NIIGATA--Without a human driver at the controls, a Shinkansen bullet train began pulling out of the deadly quiet JR Niigata Station at 1:50 a.m. on Nov. 17 and soon reached a speed of 100 kph. But not ...
West Japan Railway and Kyushu Railway are also carrying out trials for promoting autonomous driving. Credit: John Cameron on Unsplash. East Japan Railway (JR East) has carried out a trial run of its E ...
In the early hours of Nov. 17, the East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) revealed an automated driving test for an E7 series shinkansen bullet train to the press, in what is said to be the first tests of ...