Experiments

Diverse experiments to explore all types of use cases

The project targets six categories of automated vehicle use cases: automated driving, parking valet, ride hailing, new collective or shared mobility services, public transport and last-mile delivery.

The use cases are associated with different experimental sites selected to match the needs expressed by the local authorities and to explore complementary use cases.

Fields of applicationAutomated passenger vehicleAutomated road transport systemAutomated freight transport and logistics system
Use case categoriesAutomated drivingParking valetRide hailing, …New mobility servicesPublic transportLast mile delivery 
Divided highway    
Parking      
Dedicated lanes   
Peri-urban   
Urban   
Private site      

They were selected according to the following criteria: services offered, technical capabilities of the vehicles, interoperability of vehicles on the same infrastructure, types of environment, complexity and variability of the routes, types of users, use of connectivity, possible presence of an operator on board, traffic speed, types of vehicle, types of roadway.

Experimental sites

Presentation of the SAM experiments

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Automated Driving on divided carriageway roads (Ile de France)

Pilots: Stellantis - Renault
Associate partners: Cofiroute
Involved Territories: Région Ile-de-France, DiRIF

Real-world experimentation of an automated driving function on divided carriageway roads for individual vehicles. 

  • Automated driving features (SAE level L2+ / L3) on Stellantis vehicles 
  • Vinci « I2V » connected infrastructure deployed on Duplex A86 tunnel and A10-A11 highway sections.

Automated Mobility on divided carriageway roads (Ile de France)

Pilots: Stellantis - Renault
Associate partners: Cofiroute
Involved Territories: Région Ile-de-France, DiRIF, Hauts-de-Seine, Paris-La Défense, Aéroports de Paris, Cities of Massy and Palaiseau, Paris-Saclay and Communauté de Communes du Pays de Limours.

Real-world experimentation of an automated mobility feature between various activity hubs within the Parisian region. Two routes experimented: 

  • Dourdan (Longvilliers Multimodal Pole) – Briis-ss-Forges – Massy train station 
  • Roissy CdG airport – La Défense

Automated valet parking service (Créteil)

Pilots: Valeo
Associate partners: Renault
Involved Territories: Valeo Créteil Pointe du Lac R&D Centre

Experimentation with a shared on-demand automated valet parking service.

Automated mobility on a converted railway line (Carquefou – Nantes)

Pilots: Stellantis and SNCF
Involved Territories: Carquefou city, Nantes Métropole, Région Pays de la Loire

Experimentation of an automated collective mobility feature. Dedicated lane on a 2 km unused and converted railway line from Carquefou near Nantes. Real-life conditions study of some technological building blocks (infrastructure, vehicle and supervision)

3 stations disctrict (Paris Rive Gauche)

Pilots: RATP
Involved Territories: Paris City Council, IdFM

Experimentation of a collective intermodal transport service, complementary to the mass intermodal transport network on a deployable use case.

Autonomous bus service (Vincennes / Bois de Vincennes)

Pilots: RATP
Involved Territories: Paris City Council, Vincennes City Council

Anticipation of a regular line of autonomous vehicles on site, enabling integration work to be carried out in several environments representative of the communes of the Ile-de-France region.

Autonomous, on-demand, electric and shared shuttle service (Paris-Saclay)

Pilots: Renault
Involved Territories: Établissement Public d'Aménagement (public development agency) Paris-Saclay (EPAPS), Communauté d'agglomération (local agglomeration) Paris-Saclay (CPS)

Autonomous on demand transport, electric and shared, as a public transport or transport as a service in Paris-Saclay.

Autonomous shuttle service integrated into the STAR public transport network (Rennes)

Pilots: Keolis
Involved Territories: Rennes Métropole, Université Rennes 1

Experimentation with an autonomous, electric and shared mobility service. A regular line on the STAR network in Rennes (line 100) available on STAR app on the university campus of Rennes 1, connecting with the network's main bus lines.

Autonomous shuttle service to a private site (CNTS Châteauroux)

Pilots: Keolis
Involved Territories: Châteauroux Métropole

Experimentation with an autonomous, electric, shared mobility service (serving a private site). The service is mainly used on competition days.

Transfer service between a medical establishment and a remote car park, without an on-board operator (Toulouse)

Pilots: EasyMile
Associate partners: Alstom
Involved Territories: Toulouse Métropole, IUCT Oncopole

Experimentation with an autonomous mobility service, on open roads without an on-board operator, with safe crossing of intersections at traffic lights.

Autonomous urban logistics service (Montpellier - Carreta)

Pilots: Soben / TwinswHeel
Involved Territories: Montpellier Metropolitan Area, La Poste, STEF, CARA

Experimentation of an autonomous urban logistics service for transporting parcels and supplying shops in the city centre.

Les Mureaux, Ariane Espace site

Pilots : Transdev
Associated partners: VEDECOM, ArianeGroup, EasyMile, Yvelines Department Council
Involved Territories: Yvelines Department

Autonomous shuttle fleet service without on-board attendant on an urban like environment