Bolt, Pony.ai, and Stellantis have launched an autonomous mobility pilot in Luxembourg to validate the safety, performance, and regulatory readiness of Pony.ai’s seventh-generation (Gen-7) self-driving vehicles. The program pairs Bolt’s ride-hailing platform with a Stellantis midsize van built on the automaker’s L4-Ready Platform and Pony.ai’s autonomous driving system, with the partners targeting fully driverless readiness by the end of the pilot. Pony.ai and its partners describe the effort as a public-facing “living lab” for testing connected and automated vehicles in real-world city traffic.
Highlights
- The pilot will test Pony.ai’s seventh-generation (Gen-7) autonomous vehicles in Luxembourg’s local traffic environment.
- Stellantis is supplying a midsize van built on its L4-Ready Platform, with the collaboration targeting scalable Level 4 (driverless) deployment.
- Bolt contributes its ride-hailing platform and marketplace reach across more than 50 countries and 850 cities, serving over 200 million customers and 4.5 million drivers.
- The companies aim to reach fully driverless readiness by the end of the testing program.
What the Luxembourg pilot will test
The program focuses on validating the safety, performance, and regulatory readiness of Pony.ai’s Gen-7 vehicles, supported by Luxembourg’s forward-looking approach to autonomous vehicle testing. The partners are preparing what they call a “living lab” — a pilot designed to test the technologies and operational processes needed for safe autonomous mobility in cities, spanning vehicle deployment, ride-hailing platform integration, fleet operations, and regulatory coordination. The effort builds on collaborations the three companies previously announced to advance autonomous mobility in Europe.
“Luxembourg’s forward-looking regulatory environment provides a strong foundation for autonomous mobility testing in Europe. Together with Bolt and Stellantis, we look forward to validating Pony.ai’s technology in local traffic scenarios and supporting the responsible development of autonomous mobility across the region,” said Dr. James Peng, Founder and CEO of Pony.ai.
How the partners divide the work
The pilot brings together three roles across the autonomous mobility value chain:
- Bolt provides its ride-hailing platform and marketplace expertise, drawing on operations in more than 50 countries and 850 cities.
- Stellantis contributes vehicle engineering and manufacturing expertise, along with the L4-Ready Platform underpinning the midsize test van.
- Pony.ai supplies its autonomous driving technology and operational experience.
“Autonomous mobility can make transportation more accessible and affordable for customers. At Stellantis, our L4-Ready Platforms™ are designed to deliver flexible, scalable solutions across multiple vehicle segments. By working with partners like Bolt and Pony.ai, we aim to bring driverless mobility into everyday life in a way that is safe, efficient and easy to use,” said Ned Curic, Chief Engineering and Technology Officer at Stellantis.
Why Luxembourg
Both companies pointed to Luxembourg’s regulatory posture as a foundation for early autonomous testing in Europe. The seventh-generation (Gen-7) system at the center of the pilot is the same generation Pony.ai is scaling in its mass-production robotaxi fleet.
“Autonomous mobility technology is already transforming transportation around the world, and as the only independent, European-founded ride-hailing platform competing globally, we want to be at the forefront of scaling this revolutionary technology in Europe. We welcome Luxembourg’s progressive approach to testing this technology and we are excited to work closely with our European partner Stellantis, and global software leader Pony.ai to launch further pilots in the future,” said Markus Villig, Founder and CEO of Bolt.
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