{"id":15691,"date":"2023-10-19T08:01:05","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T08:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/honda-gm-plan-driverless-taxis-in-tokyo-in-2026-daily-times\/"},"modified":"2023-10-19T08:01:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T08:01:05","slug":"honda-gm-plan-driverless-taxis-in-tokyo-in-2026-daily-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/honda-gm-plan-driverless-taxis-in-tokyo-in-2026-daily-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Honda, GM plan driverless taxis in Tokyo in 2026 – Daily Times"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Japan\u2019s Honda and US auto titan General Motors announced on Thursday that they planned to launch a driverless taxi service in Tokyo in 2026, helping tackle labour shortages in an ageing society.<\/p>\n

Co-developed by San Francisco-based self-driving car operator Cruise, the project will offer \u201can entirely new kind of mobility experience\u201d in Japan, Honda said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will be a major step toward the realization of an advanced mobility society,\u201d its chief executive Toshihiro Mibe said.<\/p>\n

The project is also aimed at \u201chelping address societal issues facing Japan, such as the taxi and bus driver shortage\u201d, Honda added.<\/p>\n

Autonomous vehicles are being pushed by Japan\u2019s government as the country battles a rapidly ageing population and persistent labour shortages.<\/p>\n

In 2020, Japan became the first country in the world to allow a vehicle capable of taking full control in certain situations to operate on public roads.<\/p>\n

Auto giants from Toyota to Nissan are also trialling self-driving buses and taxis.<\/p>\n

Honda\u2019s newly announced service will feature a \u201cvast cabin space\u201d capable of accommodating six passengers, stripped of a driver\u2019s seat and a steering wheel.<\/p>\n

It will \u201cpick up customers at a specified location and drive them to the destination, entirely through self-driving\u201d, with customers able to complete the whole process on a smartphone app, according to Honda.<\/p>\n

\u201cDozens\u201d of the driverless cars are expected to be launched in Tokyo in early 2026, with the developers then hoping to expand the project to a fleet of 500, and to areas outside central Tokyo.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe benefits of AVs (autonomous vehicles) \u2014 from safety to accessibility \u2014 are too profound to ignore,\u201d Mary Barra, chair and CEO of GM, said.<\/p>\n

But self-driving cars are no stranger to controversy, with safety under scrutiny as operators including Cruise increasingly gain traction in California.<\/p>\n

Honda, GM and Cruise aim to establish a joint venture dedicated to their new initiative in 2024, pending regulatory approvals.<\/p>\n

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Japan\u2019s Honda and US auto titan General Motors announced on Thursday that they planned to launch a driverless taxi service in Tokyo in 2026, helping tackle labour shortages in an ageing society. Co-developed by San Francisco-based self-driving car operator Cruise, the project will offer \u201can entirely new kind of mobility experience\u201d in Japan, Honda said […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15692,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dailytimes.com.pk\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/10\/19\/gm.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-updates-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t