Toyota, GM to Develop Automated Driving System

NAGOYA September 30, 2005; Japan Today reported that Toyota Motor Corp and General Motors Corp of the United States have launched joint research on an automated driving system that will help prevent vehicle collisions, sources familiar with the matter said Friday.

The automated driving system is one of the intelligent transport systems that the auto industry has been developing to prevent traffic congestion and accidents. The joint research between the leading Japanese and U.S. automakers is expected to focus on technologies that would allow vehicles to identify their locations through wireless communication and automatically control speed and location, the sources said.