Located in Déols, near Châteauroux in the department of Indre, the CNTS is a private site spanning 80 hectares, closed to traffic, which will be made available to Keolis as part of this partnership. This domain will give the Keolis Group the opportunity to train new operators, test new autonomous mobility solutions and grow its expertise in fleet management of “fully autonomous” vehicles without operators on board.
Keolis creates an autonomous mobility test site in France
11th December 2019
On 11 December 2019, Keolis, Châteauroux Metropole and the French Shooting Federation concluded a partnership agreement to authorise the autonomous vehicle tests carried out by the Group at the National Centre for Shooting Sports (CNTS), located near Châteauroux, in the centre of France. This partnership will enable Keolis to pursue its development in autonomous vehicle fleet management, by conducting operational tests aimed at improving vehicle operation and the vehicles’ capacity to adapt to different traffic environments in order to guarantee optimal safety and quality of service for passengers.
Keolis, world leader in autonomous shuttle operations
A pioneer in autonomous mobility, the Group deployed the first autonomous shuttle service in France in Lyon in September 2016.
Since then, some fifteen autonomous shuttles operated by Keolis have covered more than 80,000 km and carried more than 200,000 passengers on sites including:
France: Paris-La Défense, Roissy Charles de Gaulle Airport, Lille, Lyon, Lille, Monaco, Nevers and Rennes.
Australia: Adélaïde, Melbourne and Newcastle
Belgium: Han-sur-Lesse and Waterloo
Canada: Candiac
United States: Las Vegas
United Kingdom: London
Recently, Keolis also launched new shuttle trials in France (in Rennes and Lyon) and Australia (in Newcastle).
