The Tokyo Motor Show was a major event that attracted 2 million people from the 1980s to the 1990s, but in recent years the number of visitors has decreased and the last exhibition in 2017 drew only 770,000 attendees.
ソニーグループは3月5日、EVの試作車「VISION-S」のSUVを国内で初めて一般公開した。センサー、音響、映像技術などソニーが得意とする技術を集めた。4日にはホンダとの提携を発表しており、両社が出資する新会社でEVを共同開発し、2025年の発売をめざす。
ソニーは2020年に発表したセダン型の試作車に続き、米国で2022年1月に開かれたデジタル技術見本市「CES」でSUVを発表。
サイドミラーには鏡面がなく、車の前後も含めて40個近いセンサーから集めた映像やデータを使って安全性を高めるという。ダッシュボードはディスプレーが3枚ならび、運転情報に加えて映画などのコンテンツを映せる。車内はソニーの音響技術を駆使し、臨場感のある音楽を楽しめる。
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has begun manufacturing the basic structure of wind turbines at the Nagasaki Shipyard, where excess capacity exists. This is because MHI’s specialty LNG carriers are monopolized by Korean manufacturers and MHI is not receiving orders. Now, they take on non-shipbuilding jobs and help maintain the employment of the shipyard. Their Nagasaki Shipyard started manufacturing the basic structure that supports large wind turbines. Since the shipyard has a space for handling large parts of the ship, it can also be used to manufacture wind turbines.
President and Founder, Japan Electrification Research Institute, Ltd.
SUMMARY. The global auto industry is bubbling with changes and dramatic new ideas, but the current declining financial performances of Japanese auto OEMs may force them to drop out of the race temporarily before they can take advantage of the growing demand for autonomous vehicles.
In the August edition of the Economic Trend Report (Green Book), the Korean Ministry of Planning and Finance defined the recent Korean economy this way: “production has increased moderately but exports and investments continue to be sluggish”.
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