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.
New car sales from January to June in six major countries in Southeast Asia were 1.7 million, unchanged from the same period of the previous year.
Thailand and Indonesia are the two major markets. Thailand, where consumption is strong, increased by 7% year-on-year, while Indonesia, which faces a decline in resource prices, decreased by 13%. Thailand could be ranked first this year for the first time in six years.
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”.
現代自動車とアップルは自動運転EV分野での提携で正式合意する予定だ。韓国紙コリアITニュースが10日伝えた。先週、現代とアップルが2027年に自動運転EVの発表を目指していると別のメディアが報道。これを受け、現代自はアップルと初期段階の協議をしていると発表していた。(以上、Newsweekから抜粋)
現代は、中国のIT大手バイドゥ（百度）が進める自動運転EV戦略「アポロ計画」で中心的な役割を果たしている。
PSR Analysis: Isuzu has agreed to form a business alliance with Sweden’s Volvo in the Truck field and to acquire Volvo’s UD Trucks subsidiary. The amount of the acquisition depends on the negotiations, but Isuzu sees UD Trucks as a business size of 250 billion yen.
6月10日、コマツはホンダと共同で電動の小型ショベルを開発すると発表した。コマツのショベルで最も小型な機種に、ホンダの着脱式交換バッテリーを搭載して電動化する。2021年度中の市場投入を目指す。さらに1トン級までの電動ショベルも共同で開発するほか、建機のバッテリー交換などのサービス面でも連携を進める。
出典: 日経
PSR 分析: 4月号のPowerTALK™ Newsでも触れたが、ホンダ、ヤマハ、スズキ、カワサキの二輪車メーカー4社は、電動バイクのバッテリー仕様を共通化することに合意した。今回発表された共同開発には、バッテリーの研究を重ねてきたホンダの知見が生きるだろう。交換式は充電の待ち時間を短縮できるメリットがあり、これは建設機械には優位に働く。日本の小型建機は世界的にも高評価であり、海外展開も視野に入れているはずだ。PSR
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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.
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