Launching with ministerial support gives Wayve, Stellantis and Nvidia a regulatory partner from the outset of their French programme
Wayve, Stellantis and Nvidia will work together on deploying autonomous vehicles in France, unveiling the collaboration with the French government at Paris’s Assises du Véhicule Autonome. The plan pairs Stellantis’ level 4-ready vehicle platforms with Wayve’s AI Driver software, set to run Nvidia’s Halos operating system on its Hyperion compute and sensor architecture.
Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot said France would adapt its regulatory framework to speed up autonomous vehicle development while keeping strict safety and data sovereignty rules. He described the partnership as the kind of approach needed to move beyond trials into real-world service.
Local transport partners will lead talks with unions, city authorities and other mobility stakeholders. That builds workforce and community concerns into the plan early, which matters in one of Europe’s largest ride-hailing markets.
France also hosted the 2025 AI Action Summit, where €109bn (US$122bn) of AI investment was announced, and London-based Wayve calls the country essential to its expansion. Stellantis’ Anne Laliron, Senior Vice President of Technology Research, pointed to France as one of the group’s key engineering and technology centres. The partners present the project as a way for Europe to hold its own globally in autonomy, with chips, software and vehicles drawn from one collaboration.
Source: Stellantis
