Benjamin Baudet
CEO (Directeur Général) of beti, the French automated mobility operator behind Europe's first fully driverless commercial robobus deployment with WeRide and Renault; spin-off of family coach company bertolami.
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Sep 16, 2026
DanielHOST
So what generally has to be rebuilt? So was there different requirements in terms of data flows, incident reporting or stuff like that? So where was maybe a friction in regards to that?
Benjamin BaudetGUEST
We were starting with a system that had originally been designed with many components and processes specific to Chinese markets.
Benjamin BaudetGUEST
Because the RoboBus was only in the Chinese market, they used Robotaxi in the Middle East, but it was the first time for the RoboBus for the European market and outside the Asian market because...
Benjamin BaudetGUEST
So we had to work on many practical issues from language, interface and regulated data protocols because we have some differences between France and China.
Benjamin BaudetGUEST
And to be transparent, everything was not perfect at the beginning of the operation.
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DanielHOST
So how does that shape your contract and your fleet strategy now?