TLDR: WeRide took its Robobus to Leuven with public operator De Lijn and the city. Route prep starts now, supervised public tests begin mid September, and a trial window from November to January could create Belgium’s first mixed traffic commercial AV service.
Leuven’s use case, not a sizzle reel
Leuven is not a fenced demo with cones and a press line. If this pilot sticks, Belgium gets its first commercial autonomous service that runs in the same messy traffic as everyone else.
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