T2 Raises 5 Billion Yen in Series B First Close for Level 4 Autonomous Trucking
The funding and technical milestones-including a first-in-Japan 500 km Level 2 autonomous drive and toll gate passage-put T2 on track to commercialize Level 4 long-haul trucking by 2027, a key step toward solving Japan's logistics labor crisis.
Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.
T2 Co., Ltd. raised approximately 5 billion yen from 11 companies in the first close of its Series B round, bringing cumulative fundraising to over 16.5 billion yen. The company aims to launch long-haul transportation using Level 4 autonomous driving trucks from fiscal year 2027, addressing the expected truck driver shortage from the "2024 logistics problem."
T2 Co., Ltd. has closed the first tranche of its Series B funding round, raising approximately 5 billion yen from 11 corporate investors. The round brings the company's cumulative fundraising total to over 16.5 billion yen. T2 is developing Level 4 autonomous driving trucks for long-haul transportation, targeting a service launch in fiscal year 2027. The company already operates Level 2 autonomous trucks in commercial service for 23 partner companies.
Infrastructure work is also underway. In spring 2026, T2 installed three "Transgate" transfer bases near expressway interchanges in Kanagawa and Hyogo prefectures, where drivers board and alight autonomous trucks to switch between unmanned highway driving and manned local roads. On the technology side, T2 completed a 500 km Level 2 autonomous drive between Kanto and Kansai without driver steering intervention in March 2026, a first in Japan. In May 2026, the company succeeded in passing through expressway toll gates, a technically difficult step, clearing the path for Level 4 operations between the Transgates. T2 plans an additional Series B close within fiscal year 2026.
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