<strong>Navya is proud to announce the name of its first customer: acting on behalf of Swiss Post, it’s PostBus Switzerland Ltd, leading bus company providing public passenger transport, to test two autonomous vehicles AUTONOM SHUTTLE in Sion over two years. His ambition? Understand the added value of these autonomous shuttles to bring new mobility solutions in even inaccessible to public transport. For Navya, this experiment appears as a new proof of its growing power on the transport market of people.</strong>

PostBus Switzerland Ltd, a Swiss specialist of urban transport, is the first group to acquire autonomous, driverless and electric vehicles. The company could be the first transport company operating this type of technology in public areas for passenger transportation in Switzerland. The bus company acquires two 100% autonomous, driverless and electric AUTONOM SHUTTLES. Launched in early October at the <a href="http://navya.tech/2015/10/arma-first-worldwide/?lang=en">ITS World Congress 2015</a>, AUTONOM SHUTTLE will transport up to nine people at a maximum of 20 km/h through the streets of the capital of Valais. The vehicles will be monitored and controlled using software developed by BestMile, a Swiss start-up specialized in the field of fleet management. Furthermore, the autonomous AUTONOM SHUTTLE will be dressed in the colors of PostBus Switzerland AG. The aim is to provide a complementary mode of transport to cover all the needs of users, including people from unserved areas.

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The  AUTONOM SHUTTLE dressed in the colors of PostBus Switzerland Ltd

In the initial phase from December 2015 until around spring 2016, specialists will test the vehicles in a cordoned-off private area. If the relevant authorities approve the pilot project, the second phase will involve operating the autonomous shuttles in public areas and transporting people. Areas encompassing the pedestrian zone and shared space in Sion’s old town and the city’s tourist centre, as well as the area leading to the Tourbillon and Valère castles have been designated for the tests.

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Map of the city of Sion marking out the route for the ARMA autonomous vehicles

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<strong>Discover, in a video,</strong> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwX7HTFHB8w">the NAVYA SHUTTLE autonomous shuttles on the open-road in Bordeaux</a>.

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<strong>ABOUT NAVYA</strong>

<strong>A pioneer and specialist in the autonomous vehicle market, NAVYA assists cities and private sites around the world in improving their transport offer with its autonomous, driverless and electric solutions. At the cutting edge of technology, NAVYA revolutionizes trips by offering fluid mobility solutions.</strong>

NAVYA's impact is international. Its multidisciplinary team of experts is motivated by one principle objective: offering new mobility solutions that are more intelligent and more fluid, thereby taking part in the sustainable transformation of everyday life.

NAVYA benefits from an overall vision and expertise in automobile technology and software solutions which include perception, visualization, navigation, geolocation, telecommunications and automobile manufacturing.

Indeed, at our 5 sites located in France and the United States, our 150 employees combine their complementary skills in Research &amp; Development, Design and Production, to conceive and develop our range of autonomous, driverless and 100% electric vehicles. These are vehicles that merge motor, digital and robotic technology and are capable of solving the problem of the first and last mile, both in cities and on private sites.

In Europe, the United States and in Asia and the Pacific, over 50 NAVYA SHUTTLES are already in service (September 2017) and more than 180,000 passengers have already benefited from this innovative mobility solution, in cities or on private sites.

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