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Ride-hailing company inDrive announced plans to begin testing Pony.ai's autonomous vehicles in Kazakhstan's capital in the first half of 2027, according to TechCrunch on October 23, 2026. The partnership with Pony.ai and Nvidia positions inDrive to explore robotaxi deployment in Central Asia, where regulatory environments may differ from more restrictive global markets. The move reflects inDrive's strategy to expand autonomous driving trials as competition intensifies in the global mobility space.