Contributing to a Sustainable Society as a Global Leader in Mobility Solutions
Brice Koch, President & CEO
Hitachi Astemo is an independent global technology company with approximately 90,000 employees in 27 countries worldwide. We provide services primarily to original equipment manufacturer (OEM) automobile and motorcycle companies through a network that puts us close to our customers in every major automobile manufacturing location globally.
As the automotive industry transitions from transportation to connected mobility, we are able to craft automobiles to address a much broader array of societal issues, but as we do so, the demand for scale and the complexity of the industry is equally compounded.
A crucial part of our strategy to meet our environmental goals relies on our electrification technologies. In line with national targets for carbon neutrality and zero emissions, automobile manufacturers are accelerating their investments in electrification and setting similar targets for electric-only vehicle sales. With CASE as the central pillar of our strategy, technologies such as our electric motors and inverters are at the core of this exciting and important strategic business.
With a major motorcycle business as a part of our portfolio, we are able to leverage our electrification technologies in automobiles for advancing our motorcycle offerings, which are expected to become increasingly electrified in the future.
In terms of social value, we are developing cutting-edge technologies in autonomous driving and advanced driver-assistance systems (AD/ADAS), integrated vehicle control, and connected services. Technologies for autonomous driving are rapidly progressing globally with practical trials underway and legal systems and physical infrastructure changing to adapt. In addition to a strong product lineup that includes stereo cameras and autonomous driving electronic control units (AD-ECUs), we have the unique advantage of being able to develop all the core chassis components supported by integrated software capabilities.
In developing integrated vehicle control technologies, Hitachi draws on its capabilities as a Tier 1 supplier of chassis and undercarriage technologies for braking, suspension, and steering to deliver a safe and comfortable motoring experience by coordinating various control technologies. Meanwhile, in the connected services business, work is ongoing across the Hitachi Group to deliver solutions for automotive cybersecurity and the other new challenges confronting the world of mobility, with the establishment of an Internet of Vehicles (IoV) platform playing a central role.
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