Automotive Research & Testing Center · self-driving bus or shuttle
WinBus
A Taiwanese-developed autonomous minibus run on a public route in Changhua under the country's unmanned vehicle sandbox rules.
- Price
- —Price not published
- Autonomy
- Level 4No driver needed in its area
- Driverless
- Not yetSafety driver on board
- Fleet
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Range
- —Not published
Why it matters
Described as Taiwan's first home-grown autonomous shuttle to receive an operating licence (January 2021).
Real-world use
Trial service began in Changhua in July 2020 on a 7.5 km route, with a one-year Level 4 sandbox licence granted in January 2021.
Maker
Automotive Research & Testing CenterCompanyHow it drives
Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.
- Driverless status
- Safety driver on board
- Where it runs
- Lukang and Changhua Coastal Industrial Park, Changhua County (sandbox trials)
- SAE level
- Level 4: drives itself with no one at the controls inside its approved area
Public attention
How much public attention WinBus gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-13; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
No component details published yet.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- How it runs
- Supervised. Works by itself while a person watches and steps in.
From the maker
WinBus is the only vehicle from Automotive Research & Testing Center (ARTC) in the atlas.
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not publishedPrice not published
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every robot: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | WinBusAutomotive Research & Testing Center (ARTC) |  Robobus (Yutong Xiaoyu 2.0)WeRide with YutongSame jobs: public transit, shuttle · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  Apolong IIBaidu ApolloSame jobs: shuttle, public transit · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  MOGO BUSXiamen Golden Dragon Bus with Mogo AutoSame jobs: shuttle, public transit · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |
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| First shown | 2020-07-15 | 2021-01 | 2021-08-05 | 2022-09-13 |
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Sources
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