Yamaha Motor with AIST · self-driving bus or shuttle
ZEN drive Pilot
Yamaha Land Car
A small Yamaha electric cart that follows an embedded guide line on a former railway path to the Eiheiji temple area, watched remotely instead of by a driver.
- Price
- —Service only, not sold
- Autonomy
- Level 4No driver needed in its area
- Driverless
- In serviceSince 2023
- Fleet
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Range
- —Not published
Why it matters
Became the first vehicle approved under Japan's Level 4 rules, in March 2023.
Real-world use
Runs on a guided route in Eiheiji town, Fukui; trials began with remote operation in December 2020 before Level 3 and then Level 4 approval.
Timeline
- Released
- 2023
Maker
Yamaha Motor with AISTCompanyHow it drives
Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.
- Driverless status
- Driverless in service
- Where it runs
- Eiheiji, Fukui Prefecture
- Driverless since
- 2023
- SAE level
- Level 4: drives itself with no one at the controls inside its approved area
Public attention
How much public attention ZEN drive Pilot (Yamaha Land Car) gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
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What’s inside
No component details published yet.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- How it runs
- Fully autonomous. Does its job with nobody at the controls.
From the maker
ZEN drive Pilot (Yamaha Land Car) is the only vehicle from Yamaha Motor with AIST 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
| Measure | ZEN drive Pilot (Yamaha Land Car)Yamaha Motor with AIST |  Milton Park autonomous minibusFusion Processing with First Bus (Fiat Ducato base)Same job: passenger shuttle · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  Seoul late-night autonomous bus A21 (Hyundai Elec City)Seoul Metropolitan Government (Hyundai Elec City buses)Same job: passenger shuttle · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  MiCaAuve TechSame job: passenger shuttle · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |
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| First shown | 2020-12-22 | 2023-01-23 | 2023-12-04 | 2022-10 |
| Status | Commercial | Pilot use | Pilot use | Commercial |
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| Speed | — | — | — | 25 km/h |
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Sources
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