China-based autonomous driving start-up WeRide is to follow a dedicated route transporting employees to various areas of Zurich Airport starting in early 2025.
The commercial autonomous shuttle service has announced its self-driving shuttle bus – Robobus – will be deployed at the airport.
This pilot project is a collaboration between Flughafen Zürich AG and Swiss Transit Lab (STL), a competence network for developing and testing intelligent mobility solutions in Switzerland. Following a tender process, WeRide was selected as the technology provider for the robotaxi pilot project.
The WeRide Robobus pilot project will operate as a supplementary transport service to the existing airside shuttle for employees working at the airport.
Transporting nine passengers at a time, the Robobus will travel a route with several stops connecting the employee entrance at gate 101 to the maintenance area at gate 130.
As this route is clearly separated from flight operations and does not cross any airplane...