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Japan's First Fully Self-Driving Vehicle Project Suspended After Accident
Japan's first pilot project of a fully autonomous self-driving vehicle has been suspended after a minor accident with a parked bicycle, officials said Monday.
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Toyota Halts All Self-Driving e-Palette Vehicles After Olympic Village Accident
In a YouTube video, Toyota Chief Executive Akio Toyoda apologized for the incident and said he offered to meet the person but was unable to do so.
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Honda's Part Self-Driving Legend A Big Step For Autonomous Tech
Honda Motor Co Ltd on Thursday unveiled a partially self-driving Legend sedan in Japan, becoming the world's first carmaker to sell a vehicle equipped with new, certified level 3 automation technology.
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Honda to Sell Limited Batch of Level 3 Self-Driving Car Legend in Japan
A limited batch of Honda Legend Level 3 self-driving car will go on sale from March 5, the company has announced. Level 3 autonomous driving technology enables vehicles to navigate congested highways. When the level 3 Traffic Jam Pilot is activated, a driver can watch movies or use the navigation on the screen.
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Honda Says It Will Be The First To Mass Produce Level 3 Autonomous Cars
Japan's Honda Motor Co said on Wednesday it will be the world's first automaker to mass produce sensor-packed level 3 autonomous cars that will allow drivers to let their vehicles navigate congested expressway traffic.
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Airless Tyre Makers Hope For Breakout Moment With Autonomous Driving
Makers of airless tyres such as Japan's Bridgestone Corp. hope driverless cars will herald a breakthrough for their niche technology, which is more than a decade old but underperforms standard tires in every way except resistance to puncture. Autonomous driving - and the eventual introduction of self-driving taxis - could mean greater demand for pu...
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Toyota Strengthens Japan Partnerships With Bigger Subaru Stake
Toyota Motor Corp will raise its stake in Subaru Corp to 20 per cent from around 17 per cent, the two Japanese automakers said on Friday, as they leverage their scale to better compete in developing new vehicle technologies. The investment comes a month after Toyota and another smaller Japanese automaker, Suzuki Motor Corp, said they would take sma...
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Toyota Deepens Japan Partnerships With Subaru Stake Boost
Such tie-ups highlight how automakers are scrambling to chase scale, manage costs and boost development required to develop self-driving cars, electric vehicles and new mobility services which are upending the global auto industry.
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Toyota Fetches New Way To Use AI, Self-Drive Tech In Tokyo Games
The Japanese automaker on Monday unveiled a prototype of its next-generation field support robot, a miniature shuttle bus-shaped contraption based on its "e-Palette" ride-sharing vehicle under development, to be used at the Tokyo Games.
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Toyota and SoftBank Said to Team Up in Self-Driving and Other Technology
Japan's highest-profile companies will announce that they will partner up to develop self-driving vehicles and other new mobility technologies.
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Japan Working on 3D Maps to Make Self-Driving Cars More Accurate
The 3D maps are intended to support the cognitive function, as well as concretely express both information to understand areas around a vehicle and information on driving restrictions.
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With Easy Ride Trial, Nissan Takes New Step Towards Being Uber's Competitor
Facing a future in which self-driving cars may curb vehicle ownership, Nissan Motor Co is taking its first steps to becoming an operator of autonomous transportation services, hoping to break into a segment set to be dominated by Uber Technologies and other technology firms.
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Japan Won't Allow Testing of Fully Autonomous Cars On Public Roads
While the Japanese government is supportive of self-driving cars and the associated technology, it has also made it clear that the much talked about fully autonomous vehicles will not be tested on public roads in the country.
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Renault-Nissan to Introduce 10 Self-Driving Vehicles by 2020
The roadmap laid out Thursday calls for Renault-Nissan to gradually phase in the self-driving vehicles in the US, Europe, Japan, and China.
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Japan's First Fully Self-Driving Vehicle Project Suspended After Accident
Japan's first pilot project of a fully autonomous self-driving vehicle has been suspended after a minor accident with a parked bicycle, officials said Monday.
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Toyota Halts All Self-Driving e-Palette Vehicles After Olympic Village Accident
In a YouTube video, Toyota Chief Executive Akio Toyoda apologized for the incident and said he offered to meet the person but was unable to do so.
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Honda's Part Self-Driving Legend A Big Step For Autonomous Tech
Honda Motor Co Ltd on Thursday unveiled a partially self-driving Legend sedan in Japan, becoming the world's first carmaker to sell a vehicle equipped with new, certified level 3 automation technology.
-
Honda to Sell Limited Batch of Level 3 Self-Driving Car Legend in Japan
A limited batch of Honda Legend Level 3 self-driving car will go on sale from March 5, the company has announced. Level 3 autonomous driving technology enables vehicles to navigate congested highways. When the level 3 Traffic Jam Pilot is activated, a driver can watch movies or use the navigation on the screen.
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Honda Says It Will Be The First To Mass Produce Level 3 Autonomous Cars
Japan's Honda Motor Co said on Wednesday it will be the world's first automaker to mass produce sensor-packed level 3 autonomous cars that will allow drivers to let their vehicles navigate congested expressway traffic.
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Airless Tyre Makers Hope For Breakout Moment With Autonomous Driving
Makers of airless tyres such as Japan's Bridgestone Corp. hope driverless cars will herald a breakthrough for their niche technology, which is more than a decade old but underperforms standard tires in every way except resistance to puncture. Autonomous driving - and the eventual introduction of self-driving taxis - could mean greater demand for pu...
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Toyota Strengthens Japan Partnerships With Bigger Subaru Stake
Toyota Motor Corp will raise its stake in Subaru Corp to 20 per cent from around 17 per cent, the two Japanese automakers said on Friday, as they leverage their scale to better compete in developing new vehicle technologies. The investment comes a month after Toyota and another smaller Japanese automaker, Suzuki Motor Corp, said they would take sma...
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Toyota Deepens Japan Partnerships With Subaru Stake Boost
Such tie-ups highlight how automakers are scrambling to chase scale, manage costs and boost development required to develop self-driving cars, electric vehicles and new mobility services which are upending the global auto industry.
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Toyota Fetches New Way To Use AI, Self-Drive Tech In Tokyo Games
The Japanese automaker on Monday unveiled a prototype of its next-generation field support robot, a miniature shuttle bus-shaped contraption based on its "e-Palette" ride-sharing vehicle under development, to be used at the Tokyo Games.
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Toyota and SoftBank Said to Team Up in Self-Driving and Other Technology
Japan's highest-profile companies will announce that they will partner up to develop self-driving vehicles and other new mobility technologies.
-
Japan Working on 3D Maps to Make Self-Driving Cars More Accurate
The 3D maps are intended to support the cognitive function, as well as concretely express both information to understand areas around a vehicle and information on driving restrictions.
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With Easy Ride Trial, Nissan Takes New Step Towards Being Uber's Competitor
Facing a future in which self-driving cars may curb vehicle ownership, Nissan Motor Co is taking its first steps to becoming an operator of autonomous transportation services, hoping to break into a segment set to be dominated by Uber Technologies and other technology firms.
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Japan Won't Allow Testing of Fully Autonomous Cars On Public Roads
While the Japanese government is supportive of self-driving cars and the associated technology, it has also made it clear that the much talked about fully autonomous vehicles will not be tested on public roads in the country.
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Renault-Nissan to Introduce 10 Self-Driving Vehicles by 2020
The roadmap laid out Thursday calls for Renault-Nissan to gradually phase in the self-driving vehicles in the US, Europe, Japan, and China.
