Renault and Waymo are looking into the implementation of an autonomous mobility service between Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport and the La Défense business district in Paris.

The service would run between Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport and the La Défense business district in Paris

If given the go-ahead, the service would run alongside existing transport offerings, targeting both business and private travellers and with a view to being in place for the Paris Olympic Games in 2024.

The plans follow the signing in June 2019 of an exclusive agreement between Renault and Nissan with Waymo on autonomous mobility services in France and Japan, and are being supported by the Paris Region, which is investing €100m to develop an infrastructure for autonomous vehicles to operate on.

“France is a recognised global mobility leader, and we look forward to working with the Paris Region and our partner Groupe Renault to explore deploying the Waymo Driver on the critical business route stretching from Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport to La Défense in Paris,” said Adam Frost, chief automotive programs and partnerships officer, Waymo.

Renault is already taking part in the EVRA (Expérimentation de Véhicules Routiers Autonomes) programme of autonomous vehicle projects that’s supported by the French government. Renault has been participating in EVRA via a consortium of the PFA, the French automotive platform, with experiments of electric and autonomous on-demand vehicles in Rouen in conjunction with the Rouen Normandy Metropolitan Area and the Normandy Region; and on the Paris-Saclay urban campus with the Paris Region (Région Île-de-France) and Île-de-France Mobilités (Public Transport Authority of Paris Region).