<strong>SB Drive and Mitsubishi Estate demoed NANVYA's AUTONOM SHUTTLE on open road in Marunouchi Naka Dori district during the Christmas period. Two AUTONOM SHUTTLES were operating within this district to transport journalists, professionals and curious</strong>.

On December 22th, two <strong>AUTONOM SHUTTLES</strong> were operating in the Marunouchi Naka Dori district. This venue was chosen as a test site, where high-rise office buildings are located.

SB Drive, a subsidiary of SoftBank Corp., is an entity created in 2016 to develop autonomous vehicle technology for public transport. <strong>SB Drive conducts social trials of self-driving technologies.</strong>

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<h3><strong><u>A very first in Japan</u></strong></h3>
It was the first time in Tokyo as an Autonomous vehicle was operating on public roads

During the experimentation,<strong> AUTONOM SHUTTLE</strong> experienced a case where pedestrian jumped out in front of the vehicle. When the pedestrian was detected, the <strong>AUTONOM SHUTTLE</strong> stopped, and let him  crossed the street.
<h3><strong><u>A future application in March ?</u></strong></h3>
Journalists, professionals and curious gathered around two <strong>AUTONOM SHUTTLE</strong> to test these new mobility solutions and to work through an empirical investigation <strong>in order to market an autonomous driving bus at the end of March.</strong>

SB drive wants to operate an autonomous driving bus and wishs to lead people and eliminate driver's shortage. Through demonstration experiments in the downtown area, S<strong>B Drive aims for the early commercialization of automatic driving buses.</strong>

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<p style="text-align: center;">Mr. Yasuyuki Imai, vice president and COO of Softbank said</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>“Opportunities for collaboration with the government are also increasing with the use of the latest technology for building social infrastructure"</strong></p>


[caption id="attachment_3210" align="aligncenter" width="1024"]<img class="wp-image-3210 size-large" src="http://navya.tech/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/25364275658_83cbb502fa_o-1024x683.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="683" /> Mr. Yasuyuki Imai, Vice president and COO of Softbank (in the middle) with Yuki Saji, CEO of SB Drive (on the middle left) alongside other guests.[/caption]

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<p style="text-align: center;">Watch AUTONOM SHUTTLE operating in the streets of Tokyo :</p>
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