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Toyota, Waymo to Test Autonomous bZ4Xs in Japan in 2027, Eye Overseas Expansion

Toyota will manufacture 2027 bZ4X vehicles and integrate Waymo’s self-driving system as the companies expand robotaxi plans beyond Japan.

(Corrects Toyota CTO's name to Hiroki Nakajima, not Hiroaki Nakajima, in the third bullet)TOKYO, Oct 30 : Toyota Motor and Alphabet's Waymo will begin testing autonomous electric vehicles in Japan in 2027, the companies said on Friday, with deployment in Britain and potentially other markets planned in subse

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(Tokyo=Yonhap News) Correspondent Lee Do-yeon = Japan's Toyota Motor Corporation, together with Waymo, the autonomous driving subsidiary of Google's parent company Alphabet, plans to [launch] unmanned autonomous vehicles in Japan next year...

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The Japanese company Toyota Motor and the American Waymo plan to launch a self-contained taxi testing service in Japan in 2027. The companies plan to start testing a fully unmanned taxi using Toyota bZ4X electric vehicles, written by Kyodo News. The service is expected to be commercialized in the future. The partners intend to extend the service area to countries where Waymo is already operating, including Britain. The Toyota plant in Aiti prefe…

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BizToc broke the news on Friday, October 30, 2026.
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