The launch of CDG Expresswhich was due to take place during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, has been cancelled. finally postponed. But business travellers can rest assured that the mobility industry intends to take advantage of the sporting event to make a big splash, and turn the French capital into a laboratory for urban travel. Back in June, the Paris Air Show gave a foretaste of the ambition that drives those involved in the project: at the aeronautical showcase, the RATP, Airbus and Aéroports de Paris made official a partnership aimed at testing flying taxis in the skies over Paris during the Olympic fortnight. And now it's the turn of two other leading groups to enter the race for tomorrow's mobility: " while the Renault Group and Nissan announced in June 2019 the signing of an exclusive agreement with Waymo on autonomous mobility services in France and Japan, the Île-de-France Region and the Renault Group will study the introduction of an autonomous mobility service between Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport and La Défense "the project leaders announced on 11 October.
our Region (...) is investing €100 million to develop the infrastructure on which autonomous vehicles will operate
" France is a recognised world leader in mobility, and we are delighted to be working with the Île-de-France region and our partner Groupe Renault to explore the deployment of the Waymo Driver on the strategic route linking Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport to La Défense. "Adam Frost, head of automotive programmes and partnerships, Waymo. For Valérie PécressePresident of the Île-de-France Region and Île-de-France Mobilités, " This autonomous mobility service between Roissy and La Défense is likely to play a key role in the mobility of Paris Region residents and tourists, and therefore in the international appeal of our Region, which is investing €100m to develop the infrastructure on which the autonomous vehicles will travel. My ambition is to bring this project to fruition by the time of the Paris Olympics. ".
