Karsan with ADASTEC · self-driving bus or shuttle
Autonomous e-JEST
A Level 4 version of Karsan's small electric e-JEST minibus, about 6 m long, with a 23-sensor package for narrow city streets. Karsan lists up to 19 passengers in Europe and a smaller seating layout in the US.
- 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
A pilot use vehicle from Karsan with ADASTEC.
Real-world use
Began free passenger service in June 2026 on Atlanta's ATL Spoke pilot between MARTA West End Station and the Beltline Southwest Trail, with Beep.
Maker
Karsan with ADASTECCompanyHow 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
- Atlanta (ATL Spoke pilot, from June 2026)
- SAE level
- Level 4: drives itself with no one at the controls inside its approved area
Public attention
How much public attention Autonomous e-JEST 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
ATL Spoke (Atlanta Beltline with Beep, ADASTEC and Karsan) · West End corridor · Atlanta · since 2026-06-05 · 4 units
Four autonomous Karsan e-JEST minibuses carry passengers daily between the Lee + White hub and West End MARTA station. 4 e-JEST vehicles (ADASTEC, June 2026) 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-JESTKarsan with ADASTEC |  NAVI autonomous shuttle (Ford E-Transit with Oxa Driver)Beep with Oxa (on Ford E-Transit)Same job: passenger shuttle · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  ROiiAutonomous a2zSame 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 |
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| First shown | 2025-10 | 2025-04 | 2025-08 | 2020-12-22 |
| Status | Pilot use | Commercial | Pilot use | Commercial |
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Sources
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