WeRide has partnered with Renault Group for the second consecutive year to provide a Level 4 autonomous minibus shuttle service during the 2025 French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros, taking place in Paris, France.
The robobus service at Roland-Garros covers 2.8km in 12 minutes, connecting Avenue de la Porte d’Auteuil, Place de la Porte d’Auteuil, P1 Parking Carrefour des Anciens Combattants, and Village de Roland Garros. It is running daily, from May 25 to June 8.
A new night service, which was added this year, operates from 10pm to midnight, offering greater convenience and extended access for guests. Despite the complexity of night-time conditions, the robobus operates “smoothly, particularly in low-light urban settings with unpredictable vehicle, foot and bike traffic”, WeRide said.
The robobus is powered by WeRide’s full-stack, self-developed autonomous driving system.
“We’re excited to be back at Roland-Garros with our longstanding partner, Renault Group, driving our shared mission of commercializing autonomous mobility in Europe. The return of our robobus service for a second year not only reinforces confidence in our technology, but proves its readiness for the real world,” said Tony Han, founder and CEO of WeRide.
“Europe is a key market in our global roadmap. With our autonomous products licensed in five markets, including France, and commercial operations already underway, we’re accelerating efforts to bring safer, smarter mobility to more cities across the region.”
“These autonomous electric minibuses and shuttles embody our vision of safe, smoother, more efficient, and more sustainable new public transport, at the service of the territories and their inhabitants. Since we have started experiments, we are no longer asking if society is ready for autonomous public transport; we are seeing that it already is. From Roland-Garros to Barcelona, via Valence, Renault and WeRide demonstrate that autonomous mobility is no longer a promise, but a reality,” added Patrick Vergelas, autonomous mobility project manager of Renault Group.
In March, both companies launched Europe’s first fully driverless commercial Robobus deployment in France’s Drôme region, in collaboration with beti and Macif. The Level-4 autonomous shuttle began operations on March 10 at the Rovaltain business park – Valence TGV station in Drôme. That same week, WeRide and Renault also operated a robobus trial service in central Barcelona from March 10 to 14 — their first-ever test in Spain of a Level-4 autonomous vehicle for public transport.
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