Two hundred robotaxis from Chinese Autonomous Driving corporation Pony.ai will run on Korean roads. The vehicles are from BAIC, fitted with Pony.ai's Autonomous Driving technology. FutureLink, an Autonomous Driving-specialized subsidiary of KOSDAQ-listed PonyLink, will handle Pony.ai robotaxis' certification and service operations in Korea. ◇ FutureLink, Pony.ai have worked together since two years ago... "confident about commercialization" On the 28th in Seoul, FutureLink signed a strategic agreement with Pony.ai to commercialize robotaxis in Korea. FutureLink will bring in 10 seventh-generation robotaxis built on BAIC vehicles and equipped with Pony.ai's Autonomous Driving technology, and complete certifications from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and others. At the same time, it plans to add 190 more and operate 200 robotaxis in areas including Seoul. Starting with designated pilot zones, it plans to expand across all of Seoul by 2028 and then to other cities. Pony.ai is a corporation competing with global Autonomous Driving corporations such as Google's Waymo, Tesla and Baidu. Its accumulated Autonomous Driving mileage exceeds 110 million km. It operates driverless robotaxis at commercial Level 4 (a stage that allows driving without driver intervention) in four cities including Beijing and Shanghai. Pony.ai plans to expand its robotaxi fleet to 4,000 by the end of the year, focusing on Europe and the Middle East. The seventh-generation robotaxi chosen by FutureLink from Pony.ai is based on a platform BAIC designed on the premise of Autonomous Driving. Unlike other robotaxis that modify stock vehicles, redundant architectures for key systems such as braking, steering and power are applied from mass production. A feature is that if a specific sensor fails during driverless operation, the vehicle can use other sensors to come to a stop. Pony.ai said it cut component costs by 70% from the previous generation. Pony.ai said this gives it a price advantage