Tag - driving

 
 

DRIVING

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 17, 2014
Ghosn promises self-parking cars, traffic-jam pilots by end of 2016
Nissan Motor Corp. will introduce cars featuring an automatic parking system and traffic-jam pilot within the next year and a half, President and CEO Carlos Ghosn said Thursday in Tokyo.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 17, 2014
Automated cars may boost sprawl and fuel use, Toyota scientist warns
Toyota Motor Corp. is cautioning that the appeal of autonomous cars carries the risk of adding to urban sprawl and pollution, as they may encourage commuters to travel farther to work.
EDITORIALS
Mar 30, 2014
Sleepy driving can kill
All drivers should make sure they are well rested before they take the wheel and not hesitate to take a break if they feel sleepy.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Dec 23, 2013
Automated driving tech comes to the fore
In November, a prospective customer was at the wheel of Mazda Motor Corp.'s new sport utility vehicle during a demonstration in Fukaya, Saitama Prefecture. With a sales rep in the passenger seat, the 38-year-old man drove the car toward a urethane mat hanging 7 meters ahead to test the collision avoidance...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 25, 2013
Nissan road-tests self-driving vehicle
In what it calls the world's first experiment of its kind, Nissan Motor Co. on Monday tests a self-driving vehicle on a public expressway in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a view to marketing such vehicles by 2020.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Nov 16, 2013
Lessons in life
Young man #1: Old men really don't like being overtaken in the pool.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Feb 23, 2013
Driving me crazy
Next to my house lies a carpet of land not flat enough to resist puddles and not sandy enough to attract cats.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Mar 18, 2010
Driving schools cope with an auto-immune generation
Driving schools used to be on easy street but they're struggling these days and trying to get control of the wheel.

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