Five parties—Tsukuba City in Ibaraki Prefecture, the National University Corporation University of Tsukuba, Kanto Railway, KDDI, and KDDI Smart Mobility—will begin full-scale operation of autonomous buses on the Kanto Railway bus route "University of Tsukuba Loop" from October 2nd.
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Tsukuba City in Ibaraki Prefecture, Tsukuba University, Kanto Railway, KDDI, and others will begin operating an autonomous bus in the city on the 2nd. The bus will operate at "Level 2" of the five levels of automation, where the system handles some of the driving operations. Next fiscal year, the plan is to move to "Level 4," where the bus will operate without a driver under specific conditions…
Five parties—Tsukuba City in Ibaraki Prefecture, the National University Corporation University of Tsukuba, Kanto Railway, KDDI, and KDDI Smart Mobility—will begin full-scale operation of autonomous buses on the Kanto Railway bus route "University of Tsukuba Loop" from October 2nd.