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Japan, the technological monster, will begin the tests of urban transport – with a reduction of the traffic and the shortage of drivers -, electric and without driver
El Universal
Japan .- Japan will start next year testing autonomous minibuses to solve various problems in urban transport. Japan's traffic network is shrinking, drivers are scarce and those working are facing the aging of the Japanese population as a whole, says Yuki Saji, president of SB Drive Corp.
With the autonomous management technology that we hope to solve These problems, he said according to an office of the Kyodo agency. The trials will begin with a fleet of 10 electric minibuses, Apolong which will arrive early in the coming year from China .
It is a joint project between SB Drive Corp a Japanese company SoftBank Group Corp and the Chinese Ki of Long United Automotive Industry Co. ., Baidu subsidiary, dedicated to Internet. The Japanese company has already carried out tests with this type of technology last year in the city of Okinawa, which was supported by the government. Other tests were carried out at the Haneda Airport in Tokyo, with the aim of making its operation operational after 2020.
Baidu launched its platform in Beijing. Autonomous vehicle operation last year, and Since then, it has attracted 116 partners from around the world, mainly from the automotive industry and technology.
Among the partners are Ford Motor Co . and Microsoft Corp . Yuki badured that collaboration between technicians from Japan and China should accelerate the development of autonomous vehicles
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