Recently, Nissan Motor Company and Mitsubishi Corporation signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation, which includes jointly developing next-generation mobility services and developing new electric vehicle energy application businesses. This move will help solve regional social problems, such as driver shortages due to aging and declining birthrates, and Japanese social problems such as the unsustainability of public transportation services due to a reduction in the number of users.
Nissan and Mitsubishi believe that new technologies and service models need to be built to solve problems in these specific areas. To achieve this, the two companies will leverage their respective expertise and experience to commercialize next-generation mobility and electric vehicle-related energy services, starting in Japan.
Nissan’s measures include: providing mobile travel services in Namie Town, Fukushima Prefecture, and conducting autonomous driving tests in the Minato Mirai District of Yokohama, Japan, to help more users realize autonomous driving travel. At the same time, Nissan is developing an energy management system that combines the charging and discharging functions of pure electric vehicle batteries with renewable energy.
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Mitsubishi Corporation will cooperate with partners and local governments, including: 1. Make full use of local energy sources such as renewable energy. 2. Achieve carbon neutrality. 3. Create more attractive communities by solving local social problems. In the field of mobility, Mitsubishi Corporation has been taking new measures to address transportation issues in Japan, such as providing on-demand transportation solutions based on artificial intelligence to local governments and private companies, including Shiojiri City in Nagano Prefecture. and conduct autonomous driving tests.
