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Autonom Shuttle Evo (Evo L4)
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CommercialFranceFully autonomousSAE level 4

Navya · self-driving bus or shuttle

Autonom Shuttle Evo

Evo L4

The upgraded Navya shuttle with a wider sensor set, better wheelchair access and a remote supervision centre that replaces the onboard operator. After Navya's 2023 receivership the business passed to Gama (Gaussin and Macnica) and in 2024 to Navya Mobility (Macnica and NTT West).

Price
—Price not published
Autonomy
Level 4No driver needed in its area
Driverless
In serviceSince 2020-06-22
Fleet
7Reported; details below
Speed
—Not published
Range
—Not published

Why it matters

Navya said its June 2020 Chateauroux run was its first Level 4 operation with no safety operator on board, supervised remotely instead.

Real-world use

Entered service in June 2020 at the National Sport Shooting Centre in Chateauroux with Keolis; later sold in Japan and planned for a Malta pilot from June 2026.

Timeline

First shown
2020-07-09
Released
2020-06
Navya press release on the Chateauroux Level 4 service

Maker

NavyaCompany

How it drives

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

Driverless status
Driverless in service
Where it runs
Châteauroux (closed-site Autonom Shuttle Evo service from June 2020; Navya); Japan (7 autonomous shuttles ordered in July 2023; Gaussin-Macnica-Mobility).
Driverless since
2020-06-22
Fleet
Not published; Gama announced a 7-shuttle order for Japan in July 2023 (Sustainable Bus)
SAE level
Level 4: drives itself with no one at the controls inside its approved area

Public attention

How much public attention Autonom Shuttle Evo (Evo L4) gets, from open data.

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

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
Fully autonomous. Does its job with nobody at the controls.

Lineage

Every Navya (Gama from 2023, Navya Mobility from 2024) vehicle in order.

  1. Arma (later Autonom Shuttle)Arma (later Autonom Shuttle)2015Discontinued
  2. Autonom Shuttle Evo (Evo L4)Autonom Shuttle Evo (Evo L4)2020Commercial

Made, sold and where

No production or sales figures published yet.

Price
Not publishedPrice not published
How to get one
No official buying page found

Side by side with its peers

Picked by the same rules for every robot: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose

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Sources

Figures come from the maker. Every link below backs something on this page.

Business Wire Navya Reaches a New Milestone in Autonomous Mobility With the First Fully Autonomous Level 4 Operation on a Closed Site Navya Navya reaches a new milestone in autonomous mobility Sustainable Bus Gaussin and Macnica have taken over Navya. New entity GAMA to showcase a driverless shuttle at Busworld Navya Keolis and Navya launch their first shuttle without an onboard safety operator in Châteauroux Le Journal des Entreprises Le pionnier des vehicules autonomes Gama recompose son capital et devient Navya Mobility

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