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NAVI autonomous shuttle (Ford E-Transit with Oxa Driver)
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Beep with Oxa · self-driving bus or shuttle

NAVI autonomous shuttle

Ford E-Transit with Oxa Driver

Ford E-Transit electric vans fitted with UK firm Oxa's driving software and operated by Beep for the Jacksonville Transportation Authority on a 3.5-mile, 12-stop downtown loop. An attendant still rides on board.

Price
—Service only, not sold
Autonomy
SupervisedHow it runs
Driverless
Not yetSafety driver on board
Fleet
14Reported; details below
Speed
—Not published
Range
—Not published

Why it matters

Jacksonville's NAVI is described as the first autonomous road vehicle in permanent public transit service in the United States.

Real-world use

Began public service in downtown Jacksonville on 30 June 2025 as phase 1 of JTA's Ultimate Urban Circulator, run by Beep with 14 vans.

Timeline

First shown
2025-04
Released
2025-06-30
Opening of JTA Autonomous Innovation Center control centre

Maker

Beep with OxaCompany

How it drives

Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.

Driverless status
Safety driver on board
Where it runs
Jacksonville, Florida (Bay Street Innovation Corridor)
Fleet
14 Ford E-Transit vans (JTA/Beep, 2025)
Rides, miles or loads
More than 15,200 passengers and over 61,000 autonomous miles in the first year (Sustainable Bus, 2026)

Public attention

How much public attention NAVI autonomous shuttle (Ford E-Transit with Oxa Driver) gets, from open data.

  • No Wikipedia article of its own yet
  • No recent press stories listed yet
  • 1 reported deployment

Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-14; same method for every robot. How it is measured

What’s inside

No component details published yet.

Movement
Wheeled base
How it runs
Supervised. Works by itself while a person watches and steps in.

From the maker

NAVI autonomous shuttle (Ford E-Transit with Oxa Driver) is the only vehicle from Beep with Oxa (on Ford E-Transit) in the atlas.

Made, sold and where

No production or sales figures published yet.

Price
Not publishedService only, not sold
How to get one
No official buying page found

Where it works

1 reported deployment.

Map
  • Deployed

    Jacksonville Transportation Authority with Beep · Bay Street Innovation Corridor · Jacksonville · 14 units

    JTA's NAVI autonomous shuttles run a free 3.5-mile, 12-stop Bay Street route downtown on weekdays, each with a service attendant; operations are set to pause on 31 December 2026. 14 vehicles (JTA) Jacksonville Transportation Authority

Side by side with its peers

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Sources

Figures come from press coverage. Every link below backs something on this page.

The Robot Report Beep launches fully autonomous public transit system in Florida Truck & Bus Builder Jacksonville launches first autonomous shuttle service in the United States Sustainable Bus Jacksonville's autonomous bus project NAVI completes first year Jacksonville Transportation Authority Updates on a better connected Northeast Florida, June 2026 Beep Beep Begins Operating NAVI: Nation’s First Fully Autonomous Public Transit System

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