In a new interview with Tencent News, Pony.ai co-founder and CTO Lou Tiancheng dismissed Tesla's long-awaited robotaxi launch, claiming that “Tesla hasn't yet taken a seat at the [SAE] L4 poker table”. The former Google self-driving engineer argued that Tesla lacks the driverless operation—given its reliance on teleoperators—and large-scale deployment criteria that define serious SAE Level 4 autonomous driving companies.
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