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Pilot useJapanSupervisedSAE level 4

Tier IV · robotaxi

Tier IV robotaxi

Toyota JPN Taxi with Autoware

Toyota JPN Taxi cabs fitted with Tier IV's open-source Autoware driving software, used while the startup develops its own Level 4 electric robotaxi design.

Price
—service only, not sold
Autonomy
Level 4No driver needed in its area
Driverless
Not yetSafety driver on board
Fleet
—Not published
Speed
—Not published
Range
—Not published

Why it matters

A pilot use vehicle from Tier IV.

Real-world use

Pilot runs in Tokyo's Odaiba (November 2024) and Nishi-Shinjuku (December 2024) under a government programme, with operators ready to take over; Tier IV is also working with newmo on robotaxis in Osaka.

Timeline

First shown
2024-08
Released
Not yet
Selected for METI Tokyo robotaxi demonstration

Maker

Tier IVCompany

How it drives

Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.

Driverless status
Safety driver on board
Where it runs
Tokyo (Odaiba, Nishi-Shinjuku); Osaka planned with newmo
Rides, miles or loads
about 500 scenarios over several hundred km in the 2024 pilots (Tier IV)
SAE level
Level 4: drives itself with no one at the controls inside its approved area

Public attention

How much public attention Tier IV robotaxi (Toyota JPN Taxi with Autoware) gets, from open data.

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What’s inside

No component details published yet.

Movement
Wheeled base
How it runs
Supervised. Works by itself while a person watches and steps in.

From the maker

Tier IV robotaxi (Toyota JPN Taxi with Autoware) is the only vehicle from Tier IV in the atlas.

Made, sold and where

No production or sales figures published yet.

Price
Not publishedservice only, not sold
How to get one
No official buying page found

Side by side with its peers

Picked by the same rules for every robot: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose

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Sources

Figures come from press coverage. Every link below backs something on this page.

electrive Startup Tier IV develops self-driving electric taxi in Japan ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle International Robotaxi pilot tests conducted in Tokyo by Tier IV Automotive World Tier IV and newmo partner on made-in-Japan robotaxi service

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