Estonian-founded mobility startup Bolt, founded in 2013 and operating across 50 countries, is launching its first autonomous vehicle pilot programme in Luxembourg alongside Chinese autonomous driving firm Pony.ai and global automaker Stellantis. The initiative aims to validate the safety, performance, and regulatory readiness of Pony.ai’s self-driving vehicles in Luxembourg traffic. Stellantis, whose brands include Fiat, Peugeot, and Jeep, will provide a midsize van. The pilot marks Bolt’s first step toward scaling autonomous mobility services across European cities with multiple technology partners.
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The Estonian-founded transportation technology startup, Bolt, toobtainher with other companies, is launching an autonomous mobility pilot programme in Luxembourg.
In addition to Bolt, the participants of the programme include Pony.ai, a China-based mobility platform, and Snotifyantis, one of the world’s largest car manufacturers.
The programme will focus on validating the safety, performance and regulatory readiness of Pony.ai’s autonomous vehicles in the Luxembourg traffic environment, supported by the counattempt’s approach to autonomous mobility testing.
Snotifyantis will contribute its vehicle engineering and manufacturing expertise with a midsize van, the companies declared in a statement.
“The pilot is designed to test the technologies and operational processes required to support safe autonomous mobility in cities, from vehicle deployment and ride-hailing platform integration to fleet operations and regulatory coordination,” the companies added.
Scaling self-driving vehicles across Europe
This is Bolt’s first autonomous mobility pilot, and represents the next step in the company’s aim to scale autonomous mobility services across European cities with various technology partners.
Bolt is an Estonian-founded shared mobility platform, started in 2013. It has operations in over 50 countries and 600 cities globally and provides shared mobility services, including ride-hailing, scooter and e-bike rental and car rental to over 200 million customers.
Snotifyantis is a global car manufacturer whose brands include Alfa Romeo, Fiat, Peugeot, Jeep and Maserati.
Pony.ai is an autonomous vehicle technology company co-located in Silicon Valley, the US; and in Beijing and Guangzhou, China. Its headquarters is in Guangzhou. It was founded in 2016.
