Plus and Tier IV have partned with Meti of Japan to accelerate autonomous direction setting … [+]
Plus, a globally concentrated leader on the software of autonomous trucks based on him, and Tier IV, a major after the world’s first open source software for autonomous management, today announced a strategic partnership to accelerate the development and establishment of advanced autonomous management, autonomy 2.0, in Japan, in Japan, in Japan, of Japan. Cooperation supports a Japanese government -led initiative to accelerate the development of autonomous management technologies aimed at addressing the country’s critical lack of driver.
As part of cooperation, Plus and Tier IV will provide a personalized autonomous management software solution for Japan’s market by integrating the Plus virtual driver model at the end of Tier IV based*, open-source software for Autonomous Sampling by Tier IV.
The trials will take place on the Shin-Tomei highway.
Tier IV Director General Shinpei Kato said: “We have always believed that co-creation with our partners is the fastest way to bring the best autonomous management systems in the world. Plus is a global company of autonomous car software that is already strengthening 4 autonomous trucks of truck manufacturers in the United States and Europe. International, Iveco Group, as well as Hyundai.
“Driverless trucks are a necessary solution to address the acute lack of truck driver in Japan and the aging population,” said David Liu, CEO and Plus co -founder. “We are excited to exploit our autonomous autonomous technology and expertise in placing autonomous truck with global truck manufacturers to work with Tier IV to accelerate the participation of driverless trucks in Japan.”
A study by the Nomura Research Institute provided for a 36% absence of truck drivers in Japan by 2030. To address this challenge, plus and Tier IV are joining forces, using Tier IV experience and proven record Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) to develop autonomous trucks by vehicle producers. Through cooperation, companies will pave the way for more innovative and efficient transport of goods for the Japanese market.
Meti has a long history to support the establishment of new technology. A truck truck project peaked in 2018 showed tractors trailers from some Japanese truck manufacturers in the tests of platoons led by Meti and Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Tourism (MLI). In the rehearsals, the system jointly developed by all four companies was suitable for truck trucks taxing on the highway. The judgments tested the technical and open compliance of the system traffic of the system.
Driver’s absences require action
Japan is looking at the driver’s shortcomings in both passenger transport and in the transport of goods. While the population is aged, the need for more passenger transport to become acute. In parallel, there are concerns about a strong supply chain as executives are in short supply; This will be exercised by moving forward due to the low level of birth of the country.
In response, the Japanese government has created programs to fund the development and autonomous placement of trucks. As an autonomous vehicle pioneer in Japan that already has partnerships with the main OEM of Japanese trucks Mitsubishi Fuso (owned by Daimler) and Isuzu, Tier IV is well established to partner with the Meti program.
This new initiative puts it in a unique position, being the first American autonomous truck technology company to have a wide global trace and partners to settle not only in the US but also in Europe and now Japan. Plus it observes that their global trail also helps to accelerate the development of technology to build a virtual general manager due to the extensive and broad running conditions, which has been exposed and trained to handle.
Discover: Richard Bishop is an advisor of and/or a capital holder in the following companies mentioned in this article: Plus.
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