New Mobility Services through MONET with Toyota

「In a pilot project launched in February 2025, “Traffic Understanding Multimodal AI” analysed a situation in which an obstacle was present at a pedestrian crossing and issued a stop instruction. A “Remote Autonomous Driving Support System” operating on the edge AI server of “AITRAS” transmitted the stop instruction to an autonomous vehicle in real time, confirming that the vehicle could stop safely before the obstacle.」

「With the aim of implementing sustainable autonomous-driving services at an early stage, the company began a pilot project in January 2023 in the Takeshiba area of Minato-ku, Tokyo, to fully automate with AI the design of autonomous-vehicle routes and remote monitoring operations.」

「West Japan Railway Company and the company began a pilot project for a bus rapid transit system using autonomous-driving and platooning technologies, BRT (hereinafter, “autonomous-driving and platooning BRT”), at a dedicated test course in Yasu, Shiga Prefecture. Through the pilot project at the test course, they aim to establish the technology for autonomous-driving and platooning BRT and standardise the system as a packaged offering, progressing toward social implementation as a next-generation mobility service by the mid-2020s.」

「Since 2019, ㈱SUBARU and the company have been researching use cases involving safe-driving assistance and autonomous-driving control using 5G and cellular V2X communication systems (hereinafter, “C-V2X”) to help realise an autonomous-driving society. In this latest development, they conducted a field test of vehicle assistance when merging and achieved the world’s first successful result in August 2020.」

「From October 2020, MONET began accepting applications for “MONET LABO,” a paid program for MONET Consortium member companies designed to accelerate MaaS business development.」

「From August 2020, MONET announced 2 products as the first offerings under “MONET MaaS Conversion,” which provides converted vehicles and conversion kits for MaaS: a “multitask vehicle,” which can be used for various purposes by flexibly changing the interior layout, and a “personal ventilation kit,” designed to secure passengers’ personal space and provide ventilation inside the vehicle. It began accepting orders from companies and local governments. From September 2020, it officially opened the “MONET Marketplace,” which provides APIs for various data, including weather, tourism and map information, as well as on-demand bus systems and payment systems that can be used in MaaS system development.」

「From April 2020, the company began full-scale operation of the “MONET Platform,” equipped with data infrastructure and APIs to support companies and local governments in implementing MaaS. It also soft-launched the “MONET Marketplace,” which provides various data and system APIs that can be used for MaaS, for companies involved in system development and other activities that belong to the MONET Consortium.」

「The company concluded agreements with Kosai City in January 2020, Echizen City and Fukui Railway in February 2020, and Hamamatsu City in March 2020. The MONET Consortium, established to build an open MaaS platform, promote the adoption of MaaS, resolve social issues related to mobility and create new value, had 531 participating companies as of the end of March 2020.」

「In October 2019, MONET was commissioned by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, together with KAJIMA CORPORATION, 一般社団法人竹芝エリアマネジメント, ㈱電通, Tokai Kisen Co.,Ltd., 東急不動産㈱ and East Japan Railway Company, to conduct the “Pilot Project for Building a Social Implementation Model for MaaS” solicited by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. The 7 companies began a pilot project to implement new mobility services linking multiple public transportation systems, with the aim of improving mobility in the Takeshiba area. The MONET Consortium, established to build an open MaaS platform, promote the adoption of MaaS, resolve social issues related to mobility and create new value, had 463 participating companies as of the end of December 2019.」

「In August 2019, MONET began a pilot project for “MONET Biz,” a corporate service designed to manage the shared operation of company vehicles efficiently and shorten and make effective use of employees’ travel time. The MONET Consortium, established to build an open MaaS platform, promote the adoption of MaaS, resolve social issues related to mobility and create new value, had 400 participating companies as of the end of September 2019.」

「In June 2019, the company announced capital and business alliances with ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED, SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION, ㈱SUBARU, ダイハツ工業㈱ and Mazda Motor Corporation. MONET Technologies㈱ also launched the MONET Consortium, aimed at building an open MaaS platform, promoting the adoption of MaaS, resolving social issues related to mobility and creating new value. As of the end of June 2019, 276 companies had joined.」

「The company and TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION agreed to a strategic partnership to build new mobility services, established the new company MONET Technologies㈱ and began joint operations. In March 2019, they established the “MONET Consortium” to exchange ideas with companies across a range of industries in anticipation of an autonomous-driving society and address the social issues and needs faced by companies and local governments in transportation. As of the end of March 2019, 88 companies were participating.」

「The company and TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION agreed to a strategic partnership to build new mobility services and established a new company, MONET Technologies㈱, with the aim of jointly commencing operations during fiscal 2018. By linking the “IoT platform” developed by the company with the “mobility services platform,” the information platform for connected cars built by TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION, MONET Technologies㈱ plans to offer nationwide services to local governments and companies, including community-based on-demand transportation providing just-in-time dispatches in line with user demand and shuttle services for companies.」