Japan Expo suspends self-driving buses after minor accident
The Peninsula
Osaka: All five self driving shuttle buses at the 2025 Osaka Kansai Expo have been suspended in the wake of a minor accident caused by one of the buse...
Osaka: All five self-driving shuttle buses at the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo have been suspended in the wake of a minor accident caused by one of the buses.
A bus on Monday hit a wall of a parking area while it was returning to a depot. The shuttle buses were used to transport visitors between the expo venue and a nearby parking area.
No one was injured in the accident.
Operator Osaka Metro Co. has suspended the service for the time being until the safety of the self-driving vehicles has been confirmed.
According to Osaka Metro, the accident occurred on Monday in the Maishima parking area north of the expo venue. After a driver manually parked the bus and left the driver’s seat, the bus began moving. It lightly hit a concrete wall about 50 centimeters high.
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