Driverless freight gets its own road: Japan tests the Autoflow lanes

Japan's transport ministry has picked Taisei, TIER IV and Taisei Rotec to test the Autoflow Road — dedicated lanes where unmanned vehicles carry cargo in platoons, merging, diverging and avoiding obstacles on their own. The trials, using three vehicles on straight and curved sections including tunnels, aim to keep freight moving smoothly and safely as the country's driver workforce ages.