Waymo will start testing its self-driving taxis in Tokyo next week

Waymo will start on April 14 To test robotaxi technology the first time outside the United States. Like Yomiuri Shimbun The report will place 25 electric Jaguar I-PHPA vehicles in Tokyo in Tokyo in Tokyo for the initial stage of Tokyo. Waymo takes slowly and will still not work without a driver behind the steering wheel. Drivers from Tokyo Taxi Company Nihon Kotsu Co. will be driven by the cars around MINATOA, Shinjuku and the other four other Palans in the Japanese capital.

Cameras and radars equipped in I-PACE vehicles will collect information on Tokyo. The company will provide information on local infrastructure, road conditions and driving patterns of local residents. “It is important to understand the difference in the driving environment, here’s what makes the driver rarity,” said Nicole Gavel, I Waymo CEO, During an event in the city. Waymo will have to adjust the program in accordance with driving conditions and the rules of the capital. Gure, Waymo was aimed at testing, but in the future, in Tokyo, “I would like to do a job,” he said.

However, this is most likely a remote road: after the initial mapping stage, Waymo should still hold autonomous driving tests with a driver behind the wheel and then hold tests without drivers on the plane.