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French Driverless-Shuttle Maker Picks Michigan Plant Site
Navya Technologies, a French maker of autonomous electric shuttle buses., has selected Saline, Mich., for the site of its first North American manufacturing facility.
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Navya Technologies, a French maker of autonomous electric shuttle buses, has selected a site near Detroit for its first North American manufacturing facility.
The company is investing $1 million in the 20,000-sq-ft facility in Saline and plans to build 25 of its Arma buses there this year. As many as 50 people are expected to be employed at the plant.
The vehicles initially will serve as driverless shuttles at select locations at the University of Michigan’s north campus in nearby Ann Arbor. A Navya bus has been used since December for automated tours of the U-Mich.’s 32-acre MCity research center for autonomous vehicles.
Lyon-based Navya has deployed 45 of the self-driving Arma shuttles worldwide, transporting more than 170,000 passengers. The 15-passenger buses are powered by a 33-kWh battery that can be fully charged in about eight hours. The shuttle's maximum speed is 25 mph.
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