SoftBank will begin Japanese trials next month of a service using satellite navigation data to power autonomous vehicles and machinery , with a nationwide roll - out scheduled for November . General Motors Co. Those investments come despite disappointment with speed of development in the self-driving industry, which has failed to deliver on earlier bold promises of commercial autonomous cars. As part of the pilot , SoftBank will use data from the Michibiki satellite bus , launched in November 2018 , for its SB Drive autonomous bus tech , while construction firm Kajima will use the data for its site drones . It also has shares in the self - driving units of Uber and General Motors .
SoftBank will begin Japanese trials next month of a service using satellite navigation data to power autonomous vehicles and machinery , with a nationwide roll - out scheduled for November . As part of the pilot , SoftBank will use data from the Michibiki satellite bus , launched in November 2018 , for its SB Drive autonomous bus tech , while construction firm Kajima will use the data for its site drones . It also has shares in the self - driving units of Uber and General Motors .