The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Tuesday mentioned it can evaluate whether or not startup expertise agency Pony.ai complied with authorities reporting necessities for driverless crashes.
Pony.ai earlier this month agreed to subject a recall for some variations of its autonomous driving system software program after an October crash in California. The recall, which the NHTSA mentioned was the “first recall of an automatic driving system,” coated three automobiles.
The NHTSA mentioned it can evaluate whether or not Toyota-backed Pony.ai complied with reporting necessities “with respect to each the timeliness and accuracy of its stories.”
On Oct. 28, a Pony.ai automobile that had been working in autonomous mode hit a avenue signal on a median in Fremont, California, after turning proper, prompting California in December to droop the corporate’s driverless testing allow. Nobody was injured within the incident.
Pony.ai on Tuesday mentioned it reported the incident to the NHTSA in “a very good religion effort to adjust to the related necessities” and added that it “has been totally cooperating with NHTSA all through the method.”
Pony.ai mentioned earlier that the crash occurred lower than 2.5 seconds after the automated driving system shut down. It mentioned in very uncommon circumstances, a planning system diagnostic verify “might generate a ‘false constructive’ indication of a geolocation mismatch.”
The NHTSA advised Pony.ai earlier it believed the software program had a security defect and requested that the corporate conduct a recall.
The corporate mentioned it has up to date the software program code and the three affected automobiles have been repaired.
Earlier this month, Pony.ai introduced that it had accomplished a brand new spherical of financing that provides it a valuation of $8.5 billion.
California final 12 months mentioned Pony.ai had 10 Hyundai Motor Kona electrical automobiles registered below its driverless testing allow.
The suspension doesn’t impression Pony.ai’s allow for testing with a security driver.
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