Uber considers run at Japan's self-drive car market with Toyota

Chief of advanced technology unit plays down fears ride-hailer is lagging rivals

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Uber is working with Sweeden-based Volvo Cars to develop its self-driving technology. It hopes to do the same with Japanese companies, including Toyota and Denso.

TAKESHI SHIRAISHI, Nikkei staff writer

WASHINGTON -- Uber Technologies aims to put cars equipped with its self-driving technology on the road in Japan in a few years, as it looks to build on its recently announced partnership with Toyota Motor, its affiliated parts supplier Denso, and SoftBank Group.

"We are thinking through the best way to put the autonomous vehicle technology that ATG is building into the Japanese market," Eric Meyhofer, head of Uber's Advanced Technologies Group, said Wednesday at a media roundtable.

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