Hinomaru KOTSU and ZMP to start an autonomous taxi service in Japan
Hinomaru KOTSU Co., Ltd. and ZMP Corporation will start a demonstration experiment on public roads of taxi service using Autonomous Driving vehicles on August 27, 2018.
Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd. and Mori Building Co., Ltd. agree with the significance of this demonstration experiment and will provide facilities to operate in order to realise the development in the centre of the city. In addition, it is the world's first effort to take a business run by taxi using Autonomous Driving vehicles on public roads.
In this demonstration experiment, Hinomaru transportation carries out taxi service on public road using Autonomous Driving vehicle and reservation system developed by ZMP, and the experiment section is Otemachi Financial City Gran Cube (Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo) and Roppongi.
The experiment period is from August 27th to September 8th, 2018, users will be widely recruited from the public. This demonstration experiment was selected as a support project "Business Model Construction Utilising Autonomous Driving Technology" in order to further accelerate the practical application of autonomous driving technology, by Tokyo Metropolitan Government. It will be implemented with the support of the installation of "Tokyo Auto Travel One Stop".
Hinomaru Traffic and ZMP aim not only to eliminate traffic congestion and reduce environmental impact by realising Autonomous Driving taxi service commercialisation, but also aim for support of vulnerable people and resolution of chronic driver shortage.
Mitsubishi Estate and Mori Building, as a comprehensive developer, collaborate with state-of-the-art research institutes, universities, and companies to propose future ways of cities, and work on various collaborative research and demonstration experiments in the town. As part of this, in cooperation with this experiment aiming to develop a new urban transportation infrastructure, this time, ZMP aims to further improve the function of the international city, Tokyo.
Hinomaru KOTSU and ZMP to start an autonomous taxi service in Japan
Modified on Tuesday 24th July 2018
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