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In Pictures: Toyota and Waymo to Test Autonomous bZ4X Robotaxi Fleet in Japan in 2027

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In Pictures: Toyota and Waymo to Test Autonomous bZ4X Robotaxi Fleet in Japan in 2027

Young woman in white casual clothes using a smartphone in the back seat of a car.

Passengers in Japan will eventually hail a Waymo-equipped Toyota bZ4X through a smartphone app.

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In Pictures: Toyota and Waymo to Test Autonomous bZ4X Robotaxi Fleet in Japan in 2027

Yellow NYC taxi speeding through busy city streets.

The partnership aims to bring safety-validated Level 4 autonomous ride-hailing to global markets beyond Japan.

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In Pictures: Toyota and Waymo to Test Autonomous bZ4X Robotaxi Fleet in Japan in 2027

White car driving through urban streets in Toyohashi, Japan.

Toyota's bZ4X will be custom-outfitted with Waymo's autonomous driving technology for the Japanese fleet.

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In Pictures: Toyota and Waymo to Test Autonomous bZ4X Robotaxi Fleet in Japan in 2027

Taxi driving through illuminated streets of Jönköping, Sweden at night.

Waymo's expansion plans include the UK and other existing markets in the years following the Japan launch.

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In Pictures: Toyota and Waymo to Test Autonomous bZ4X Robotaxi Fleet in Japan in 2027

The companies plan initial operations of the robotaxi fleet in Japan in 2027.

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In Pictures: Toyota and Waymo to Test Autonomous bZ4X Robotaxi Fleet in Japan in 2027

Black Mercedes Benz taxi driving through a lively Stockholm street in the evening.

Autonomous ride-hailing could reshape urban transportation in cities worldwide as the partnership scales.

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In Pictures: Toyota and Waymo to Test Autonomous bZ4X Robotaxi Fleet in Japan in 2027

Woman in white clothes with a tablet getting out of a white car.

The Waymo-equipped bZ4X fleet is designed to serve passengers without a human driver behind the wheel.

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In Pictures: Toyota and Waymo to Test Autonomous bZ4X Robotaxi Fleet in Japan in 2027

Interior view of a car at night with a driver using a smartphone for navigation.

Toyota and Waymo are moving to the next phase of their autonomous driving partnership.

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In Pictures: Toyota and Waymo to Test Autonomous bZ4X Robotaxi Fleet in Japan in 2027

Woman in casual clothes working on a tablet with a stylus in a car passenger seat.

Riders in Japan will experience Level 4 autonomous driving in the custom-outfitted Toyota bZ4X.

Photo by Ketut Subiyanto on Pexels

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