WeRide will operate its autonomous Robobus along a 2.8-kilometer route at the 2026 Roland-Garros tournament for the third consecutive year, running daily from May 24 through June 7 with three daily service windows totaling roughly seven hours of operation. The deployment continues the company’s partnership with Renault Group and remains the only autonomous public shuttle service at the Grand Slam venue. Vehicle operator beti, which has collaborated with WeRide in Europe since October 2024, oversees daily on-ground operations.
Highlights
- Third consecutive year of operations at the French Open since 2024
- 2.8-kilometer route completed in 12 minutes, connecting three stops along Avenue de la Porte d’Auteuil
- Service runs May 24 to June 7, with daytime hours of 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., plus a 10 p.m. to midnight window
- Second consecutive year of night-time operations, retained following the 2025 rollout
Route and Service Hours
The Robobus connects three stops — Carrefour des Anciens Combattants, Gate 5 Village Welcome Desk, and Porte d’Auteuil — along Avenue de la Porte d’Auteuil, which runs through the Roland-Garros stadium complex. The 2.8-kilometer journey takes approximately 12 minutes.
Service operates in three daily windows: 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., and 10 p.m. to midnight. The night-time window returns for a second consecutive year after WeRide and Renault extended service hours during the 2025 tournament. The route, stop list, and journey time match the configuration used in 2025, with the schedule shifted to align with this year’s match calendar.
Partnership Continuity and European Footprint
The Roland-Garros service sits within a broader WeRide-Renault collaboration across Europe. The companies launched a fully driverless Robobus service in France’s Drôme region in March 2025 and ran a pilot service in central Barcelona the same month, which the company describes as Spain’s first public-road trial of an L4 autonomous vehicle for passenger transport.
WeRide reports active deployments across France, Belgium, Switzerland, and Slovakia. The company’s Robobus is in regular commercial operation in Belgium, and WeRide has removed the front-row safety driver from its Robobus at Zurich Airport — a step the company characterizes as movement toward fully driverless operations at that site. Driverless Robotaxi services are scheduled to launch in Furttal, Switzerland, and WeRide has announced entry into Slovakia as part of what the company describes as Europe’s first large-scale, multi-product autonomous driving commercial deployment.
Operator and Vehicle Configuration
beti serves as vehicle operator at Roland-Garros, handling daily on-ground operations. The company provides digital services and solutions to mobility operators and automated driving technology providers in Europe and has worked with WeRide since October 2024. French insurance group Macif is a beti shareholder.
WeRide, which trades on Nasdaq under WRD and on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange under 0800, holds autonomous driving permits in eight markets: China, the UAE, Singapore, France, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Belgium, and the United States.
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