Mobility Business Development Department,
Mobility Business Division
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Machinery Systems Co., Ltd.
In Japan, driver shortages are making it increasingly difficult to sustain logistics networks, raising concerns about a nationwide decline in freight transport capacity. With the establishment of limits on overtime work (such as 960 hours per year) in April 2024, solutions to maintain logistics while reducing working hours in the field are needed. To address this, infrastructure development, such as merging support for road-vehicle cooperative autonomous driving, is being promoted as a policy, taking into account road conditions unique to Japan. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Machinery Systems, Ltd., which has a proven track record both domestically and internationally in the social implementation of road-vehicle cooperative systems such as automated toll collection system, is seeking to provide merging support information for the implementation of autonomous driving in Japan based on the expertise it has cultivated through these projects, including high-precision positioning, time synchronization, and roadside unit operation. This report introduces these initiatives.
