MHI Participates in Demonstration Testing of Vehicle-Infrastructure Integration System for Autonomous Buses in Shimotsuke City
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) is participating in demonstration testing of a vehicle-infrastructure integration system for autonomous buses on a local bus line in Shimotsuke City, Tochigi Prefecture. This is part of an initiative to promote and expand unmanned autonomous transportation services in the Shimotsuke and Oyama area. The testing will take place on the Jichi Medical University Line for a period of around 2.5 months from 15th December. Testing will be conducted by the Kanto Regional Development Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) and coordinated by Nippon Koei Co., Ltd. MHI has received an order from Nippon Koei to oversee the installation and removal of the vehicle-infrastructure integration system and the collection of data. The demonstration testing of the vehicle-infrastructure integration system will be conducted in cooperation with the demonstration testing of autonomous buses implemented in collaboration with Tochigi Prefecture, Shimotsuke City, and the transportation operator Kanto Transportation, Inc., with support from MLIT.