In Japan, as in many other countries, manufacturers are testing automated driving technology, and policymakers are considering how to implement it. This column discusses the demand for the technology ...

As part of the Project on Research, Development, Demonstration and Deployment (RDD&D) of Automated Driving toward Level 4 and its Enhanced Mobility Services (hereinafter referred to as the “RoAD to L4 ...

With its population rapidly aging and declining, it is vital for Japan to secure means of mobility for its people, such as driverless vehicles. The use of unmanned, safe, energy-efficient, low-speed ...

自動運転で重要なのは、なによりもその安全性だ。正常にシステムが働いているのに交通事故を起こすようでは論外。使い方が難しくて、危なっかしいのもダメ。もちろん故障が多発するようでは困る。とにかく平均的な人間のドライバーよりも、安全で ...

To support the realization of automated driving, the Road Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT), the Traffic Bureau of the National Police Agency (NPA), and the ...

A VIDEO SCREENSHOT of a supervised automated parking of a Tesla vehicle. — TESLA.COM I recently watched a video of a Tesla in the United States navigating a parking lot by itself while its owner sat ...

During CES, aiMotive demonstrates aiDrive, its modular automated driving software stack supporting ADAS and automated driving applications. Designed with scalability and cost efficiency in mind, ...

AMSTERDAM, Jan. 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TomTom (TOM2), the specialist in mapping and location technology, today announced that CARIAD, the automotive software company of the Volkswagen Group, ...