英国初创公司Wayve已在Uber网络上以15辆改装福特Mustang Mach-E提供带安全员的载客服务，Waymo正在伦敦测试，百度的Apollo Go则与Lyft合作测试。英国《2024年自动驾驶汽车法》为无司机载客服务设立了审批路径，伦敦是多家运营商排队申请的首个欧洲大型首都市场。小马智行2016年创办于硅谷、总部位于广州，目前在中国多座城市运营Robotaxi服务。（GSM 据TechCrunch、Zag Daily报道）
Pony.ai's Gen-7 Robotaxis to Begin London Road Tests Within Weeks; James Peng: London Is a Huge Market and Competition Is Great
Uber and autonomous-driving company Pony.ai announced on October 8 that Pony.ai's seventh-generation robotaxis will begin road tests in London in the coming weeks. Neither company has announced a date for a passenger service in London, nor the size of the London fleet or its local operator.
London is the second stop in the partners' European rollout. The two companies have worked together since 2025, starting in the Middle East. In August this year, vehicles powered by Pony.ai's system and operated by Verne, part of the Rimac Group, went live in Zagreb, Croatia, where passengers can already book rides through the Uber app — a service the partners describe as Europe's first commercial robotaxi service with safety drivers. Under a plan set out in August, their European expansion targets more than 2,000 robotaxis across five cities.
Pony.ai founder and CEO James Peng, speaking about London at the MOVE 2026 conference, said: "London is such a huge market with great potential. So I think competition is great." He said the company is confident in its technology and welcomes giving London passengers more choice. In its October 8 announcement, Pony.ai said testing is expected to start in the coming weeks and that it looks forward to working with local and national government officials and partners as plans progress toward trials under the UK's AV regulations.
London's robotaxi field is already crowded: British startup Wayve runs supervised rides on Uber's network using 15 modified Ford Mustang Mach-E vehicles, Waymo is testing in the city, and Baidu's Apollo Go is testing with Lyft. Britain's Automated Vehicles Act 2024 created a route to approval for passenger services with no driver, and London is the first large European capital where several operators are lining up to use it. Founded in Silicon Valley in 2016 and headquartered in Guangzhou, Pony.ai operates robotaxi services in multiple Chinese cities. (GSM, based on TechCrunch and Zag Daily reporting)
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图片来源：图：小马智行在广州南沙运营的Robotaxi（2024年资料照片，非伦敦路测车辆）。图片来源：Wikimedia Commons（CC BY 2.0）。Photo: A Pony.ai robotaxi operating in Nansha, Guangzhou, in 2024 (file photo; not a London test vehicle). Source: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).
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