WeRide has once again partnered with Renault Group to provide a L4 autonomous minibus service on the day courts during the 2025 French Open, following the debut of their joint L4 shuttle at the tennis tournament’s 2024 edition.
For 2025, the Robobus service will cover a 2.8-kilometer (1.7-mile) route in around 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 runs daily from May 25 to June 8, 10:30am to 5pm, and 6pm to 8pm.
In addition to these services, WeRide and Renault will also be offering a new night service for 2025. Operating from 10pm to midnight, this new service is focused on offering customers enhanced convenience and extended access. While the Robobus will be faced with the complexity of nighttime conditions during these hours, WeRide and Renault highlighted the AV’s capabilities in handling these scenarios, particularly when operating in low-light urban settings with unpredictable vehicle, foot and bike traffic.
Through this shuttle service, WeRide and Renault Group aim to strengthen their partnership further as they advance their shared ambition to scale autonomous mobility solutions across Europe. Their latest French Open collaboration follows their joint launch of a fully driverless, commercial, Robobus deployment in in France’s Drôme region, as part of a collaboration with beti and Macif. This L4 deployment began operations on March 10 at the Rovaltain business park at Valence TGV station in Drôme. During this time, from March 10 to 14, WeRide and Renault also operated a Robobus trial service in central Barcelona, representing their first test in Spain of a L4 AV intended for public transport.
The Robobus at the center of the 2025 French Open shuttle service is powered by WeRide’s proprietary, full-stack, autonomous driving system aimed at supporting low-carbon transportation across urban roads, airports, resorts, tourist sites, and more. To date, the Robobus has launched in just under 30 cities worldwide, including Singapore, Switzerland, France, and China.
