Different models for different needsAccordingly, Toyota aims to deliver its mobility solutions with electric power for 90% of the vehicles used.
Toyota estimates it will deliver 3,700 products, inclu…

posted by  AkihabaraBot | 5 years, 2 months ago | 0 comments

It’s been decades and there is still no car like Mazda’s triple-rotor Eunos Cosmo, a vehicle more ambitious, more foolish and more amazing than many cars made since.
They’re extremely good folks with…

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One person died and at least 34 were injured on Thursday when a truck and an express train with 500 people aboard collided in Japan's second-largest city of Yokohama, setting the truck on fire and de…

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East Japan Railway Co. on Thursday unveiled to the media the completed test model for next-generation shinkansen bullet trains.
The 10-carriage ALFA-X train has a sleek 22-meter nose on the No. 10 ca…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 5 years, 6 months ago | 0 comments

Uber Technologies Inc. has finally found a partner for its cab-hailing program in Japan, one of the world’s largest taxi markets.

A Fuji Taxi vehicle with the Uber logo.Photographer: Yuji Nakamura/Bl…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 6 years, 2 months ago | 0 comments

Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday it will introduce its e-Palette autonomous electric vehicles to transport athletes at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, showcasing its latest self-driving and ze…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 6 years, 4 months ago | 0 comments

Being pushed onto already jam-packed trains during rush hour in Tokyo is never a pleasant experience for commuters. It only gets worse during the humid summer months.

That’s why Tokyo Governor Yuriko…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 6 years, 4 months ago | 0 comments

For those looking to get away from busy Tokyo for a little while and explore the natural wonderland of Hakone, the Hakone Freepass is the perfect travel option. Simple, stress-free and excellent valu…

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Unveiled this week, the RidRoid CanguRo is a new robotic three-wheel personal mobility vehicle developed by Shunji Yamanaka from the University of Tokyo and Takayuki Furuta of the Future Robotics Tec…

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A subsidiary of SoftBank Group Corp. and a Japan unit of China's internet search giant Baidu Inc. said Wednesday they have tied up to tap into the Japanese self-driving bus market.

Under the agreemen…

posted by  banzaitokyo | 6 years, 4 months ago | 0 comments