Cornus City, Georgia, USA began to run the service on the autopilot shuttle PAUL (Piloting Autonomous Use Locally) test road from October 18. Vehicles developed by self-driving car manufacturers Chandler, Arizona (headquartered in Chandler, Arizona) and Napia in France (headquartered in Lyon) will be introduced. Operated by self-driving solutions company Bip (headquartered: Orlando, Florida). It is reported that in the environment of interconnected vehicles that make full use of the 5G (fifth generation mobile communication system) network, different self-driving shuttle services from manufacturers are the first in the world.
The self-driving bus connects city hall, hotel and other seven stations, and drives at a speed of about 19 kilometers per hour on the 4.8-kilometer self-driving lane set up side by side with the general car lane. Runs from 10:00 to 4 p.m., Monday to Friday, free of charge. In most parts, it runs through automatic operation, but if manual operation is required, the co-riding honeycomb operator operates using the controller of the fixed game console.
Local cars are famous for using 3D printing technology to produce vehicles. On the other hand, the vehicles made by Naviya are also used for the stable operation of the first self-driving bus of the Japanese autonomous body in the prefecture of Ibaraki prefecture. In addition, C-V2X leverages the 5G network of American Communications leading T Mobile to provide (Note 1), including communication between shuttles, other vehicles running in normal lanes, and surrounding environments such as signals and crosswalks also enable communication, and stop and avoid collisions when approaching pedestrians and other vehicles.
Peach Tree Conas is a relatively new local government located in the Atlanta metropolitan area in 2012, dedicated to promoting and attracting high-tech industries. The autopilot lane is set up by the Churio City Laboratory, which is the incubation and empirical experimental facility for the technology related to the smart city owned and operated by the city. As a characteristic of the laboratory, rather than an enclosed space for experiments, demonstration experiments can be carried out in the actual general living environment, as well as free use of facilities by local and foreign companies regardless of time (Note 2).
The facility has attracted a number of large enterprises and start-ups, including foreign companies, and has developed and installed new technologies such as electric baseboards that return to designated locations through drone delivery and remote operation in addition to autopilot. One of the most eye-catching technologies is the solar-powered road in Zarey, a base in Georgia. The technology to embed solar panels on roads to generate electricity for cars running on them, and Pete Boutijage, a transportation officer who visited Georgia in August 2021, also inspected the experimental roads paved inside the facility.
(note 1) abbreviation of "Celluar-Vehicle to Everything", a standard specification for communication between cars (Vehicle to Vehicle:V2V), vehicles and infrastructure (Vehicle to Infrastructure:V2I), cars and pedestrians (Vehicle to Pedestrian:V2P) using wireless communication networks for mobile phones such as LTE and 5G.
(note 2) on June 15, 2021, JETRO and Peach Tree Conas jointly held a webinar to introduce the Chulio City Laboratory. The materials of the speech can be found in the attached materials.
(Takahashi Zhuoya)