The base facility for next-generation mobility research, constructed by Gunma University on the Aramaki Campus (Maebashi City), was completed in the spring of 2018, accelerating research activities. Establishing this base facility has strengthened collaboration with companies and enabled various experiments to be conducted.

    The role of the research center is to study and develop next-generation modes of transportation. Unlike similar research institutions, this center not only focuses on technological development but also conducts experiments using these technologies within society and engages in research and promotion of the cultural aspects of new transportation methods. Currently, the center's main pillars of activity are research on autonomous driving and slow mobility. One distinctive feature of the center's research on autonomous driving is its specialization in "Level 4" automation (fully autonomous vehicles without human drivers) for predetermined routes, such as shuttle buses running between JR Maebashi Station and Joshin Electric Railway Chuo Maebashi Station. The other pillar, slow mobility, refers to traffic using vehicles that travel at speeds slower than usual cars but faster than walking (less than 20 km/h). With support from the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Gunma University has collaborated with the venture company Think Together Co., Ltd. (located in Kiryu City) to develop a low-speed electric bus called "eCOM-8" (nickname: MAYU). The company has already sold 19 units domestically and internationally.