Green Car Congress: Nissan carries out first public road test of Autonomous Drive on expressways in Japan
Nissan Motor Corporation has carried out the first public road test of Autonomous Drive (AD) (earlier post) on a Japanese highway. A Nissan LEAF electric vehicle equipped with the technology took to the Sagami Expressway in Kanagawa prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, with the prefecture’s Governor, Yuji Kuroiwa, and Nissan Vice Chairman Toshiyuki Shiga, on board.
The vehicle operated fully automatically on the highway. Journalists witnessed the tests and later had the opportunity to experience the car on the highway themselves.
