JAMA Chairman “To be chosen by IT companies, etc.” December 19th 16:01
Akio Toyoda, chairman of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, announced at a press conference on the 19th that automakers and IT companies have partnered with IT companies, etc. as tie-up movements expand to rush to develop cutting-edge technologies such as automated driving and electrification The idea that it is necessary to refine the technology to be selected as.
In order to rush to develop cutting-edge technologies such as autonomous driving and electrification, Isuzu Motors, a truck manufacturer, and Volvo, Sweden, which has strengths in autonomous driving, have partnered in the truck field, and Toyota and Suzuki have a capital alliance For example, there is a growing trend of partnerships between companies.
About this, Chairman Toyoda of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association said at the press conference, “The former industry reorganization was a partnership based on the pursuit of scale and the logic of capital, but the recent reorganization of cutting-edge technology is a new technology such as AI. This is to fuse the real power of car making. "
On top of that, “I think there is a need for automakers to make efforts to become a company that can be chosen from other industries,” and automakers are also chosen as partners from IT companies with strengths in AI. The idea that there is a need to refine the technology.