November 24th, 2022
NAGASE & CO., LTD.
Panasonic Holdings Corporation
EasyMile SAS

Verification of “TractEasy”, Autonomous Intelligent Tugger
with Remote Control & Monitoring System Conducted●EasyMile designed and developed an electric autonomous tugger equipped with a remotecontrol and monitoring system designed and developed by Panasonic Holdings
Corporation.
●The three companies conducted verification of the vehicle at the Mitsubishi Fuso Truckand Bus Corporation’s Kawasaki Plant assuming the delivery of vehicle engines.
●This verification aims to commercialize automated vehicle services to address manpower
shortages and workloads at factories and logistics sites.
NAGASE & CO., LTD. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director andPresident: Kenji Asakura; hereinafter “NAGASE”), Panasonic Holdings Corporation (Head office:Kadoma City, Osaka Prefecture, Representative Director, President, Group Chief Executive Officer:
Yuki Kusumi; hereinafter "Panasonic HD") and EasyMile SAS (Headquarters: Toulouse, France andSingapore; CEO: Gilbert Gagnaire; hereinafter "EasyMile") have jointly integrated the EasyMile’s"TractEasy" autonomous intelligent tugger (AIT) business promoted by NAGASE with the “X-Area
Remote” remote control and monitoring system developed by Panasonic HD. In line with this, on
Saturday, November 19, 2022, verification took place at the Kawasaki Plant of Mitsubishi Fuso
Truck and Bus Corporation (Head office: Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, President and CEO:
Karl Deppen, hereinafter “MFTBC”), assuming the transportation of vehicle engines.
TractEasy is the first driverless, electric tow tractor enabling autonomous material handling in indoor
and outdoor logistics processes as well as airports. With a load capacity of 25 tons, the TractEasy
uses a range of sensors and cameras with real-time processing through its autonomous software,developed by EasyMile. This includes centimeter-precise localization at any moment, wide-range
perception to handle obstacles and enhanced navigation including vehicle to infrastructure (V2X)
communication, predictive control, and decisions at intersections and pedestrian crossings. It is also
equipped with a remote operation and monitoring system, “X-Area Remote,” designed anddeveloped by Panasonic HD. X-Area Remote supports autonomous vehicle services, allowing anoperator to remotely monitor a fleet of vehicles, then seamlessly take remote control of a vehicle andquickly resume service when human assistance is required. It features dynamic video adjustment
technology for reliable video transmission over LTE networks, AI-based assistive technology tosupport the remote operator, and active cyber-security features to protect the system from external
threats. The use of the vehicle and remote operation and monitoring system will contribute to solving

manpower shortages and reducing workload at factories and logistics sites. Sourced by electricity, it
will also contribute to reducing CO2 emissions at production operations.

The operation of the AIT vehicle and operability of the remote control and monitoring
system were tested by simulating the delivery of vehicle engines at the Kawasaki Plant ofMFTBC. We will continue the vehicle verification going forward and NAGASE will commercialize
the service for the logistics industry, mainly at airports and ports, towards implementation of anautonomous logistics driving platform.

Verification on November 19th

■Inquiries
NAGASE & CO., LTD. Human Machine Interface Sec. Advanced Mobility Div Mobility Solutions
Depthibiki.kawahara@nagase.co.jp
Panasonic Holdings Corporation. Mobility Solutions Mobility Business Strategy Officemobility_info@ml.jp.panasonic.com
EasyMile SAS
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