Japan’s first pilot project of a fully autonomous self-driving vehicle has been suspended after a minor accident with a parked bicycle, officials said Monday.
It is the latest blow to efforts worldwide to promote driverless vehicles, a technology with particular potential benefits in aging Japan.
The driverless bus-like vehicle, similar to an electric golf cart, started operations in Eiheiji in Fukui prefecture in central Japan in May.
This was after Japan last year allowed Level 4 self-driving vehicles on public roads, meaning that they can operate only within a limited area.
On Sunday it hit a bicycle that was parked on a roadside, said local official Norifumi Hiramoto.
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