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Easy Ride and the Minato Mirai Autonomous Mobility Pilot

Revision 2026-08-18-baseline · effective 2026-08-18

Superseded. A later revision exists: 2026-08-20-source-dates-b8 →

unreviewed

Created the first structured Evidence Passport with 7 claims and 2 source dossiers.

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Change set

  • add /evidencePassport — Added claim-level evidence mapping and source dossiers.
  • add /revisionHistory — Established a permanent, hash-addressed baseline revision.
7
of 7 claims mapped
2
source dossiers
2
publication dates recorded
0
archives linked
0
exact locators
0
content captures hashed

Claims, one by one

The text below is copied verbatim from the published record. Each claim names the source dossiers that carry it; caveats stay attached to the claim they qualify.

Claim 1 clm-2420f1a906f01b1f quantitative
from 5 to 18 March 2018, carrying 300 groups along a 4.5-kilometre route
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
Nissan and DeNA's release describes the public field test in the Minatomirai district running 5-18 March 2018, with 300 groups on a route of about 4.5 kilometres between Nissan's global headquarters and Yokohama World Porters.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Nissan and DeNA — Easy Ride robo-vehicle mobility service trial (23 February 2018)
Claim 2 clm-93f1aedaeb0a4851 quantitative
said a full service would follow in the early 2020s
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The 2018 release states the companies aimed to launch Easy Ride in a limited environment first and introduce a full service in the early 2020s.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Nissan and DeNA — Easy Ride robo-vehicle mobility service trial (23 February 2018)
Claim 3 clm-0a8ddd451b386889 quantitative
Nissan, BOLDLY, Premier Aid and Keikyu ran a pilot through 30 January 2026
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
Nissan's release of 3 October 2025 names the four companies and gives the pilot period as 27 November 2025 to 30 January 2026.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Nissan — autonomous mobility service pilot programme in Yokohama (3 October 2025)
Claim 4 clm-15074b5648e78b37 quantitative
five Serena-based vehicles, three seats each, and about 300 pre-registered members of the public
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The release lists five vehicles based on the Nissan Serena, a passenger capacity of three per vehicle, and recruitment of approximately 300 members of the public as general monitors who apply in advance.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Nissan — autonomous mobility service pilot programme in Yokohama (3 October 2025)
Claim 5 clm-08eea8e6554ab102 quantitative
equivalent to SAE Level 2 with a safety driver onboard
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
Footnote *1 of Nissan's release defines the pilot vehicles as 'Equivalent to SAE Level 2 autonomous driving with a safety driver onboard'.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Nissan — autonomous mobility service pilot programme in Yokohama (3 October 2025)
Claim 6 clm-0b08fe732a70fa80 quantitative
the driverless Level 4 service is promised from the 2027 financial year
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The release states the four companies aim to launch commercial services from FY27 using driverless vehicles, with footnote *2 defining these as 'Equivalent to SAE Level 4 fully autonomous, driverless operation'.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Nissan — autonomous mobility service pilot programme in Yokohama (3 October 2025)
Claim 7 clm-61ddacb1f9f1c932 quantitative
Tuesday to Friday between 8:30am and 4:00pm, across 26 boarding points
Published field
impact · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The pilot details give operating days Tuesday through Friday, operating hours 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and 26 boarding/drop-off locations.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Nissan — autonomous mobility service pilot programme in Yokohama (3 October 2025)

Source dossiers and revision state

This layer records what is known about each source, what is still missing, and the exact snapshot this page is rendering. A missing date, archive or hash stays visible as missing.

unreviewed Revision 2026-08-18-baseline effective 2026-08-18 · created 2026-08-18

Awaiting operator and domain-expert review; publication of this revision implies neither.

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Revision history → Permanent version link → Machine-readable record → Evidence Constitution →
7
of 7 claims mapped
2
source dossiers
2
publication dates recorded
0
archives linked
0
exact locators
0
content captures hashed

Governance facts carried by the record

Operator
Nissan Motor with BOLDLY, Premier Aid and Keikyu, in collaboration with the City of Yokohama
Actor types
private, city-government
Funding model
private
Funding description
Not recorded
Cost
Not recorded
Ownership
Not recorded
Decision rights
Not recorded
Exit conditions
Not recorded

2 source dossiers

Nissan — autonomous mobility service pilot programme in Yokohama (3 October 2025) global.nissannews.com · 5 linked claims

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID
src-f44831830f483558
Publisher
Name not classified · global.nissannews.com
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2025-10-03
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-08-18
Dossier created
2026-08-18
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
No locator recordedDescriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
Nissan and DeNA — Easy Ride robo-vehicle mobility service trial (23 February 2018) global.nissannews.com · 2 linked claims

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID
src-2a097e08a1fa4dc5
Publisher
Name not classified · global.nissannews.com
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2018-02-23
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-08-18
Dossier created
2026-08-18
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
No locator recordedDescriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
Known limits of this passport
  • Publisher names and source languages have not yet been classified; domains are recorded without guessing.
  • Existing source notes are descriptive locators, not page- or paragraph-exact citations.
  • A missing archive, publication date or content hash is shown as null rather than inferred.
  • The project-level evidence grade ranks the strongest source in the entry; it is not a truth score for every claim.