Japan Post Deliveries from the Sky akihabaranews.com

Japan Post is joining forces with Autonomous Control Systems Laboratory (ACSL), a domestic drone manufacturer, to start delivering mail by air.

Japan Post Group announced its plans to collaborate wit…

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Idemitsu Entering Electric Car Business akihabaranews.com

Idemitsu Kosan, mainly known an an oil refining company, has reportedly decided to enter the electric car market this year in partnership with the Tajima Motor Corporation.

This news, which was first…

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World’s Fastest Electric Car akihabaranews.com

Osaka-based Aspark Co. has developed what it calls the “the fastest accelerating car in the world,” which can go from from 0 to 60 mph in 1.69 seconds.

The Aspark Owl, which the company also declares…

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Osaka Reaches for the Skies akihabaranews.com

Osaka Prefecture has launched a new organization with the objective of establishing commercial flying car services by 2023.

Launched in an event held on the 17th, the new group goes by an unwieldy na…

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Honda Has Beaten Everyone To Level 3 Autonomy carbuzz.com

Autonomous driving technology has proven to be a lot more difficult to bring to market than any of the major automakers seemed to have planned for. Mercedes-Benz is no longer pursuing the tech, a sel…

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Best Train Lines for Living in Tokyo: The Tokyu Toyoko Line blog.gaijinpot.com

When searching for an apartment in Tokyo, one of the most important decisions you can make is which train line you’re on. The commute, rush hour, neighborhood restaurants, supermarkets, and parks are…

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Semi-autonomous vehicle brings future to Japanese mountain village english.kyodonews.net

Asa Ishikami has seen much change in her 85 years of life, and now she is witnessing the future of travel come to her remote northeastern Japan mountain village.

Having watched her village's populati…

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Japan’s ‘flying car’ gets off ground, with a person aboard www.thenewstribune.com

The decades-old dream of zipping around in the sky as simply as driving on highways may be becoming less illusory.

Japan’s SkyDrive Inc., among the myriads of “flying car” projects around the world, …

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Sticky Car Paint Protection Films for all types of Cars stickystores.com

Looking for the best Car Paint Protection Kits? Try Sticky's Car Paint Protection Film which protects the car's exterior invisibly.

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Hands on: Sony Vision-S concept car review www.whathifi.com

Undoubtedly the most surprising moment at CES 2020 so far was when Sony drove it’s prototype Vision-S car out onto its stand at the Sony press conference. The Sony Vision-S is a fully operational ele…

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