Autonomous Cars Test in Japan

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Waymo readies autonomous cars for first international tests in Japan

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Waymo’s driverless vehicles will begin testing on public roads in Japan next week .

The company has yet to commit to launching a commercial robotaxi service in the country but is still celebrating the tests as a “significant milestone’ The vehicles will be driven manually for the purposes of gathering mapping data and will be managed by a taxi fleet operator.

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