Just over 3 years ago, I convinced Toyota to co-sponsor the first Techcrunch event in the MENA region that was held in the Autumn of 2018 in Beirut. It was an eye-opener to the developing ecosystems of the Near and Middle East, with strong attendance from neighboring countries, and Middle Eastern and North Africa-based entrepreneurs. […]
Nestled in the mountains at equal distance between the northern cities of Akita and Morioka, Akita Prefecture’s Tozawa Lake is an unlikely place for fully automated driving. But it is now the Japanese government’s first designated location for open-road fully automated driving tests. During the first tests back in November 2016, the test vehicle travelled […]
Separate to the recent wave of Ministry of Transport-designated “roadside station” testing, in September 2016 the Japanese carmaker Suzuki decided to announce a standalone automated driving test to take place in late 2018 in the prefectural capital Hamamatsu’s Shounai area (pop: 586) which lacks any public transportation. Similar to the recent announcements in Fukuoka, it […]
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