Pony.ai [NASDAQ: PONY] closed up 5.9% in New York yesterday and its Hong Kong-listed stock [HKG: 2026] rose 4% as of 10.20 a.m. today after the Chinese self-driving tech firm reported its third-quarter net loss widened to USD61.6 million from USD42.1 million a year earlier, but revenue surged 72% to USD25.4 million.