Auve Tech · self-driving bus or shuttle
MiCa
A compact 4.2 m, eight-seat electric shuttle with seven lidars and ten cameras, built for Level 4 operation at up to 25 km/h. A Japanese version is run by SoftBank's BOLDLY in small towns.
- Price
- —Not published
- Autonomy
- Level 4No driver needed in its area
- Driverless
- In serviceDriverless in service
- Fleet
- ~20Reported; details below
- Speed
- 25.0 km/hFaster than 8%
- Range
- —Not published
Why it matters
MiCa is on the market today.
Real-world use
About 20 MiCas serve small towns in Japan, mostly run by BOLDLY; Level 4 public-road service in Taki, Mie; staff shuttle at Tallinn Airport; Boca Raton, Florida service from November 2025.
Maker
Auve TechCompanyHow it drives
Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.
- Driverless status
- Driverless in service
- Where it runs
- Taki (Mie) and other Japanese towns; Tallinn Airport; Boca Raton (Florida)
- Fleet
- about 20 in Japan (Auve Tech, via Invest in Estonia)
- Rides, miles or loads
- more than 26,000 km of commercial operation (company post, unverified)
- SAE level
- Level 4: drives itself with no one at the controls inside its approved area
How it stacks up
Against other buses & shuttles that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
MiCa is faster than 8% of the 13 other buses & shuttles that publish a speed. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: height, weight, payload, joints, battery, price.
Public attention
How much public attention MiCa gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
- 3 reported deployments
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
- Fully autonomous. Does its job with nobody at the controls.
From the maker
MiCa is the only vehicle from Auve Tech in the atlas.
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not published
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
Where it works
3 reported deployments.
- Deployed
City of Boca Raton with Circuit and Guident · Mizner Park · Boca Raton · since 2025-11 · 1 units
A fare-free Auve Tech MiCa autonomous shuttle runs a short loop around Mizner Park in Boca Raton. one shuttle (Auve Tech, Nov 2025) Auve Tech
- Deployed
Magnetic MRO · Tallinn Airport · Tallinn · since 2026-01-12 · 1 units
A MiCa shuttle moves Magnetic MRO staff and parts on a 9 km round trip between hangars inside Tallinn Airport's restricted area. one shuttle (Auve Tech, Jan 2026) Auve Tech
- Deployed
Sakai Town · Sakai · since 2023-11-14 · 3 units
Three Auve Tech autonomous shuttles run a scheduled 8.5 km route six days a week as Sakai town's main public transport (Ibaraki Prefecture). 3 shuttles (Auve Tech case study) Auve Tech
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 | MiCaAuve Tech |  ParkShuttle Generation III2getthereSame job: passenger shuttle · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  Autonomous e-ATAKKarsan with ADASTECSame job: passenger shuttle · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  ZEN drive Pilot (Yamaha Land Car)Yamaha Motor with AISTSame job: passenger shuttle · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2022-10 | 2022-12-05 | 2021 | 2020-12-22 |
| Status | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial |
| Height | — | — | — | — |
| Weight | — | — | — | — |
| Joints | — | — | — | — |
| Speed | 25 km/h | 32 km/h | 50 km/h | — |
| Payload | — | — | — | — |
| Battery | — | — | — | — |
| Price | — | — | — | — |
Sources
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