Tokyo, December 26, 2016 --- Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. today announced that it had equipped a vehicle with an autonomous driving ECU (Electronic Control Unit) that has 11 advanced driving functions including low-speed adaptive cruise control (traffic jam pilot), and drove the vehicle on the company’s Tokachi Test Course, demonstrating that all functions worked correctly. The feedback obtained from this demonstration will be used to make further improvements aimed at starting sales of the autonomous driving ECU in July, 2017.