Recently, self-driving tech start-up Pony.ai announced it plans to mass produce autonomous driving trucks in China with equipment manufacturing giant Sany Heavy Industry. The trucks are slated to come with "Level 4" autonomous driving technology, which would allow full self-driving on highways and urban roads, according to Pony.ai.

——Tech self-driving start-up Pony.ai plans to mass produce robotrucks in China, CNBC

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Through the cooperation with equipment manufacturing giant Sany Heavy Industry,Pony.ai has been boosted in autonomous driving trucks. In response to the increasingly fierce competition around the world, Chinese companies such as Pony.ai should strengthen innovation in core components including autonomous driving chip, and make better use of IP portfolio to gain market share.