Company:Navya SAS
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Type | Société Anonyme |
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Euronext: NAVYA | |
Industry | Autonomous cars |
Predecessor | Induct [1] |
Headquarters | 1 RUE DU DR PIERRE FLEURY PAPILLON, Villeurbanne , France |
Number of employees | 280 [2] (2021) |
Website | navya |
Footnotes / references [3] |
Navya is a French company specialized in the design and construction of autonomous and electric vehicles.
History
In June 2014, Christophe Sapet, co-founder of the companies Infogrames and Infonie, joined the investment fund Robolution Capital to take over the assets of the company Induct, then in liquidation.
Induct launched Navia, a self-driving electric van. This prototype was demonstrated at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas[4][5] and was tested on the site of the Civaux Nuclear Power Plant in June 2015 .
Six engineers remained in the new structure renamed Navya, based between Paris and Lyon. One year after the company's takeover, the new company launched Arma, the first standalone production vehicle.
In 2016 in Lyon, an experimental service of electric and autonomous minibus service was launched in the Confluence district.
A Navya driverless shuttle is operating in downtown Las Vegas. The city of Las Vegas and Keolis initially partnered on a short term deployment in January 2017, which has been followed by a year-long pilot sponsored by AAA of Northern California, Nevada & Utah for a 0.6 mile loop involving eight intersections and connected infrastructure. On November 8, 2017 the shuttle was involved in a minor incident when it was grazed by a delivery truck. The human driver was found to be at fault.[6] As of May 2018, 25,000 passengers had ridden the AAA Self-Driving Shuttle. The current AAA sponsored pilot program is highlighted under Transportation in Las Vegas.
Navya has self-driving vehicles being piloted in Singapore.[7]
In April 2019, Navya self-driving buses enter commercial service in downtown Oslo, Norway's capital.[8]
In June 2021 Etienne Hermite stepped down as CEO and was replaced by Pierre Lahutte [9]
In July 2021, Navya received 7.5m Euros of Subsidies from the Government of France to develop further Projects [10]
In August 2021, Softbank backed Boldly announced that they are expanding their autonomous shuttle network in Sakai, Japan. The Company is using the Navya Arma Shuttle for the Fleet. Sakai Town has been operating an autonomous bus service with Navya in the town since November 26, 2020 and the Company decided to roll out more stops after the successful test run. [11]
In September 2021, Navya and Darwin launched the first autonomous shuttle project on Public Roads in the UK [12]
In September 2021, Navya also began testing its new Autonom Tract 135 in with French Logistics Company Geodis.[13] The Autonom Tract is an autonomous tractor for baggage handling.
References
- ↑ "Navya la start up qui a su vite rencontrer son marché". https://pro.largus.fr/actualites/navya-la-start-up-qui-a-su-vite-rencontrer-son-marche-10266390.html.
- ↑ "Equipe Navya". https://navya.tech/fr/equipe/vision/#:~:text=Navya%20est%20un%20leader%20fran%C3%A7ais,de%20personnes%20ou%20de%20biens..
- ↑ "Identité de l'entreprise Navya". https://www.societe.com/societe/navya-802698746.html.
- ↑ Wang, Ucilia. "Hop On This Robot: It Will Shuttle You Around Town". https://www.forbes.com/sites/uciliawang/2014/01/06/hop-on-this-robot-it-will-shuttle-you-around-town/#5ebf8cee6686.
- ↑ Murphy, Samantha. "World's First Commercially Available Self-Driving Car Launches". https://mashable.com/2014/01/06/navia-driverless-shuttle/.
- ↑ "Las Vegas launches the first electric autonomous shuttle on U.S. public roads". https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/11/las-vegas-launches-the-first-electric-autonomous-shuttle-on-u-s-public-roads/.
- ↑ "Singapore Built a Town to test Autonomous Self Driving Vehicles". https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-06-04/singapore-built-a-town-to-test-autonomous-self-driving-vehicles.
- ↑ "Oslos første selvkjørende buss skal gå mellom Vippetangen og Rådhuset". https://www.aftenposten.no/osloby/i/b5Oele/Oslos-forste-selvkjorende-buss-skal-ga-mellom-Vippetangen-og-Radhuset.
- ↑ "NAVYA Accelerates With a Streamlined Management Board". https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210625005441/en/NAVYA-Accelerates-With-a-Streamlined-Management-Board.
- ↑ "Navya will receive 7.5 million euros of subsidies, especially within the framework of the France Relance program, for four of its technological projects". https://navya.tech/en/navya-will-receive-7-5-million-euros-of-subsidies-especially-within-the-framework-of-the-france-relance-program-for-four-of-its-technological-projects/.
- ↑ "Boldly Japan (Softbank) is expanding it’s autonomous shuttle network in Sakai Town". https://autonomous-mag.com/boldly-japan-softbank-is-expanding-its-autonomous-shuttle-network-in-sakai-town/.
- ↑ "Launch of the first autonomous shuttle service by NAVYA on open road in the UK". https://navya.tech/en/launch-first-autonomous-shuttle-service-open-road-uk/.
- ↑ "New milestone for our Autonom® Tract". https://www.linkedin.com/posts/navya_group_event-autonomous-mobility-activity-6846841910846398464-YZd8.