Overview
- The electric ID. Buzz operates from REWE’s fulfillment center in western Bochum to serve adjacent residential areas.
- LOXO supplies the autonomous driving software and oversees vehicle operations with support from Bochum’s economic development agency.
- A safety driver remains in the cockpit to supervise systems and deliver orders to customers’ doors.
- Customers order as usual via the REWE Lieferservice, with routes planned and managed in REWE’s existing e‑commerce systems.
- The trial will collect technical and economic KPIs to evaluate viability and potential scale‑up, with REWE saying it is the first German grocer to run such a test.