By GlobalData
Publication Date: 2026-04-28 15:42:00
Pony.ai has introduced a new autonomous driving compute platform developed with Nvidia for its level 4 (L4) systems and broader mobility applications.
The new domain controller is built on the Nvidia DRIVE Hyperion platform and uses Nvidia DRIVE AGX Thor with NVLink.
The company said the system is intended to improve artificial intelligence (AI) computing capability and energy efficiency, while also supporting more advanced AI models.
According to Pony.ai, the platform is designed to meet L4 autonomous driving needs, including multi-sensor fusion, full-scenario perception and the capacity to interpret complex road conditions.
It added that the platform can be configured with different computing levels and cooling solutions, enabling deployment across a range of autonomous driving use cases.
It supports both single-chip and multi-chip set-ups.
NVLink is used to connect two DRIVE Thor system-on-a-chips with high-speed, low-latency communication.
Pony.ai said this arrangement can deliver a combined peak computing performance of 4,000 FP4 TFLOPS, which means the system can perform about four quadrillion low-precision AI calculations per second.
Pony.ai founder and CEO James Peng commented: “Our collaboration with Nvidia has supported several critical milestones in Pony.ai’s autonomous driving journey.
“The next-generation domain controller built on Nvidia DRIVE Hyperion will be a key enabler for the continued evolution of our L4 autonomous driving products and help accelerate…
