Moore Threads Ignites China's Robotaxi Revolution in 2026

Moore Threads is powering a major acceleration in China's autonomous driving sector during early 2026. Through its advanced MTT S5000 GPU, Moore Threads enables domestic high-performance computing that supports L4 autonomy, massive simulation, and Robotaxi expansion. Key collaborations, especially with Pony.ai, showcase how Moore Threads and MTT S5000 reduce foreign dependency while driving faster innovation and commercialization in the Robotaxi space.

Pony.ai Joins Forces with Moore Threads to Propel L4 Robotaxi Scale

In February 2026, Pony.ai — a leading operator of fully driverless Robotaxi services — announced a strategic partnership with Moore Threads. The alliance focuses on large-scale L4 autonomous driving deployment by utilizing Moore Threads' MTT S5000 training-and-inference GPUs and KUAE intelligent computing cluster.

Pony.ai is applying MTT S5000 at scale to train and optimize its PonyWorld world model and Virtual Driver system. This represents Pony.ai's first extensive use of domestic MTT S5000 hardware for core training and simulation tasks, while firmly establishing Moore Threads in the autonomous driving compute ecosystem.

The partnership delivers shorter development cycles, reduced costs, and stronger supply-chain security. Pony.ai already runs commercial Robotaxi operations in Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Shanghai, achieving positive unit economics with its Gen-7 system in Guangzhou. With Moore Threads and MTT S5000, Pony.ai aims to exceed 3,000 Robotaxi vehicles by the end of 2026, leveraging enhanced simulation data generation and model efficiency to speed L4 Robotaxi rollout.