Issue 4 - AmCham Germany
Issue 4 - AmCham Germany
Issue 4 - AmCham Germany
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Smoother driving through network technologies<br />
Safer roads through sensor fusion<br />
Smarter connections through communications<br />
Banding Together for a Smarter World<br />
Around the globe, cities keep growing – and with them, a slew of new mobility challenges.<br />
The need for innovative concepts to tackle these challenges has never been greater.<br />
Intelligent transportation systems (ITS) are key<br />
to realizing safer, more ecofriendly and more<br />
comfortable ways of connecting people. To<br />
achieve this vision, Toyota is pursuing an integrated<br />
approach that connects people, vehicles<br />
and the traffic environment.<br />
Zero casualties from traffic accidents<br />
The aim of the company is to improve safety<br />
by applying ITS in its development of mobility<br />
technologies. These innovations use an integrated<br />
safety management concept that considers<br />
normal vehicle operation as well as collisions.<br />
Cooperative vehicle-infrastructure systems (CVIS)<br />
create safer driving experiences by making it possible<br />
for vehicles to directly communicate with<br />
each other and with pedestrians in order to ensure<br />
a continuous exchange of information. Using<br />
this system, frontal collisions between vehicles<br />
and pedestrians at intersections – where hazards<br />
are often difficult to see – can be prevented.<br />
Making an ecofriendly lifestyle simple<br />
cars enables the smart use of renewable<br />
energy, which in turn supports a<br />
comfortable, environmentally friendly<br />
lifestyle. To foster this development on<br />
an international level, Toyota participates<br />
in projects like intelligent Zero<br />
Emission Urban System – iZEUS.<br />
New connections for everyday<br />
routes<br />
Ha:mo, or Harmonious Mobility Network,<br />
is a company concept that efficiently combines<br />
private-car usage and public transportation to<br />
make transit more community and people friendly.<br />
Ha:mo currently offers two separate services –<br />
Ha:mo NAVI, a route guidance system that combines<br />
automobiles and public transportation, and<br />
Ha:mo RIDE, a car-sharing system that uses ultracompact<br />
electric vehicles. Ha:mo provides a reliable<br />
mobility network for people on the<br />
go, whether they’re heading<br />
Cooperative vehicle-infrastructure<br />
systems create<br />
safer driving experiences<br />
Dr. Stephan Herbst<br />
General Manager<br />
Toyota Motor Europe<br />
www.toyota.eu<br />
to meet a client or simply making a trip to the<br />
grocery store. The future of mobility is connected<br />
mobility – and ITS will be its driving force. <br />
Advanced information and communications<br />
technologies have opened up new approaches<br />
to connecting people, vehicles and the community<br />
in order to solve problems such as rising<br />
carbon dioxide emissions. The next generation<br />
of vehicles, which includes plug-in-hybrid, electric<br />
and fuel-cell vehicles, will play an especially<br />
important role in reducing CO 2<br />
emissions. However,<br />
as these vehicles become more ubiquitous<br />
and an increasing number of cars come<br />
to rely on electricity to charge their batteries,<br />
society’s peak power demands will rise. As a result,<br />
the increased use of hydrogen storage and<br />
the development of “smart power demand”<br />
are needed. The linking of homes, people and<br />
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