Karsan with ADASTEC · self-driving bus or shuttle
Autonomous e-ATAK
An 8.3 m battery-electric midibus driven by ADASTEC's Level 4 software, using lidar, radar, normal and thermal cameras on fixed urban routes at up to about 50 km/h.
- Price
- —Price not published
- Autonomy
- Level 4No driver needed in its area
- Driverless
- TestingDriverless tests only
- Fleet
- —Not published
- Speed
- 50.0 km/hFaster than 85%
- Range
- —Not published
Why it matters
Karsan calls it the first series-production Level 4 bus for Europe and America; in April 2026 Norway approved it to run in Stavanger with no safety driver.
Real-world use
Sold to Vy Buss for Kolumbus in Stavanger, where it has carried passengers since 2022; also used at Michigan State University (2022) and in Tampere.
Timeline
- Released
- 2022
Maker
Karsan with ADASTECCompanyHow it drives
Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.
- Driverless status
- Driverless tests only
- Where it runs
- Stavanger (Kolumbus network, since 2022), East Lansing (Michigan State University, 2022), Tampere
- 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.
Autonomous e-ATAK is faster than 85% 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 Autonomous e-ATAK gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
- 1 reported deployment
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.
Lineage
Every Karsan with ADASTEC vehicle in order.
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
Where it works
1 reported deployment.
- Deployed
Arriva with Dutch Automated Mobility · Efteling · Kaatsheuvel · since 2026-08-12
An automated Karsan e-ATAK bus carries public passengers along Europalaan between the Efteling bus stop and the Efteling Wonder Hotel. ADASTEC
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 | Autonomous e-ATAKKarsan with ADASTEC |  MiCaAuve TechSame job: passenger shuttle · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  ParkShuttle Generation III2getthereSame job: passenger shuttle · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  Autonom Shuttle Evo (Evo L4)Navya (Gama from 2023, Navya Mobility from 2024)Same job: passenger shuttle · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |
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| First shown | 2021 | 2022-10 | 2022-12-05 | 2020-07-09 |
| Status | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial |
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| Speed | 50 km/h | 25 km/h | 32 km/h | — |
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Sources
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