Toyota Motor Corporation has developed a new transportation system that makes use of autonomous driving technology.
By controlling multiple cars at the same time, we aim to use it not only for the movement of people but also for logistics and mobile stores in the first half of the 2020s.
Toyota Motor has developed a self-driving car with a total length of 5 meters and a width of 2 meters and a system that controls multiple cars at the same time, and the state of the test run conducted at the parking lot in Tokyo was disclosed to the press. I did.
The system either stopped the self-driving car exactly where it was supposed to, or kept the other car waiting for one to pass so that the cars wouldn't hit each other.
In addition, if more people are waiting to get on, it will be possible to shorten the interval between cars and to run additional cars on standby.
Toyota will operate for the movement of athletes at the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics next year, and will also aim to use it as a logistics and mobile store in collaboration with other companies in the first half of the 2020s.
For next-generation transportation services that go beyond mobility, many companies, including JR, have begun experiments, and the development of services is becoming more active with the advancement of digital technology.