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The first sell-out Automated Mobility Summit showed that Switzerland has the talent, pilot projects and regulatory foundations needed to make autonomous mobility a reality in the service of society. What comes next is a choice: invest boldly in this vision or let the opportunity slip away. The first Automated Mobility Summit (AMS), organised by SAAM (Swiss Association for Autonomous Mobility), took place on 4 and 5 May 2026 at Innovation Park Zurich in Dübendorf. Over two days, more than 300 decision-makers, engineers, policymakers, transport operators and investors from across Europe, Asia and the United States gathered to assess the state of autonomous mobility and define the concrete steps needed to move from pilot projects to large-scale deployment. An event sending strong signals

• One of Europe’s largest events dedicated to automated mobility, with more than 300 participants from Europe, Asia and the United States
• High-level participation: CEOs, national parliamentarians, transport operators and regulators
• 8 automated vehicles on site: 2 available for real-world trials (PixMoving & LOXO), 6 on static display.
• With 33 automated vehicles on public roads since 2015 and an estimated 100 vehicles by 2028, Switzerland ranks among Europe’s most advanced countries in autonomous vehicles. Currently deployed automated vehicles in Switzerland
• Loxo / Planzer (Bern): Europe’s first Level 4 urban parcel delivery in live operation
• Embotech (CH & worldwide): more than 3,000 vehicles moved autonomously every day in factories and ports
• TGA SCCL / Arbon (Thurgau): automated bus (20 passengers) operating 7 days a week in the city centre
• ULTIMO (Geneva region): 15 on-demand Level 4 shuttles will cross the French-Swiss border in a few months.
• PostAuto / AmiGo (Eastern Switzerland): up to 25 robotaxis for on-demand ride-sharing in areas poorly served by public transport
• Swiss Transit Lab (Furttal, ZH–AG): autonomous public transport service with 6 vehicles, scheduled to launch in 2026
• Zurich Airport: autonomous airside shuttles between gates, driverless operations planned for Q3 2026
• Urban Places Lab / ARIVE³ (Basel): cross-border autonomous first/last-mile service between Switzerland, Germany and France “Key Actions for Switzerland” – the panel that set out what is at stake The Tuesday afternoon panel brought together leading figures on the topic, moderated by Mélanie Freymond.
• Jürg Röthlisberger – Director, Federal Roads Office (FEDRO)
• Emmanuelle Vandamme – Chair, Belgian Federal Committee Mobility & Transport
• Barbara Schaffner – National Councillor
• Jürg Wittwer – CEO, TCS
• Stefan Regli – CEO, PostAuto
• Amin Amini – CEO, LOXO
• Vibeke Harlem – Head of Radical Innovations, Ruter (Norway) Their shared conclusion: Switzerland has the necessary foundations. What it now needs is the strategic courage to capitalise on them and deliver on the promise of safer, more sustainable and more accessible mobility for the entire population The SAAM Roadmap: making Swiss mobility more sustainable.
• Vision, objectives and milestones through 2040 for passenger transport and logistics
• Automated vehicles will help make traffic safer, more efficient, more sustainable and accessible to all.
• Automated vehicles will be part of everyday life in Switzerland within 15 years – provided decisions are taken now
• The full Roadmap is available at saam.swiss The financing challenge: time to act Switzerland allocates around CHF 8 billion per year in public transport subsidies. Part of this budget must be redirected to finance the transition to large-scale autonomous mobility. The Summit made one thing clear: the business model for Level 4 vehicles in public transport does not pay for itself. Public co-investment during the transition phase is the condition for Switzerland to deliver on the promise of credible future mobility.

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