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Journal Of Automotive Safety And Energy ›› 2014, Vol. 5 ›› Issue (02): 107-120.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-8484.2014.02.001

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World Movement on Development and Diffusion for Next-Generation Vehicles

Sekio HIGUCHI   

  1. Waseda University, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
  • Received:2014-04-14 Online:2014-06-25 Published:2014-06-27
  • About author:Sekio HIGUCHI [Japan]，is a visiting researcher of the Environmental Research Institute of Waseda University of Japan, representative ofthe Japan-China Automotive Association, fellow of theSociety of Automotive Engineers of Japan, Inc. (JSAE),the former executive director of JSAE, the former general manager of Environmental and Safety Engineering Department of Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., the former senior manager of Vehicle Research Laboratory researching the advanced technologies (e.g. technologies and vehicles in the 21st century, ITS (intelligent transport systems) and the autonomously controlled vehicle), the former managing director of the Nissan European Technology Center (Brussels) S.A., the former chairman of the steering committee of Japan Electric Vehicle Association and also of Association of Electronic Technology for Automobile Traffic and Driving. He delivered lectures at several universities in Japan and was appointed a member of the government’s councils on the technical standard. He specializes in overall automotive technologies, vehicle product planning, new transportation systems, environmental/ safety technologies and the technical regulations, overseas projects and new business developments.

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Abstract: World people are simultaneously dealing with the air pollution, global warming and increasing energy
demand. So, the automobile electrification is expected to be a promising solution in major countries to overcome
the worldwide stringent regulation of the fuel saving after 2020. Their ambitious goals of the electric vehicles on
roads in 2020 are five million in China, two million in Japan, one million in Germany, and one million in USA in
2015. Those countries are keen on developing advanced batteries, fuel-cell vehicles, safety vehicles, collisionfree
vehicles, connected vehicles and autonomous vehicles, moreover, vehicle-to-home/ home-to-vehicle
systems, ultra-small mobility used in residential areas, and emergency call systems. Through technologies from
these wide fields, people are aiming at creating a new business and even a sustainable society.

Key words: electric vehicle, ultra-small mobility, advanced battery, fuel-cell vehicle, safety vehicle, collisionfree, connected vehicle, autonomous vehicle, new business

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