Pony.ai · Qatar

Pony.ai operates a commercial Robotaxi service in Doha with Qatar's national mobility operator Mowasalat (Karwa); rides are fare-charged through the Karwa app. The programme began with public-road testing in August 2025 and launched a commercial pilot with onboard safety operators in December 2025, covering Old Doha and West Bay (Corniche, National Museum of Qatar, Museum of Islamic Art, Old Doha Port) plus a Hamad International Airport connection. At the AEMOB Forum on 7-9 September 2026 Pony.ai ran Gen-7 Robotaxis with no onboard safety operator.

Structured fields

Host country

Qatar

Region

Middle East

AI segment

Autonomous Driving / Smart Mobility

Entry mode

Joint Venture / Strategic Partnership

Entry year

2025

Deployment status

Landed

Capital direction

China->host (outbound deployment)

Company group

Pony.ai

Local partner

No scale information disclosed in this record.

Sources & notes

Record note: Vehicle counts for Doha are not disclosed; the '4,000+ vehicles' figure in the release refers to Pony.ai's planned and potential overseas deployments worldwide, not Qatar. Fleet size and fare revenue in Qatar not published. ｜ 原检索批次编号 ME-N001，入库前按码本区域前缀重编为 QA-002。 2026-09-13 全库回扫复核（通过）：回扫判定 PASS（有条件）：deployment_status 维持 Landed、reliability 维持 High，均不降档。依据：原两条来源回溯后只有 1 个事实源头——blog.pony.ai 系当事企业自家通稿，Gasgoo 为同日通稿衍生稿（关键句自带 according to Pony.ai），不构成独立核实；但复核员亲自抓到卡塔尔交通部 2026-07-07 公告《MOT Supervises Successful Electric Robotaxis Pilot》，以完成时确认一期自 2025-08 起步、2025-12 经 Karwa app 启动商业试运营、累计 2,500 趟、94% 无人工接管，落地由监管方确认，规则 4 已满足。本次改动：补入该交通部公告并作为主源，企业通稿与 Gasgoo 降为其他来源；description_text 首句限定为「商业试运营（带安全员，交通部监管）」；弃用 Gasgoo「fully driverless」标题口径。残留缺口：交通部公告全文不出现「Pony」字样，厂商身份仍仅企业自证＋衍生稿支撑，「收费」表述亦只见于企业通稿；交通部 2026-09-07 论坛公告只谈规划，不计入确认源。若该交通部公告失效或被证伪，本条即退回仅企业自证，须另取独立于 Pony.ai 的一手来源方可维持 High 与 Landed。

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