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Automated Driving in the Regions

I believe that in ten years’ time, by 2027, automated driving will be the norm. The seething metropolises of Tokyo, Shanghai, Delhi and Lagos will be developing the mobility ecosystems of the future. Yet Japan faces rapidly aging population, continued population migration from rural areas to the cities, and dwindling local tax revenues. For that […]

Shimane roadside testing starting this summer

Travellers headed east and north from Yamaguchi soon arrive into Shimane Prefecture, where automated driving efforts are focused on the Akagi Kogen Michinoeki (or local roadside stations that we covered in a previous post). This Michinoeki was designated by the Ministry of Land and Transport as one of 5 locations nationwide to test basic concepts […]

Tokyo: urban experimentation and the 2020 Olympics

A history of experimentation Since the Meiji restoration, and including Akira and Godzilla, Tokyo has always been the locus where the future fuses with the present and where one would expect the automated driving future to be well under construction. Indeed there are so many projects and experiments around vehicle automation it’s hard to keep […]