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Taiwanese Manufacturers Gear up in

Autonomous Vehicle Industry

By Huang Wei-shiou
In response to a shrinking auto market and negative features and development of related technology has
growth, over the last few years, traditional automakers continued unfettered. Also, self-driving systems are
such as G.M., Daimler, BMW, and Volkswagen have increasingly adopting artificial and machine learning,
started seeking a new way out. For instance, they prompted by expectations to improve the safety of
sought out to develop vehicle electrifi cation, and more self-driving cars and confi dence in the systems.
investment in the development of electric cars and
self-driving cars. Among them, self-driving cars have Leading Companies Team up for Constructing Self-
been regarded as the saviors of automakers. In 2016 Driving Supply Chain
to 2017, automobile manufacturers even pledged to
launch a fully autonomous self-driving car in the next Taiwan has been developing auto electronics for
two to three years. decades with multifaceted and diverse manufacturing
experience. Automotive electronic components
Unmanned self-driving cars have become a maintain excellent quality and stability, advanced
heated topic in the two major fields of technology research and development capabilities, including
and cars. Manufacturers in these two industries are ADAS systems, sensing chips, are important
actively drawing up strategies, in hopes of tapping foundations for key components of self-driving cars.
into the huge business potential. The Renault and In addition, Taiwan’s ICT industry has accumulated
Nissan Alliance believe that cars will enter the “CASE” comprehensive hardware and software advantages,
generation, listing self-driving and electric cars as including the core capabilities of the electronics
a medium-term operation plan. The four letters in manufacturing industry, clustering of industrial
CASE stand for connected, autonomous, sharing, supply chains, and enriched sources. It should help
and electric, meaning the Internet of Things, and the accelerate the application of technology in the field
Internet of Things is integrated with ADAS, which of self-driving cars, and fill in the self-driving vehicle
will achieve the goals of self-driving cars. Also, industry and technology gap.
autonomous driving has become the next targeted
market for the semiconductor industry and auto plants. Recently, the Taiwanese government also carried
Over these years, the discussion of the Society of out a smart transportation plan to invest over NT$6
Automotive Engineers’s defi nition for each safety level billion in the nation’s fi rst closed testing ground for self-