Companies to begin scaling fleet of Toyota bZ4X autonomous vehicles in Japan in 2027, paving the way for the country’s first domestically manufactured fully autonomous ride-hailing service.
Tokyo, JAPAN, 30 October 2026 ― Toyota Motor Corporation (“Toyota”) and Waymo today announced the next phase of their autonomous driving collaboration, in pursuit of a world with safer streets and freedom of movement for all.
Building on the preliminary agreement announced in April 2025, Toyota and Waymo will begin initial operations to test and validate an autonomous Toyota bZ4X fleet in Japan in 2027, with deployment to the United Kingdom and other Waymo-serviced markets planned for the following years. This partnership marks a major milestone in the expansion of Japan’s first fully autonomous ride-hailing service using high-volume, domestically manufactured vehicles.
Toyota will build the vehicles at its Takaoka plant in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The entire process will take place under one roof, from assembling the base vehicle to integrating Waymo’s AV hardware. (....)