TOKYO -- Japanese trading house Itochu is joining a smart city project in the southern Taiwan city of Tainan, trialing AI systems for transportation and energy data management with an eye toward winning bigger business.
Trading house prepares pilot programs, angling for slice of government investment

One leg of the project envisions electric bus routes optimized based on passenger reservation data. (Itochu)
TOKYO -- Japanese trading house Itochu is joining a smart city project in the southern Taiwan city of Tainan, trialing AI systems for transportation and energy data management with an eye toward winning bigger business.