Gasgoo Munich- Zelos obtained an official Belgian Y Test Plate in September, bringing its RoboVan into Belgium's vehicle-testing framework and establishing a compliance pathway for real-road validation, subject to authorization from the relevant transport authorities. The company said it is the first and only RoboVan provider in Europe to receive the plate.Image source: ZelosKey Takeaways·The Y Test Plate gives Zelos a formal route into Belgium's vehicle-testing system and creates the conditions for subsequent road and environmental validation. ·The approval advances the company's European deployment from technology introduction toward more extensive local testing. ·Zelos' European activities have progressed from technical validation in Austria to closed-site pilots in the Netherlands and preparations for public-road testing in Belgium. ·The plate supports testing rather than broad commercial operation; further road use remains subject to the relevant authorizations. Why It MattersEU Regulation 2022/1426 provides a legal basis for the type approval of fully automated driving systems, including operations within predefined areas and hub-to-hub transport. Within that framework, the Belgian test plate gives Zelos a route to generate local operating and safety data before any broader deployment. It does not amount to approval for commercial autonomous delivery services across Belgium or Europe.BackgroundZelos introduced its Z5 RoboVan to Europe in April 2025 and deployed it at Austria's DigiTrans autonomous-driving test center. According to the company, the vehicle completed a five-stage evaluation covering vehicle safety, system reliability, integration with logistics operations and temperature-controlled logistics.In April 2025, Neolix completed the first European deployment of its Z5 RoboVan in Austria; image source: ZelosIn September 2026, Zelos partnered with Dutch mobility company PuraMobi to introduce the RoboVan in the Netherlands. Their initial projects focus on scheduled freight services at closed commercial sites and industrial parks. The partners are also engaging local companies to evaluate the vehicles on frequently repeated routes, including their effects on operating costs, transport efficiency and energy use.Zelos presented its RoboVan, based on its internally developed mapless Level 4 autonomous-driving technology, at Intertraffic Amsterdam in March 2026 and VivaTech in France in June. The company said government and industry representatives from North Brabant in the Netherlands and Bergen in Norway expressed interest in possible applications in rural and low-density areas.Data and EvidenceZelos reports that more than 30,000 of its autonomous vehicles are operating across over 20 countries and 300 cities. The company puts their cumulative autonomous-driving distance at more than 270 million kilometers. The source does not provide a methodology or independent verification for these figures.What to Watch NextZelos plans to assess the RoboVan's autonomous-driving capabilities, system performance and environmental adaptability under Belgian road, traffic and logistics conditions. The next points to watch will be the scope of authorized road testing and the local operating and safety-validation data generated through those trials.
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