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according to media reportswtgbingoMajor Japanese automakers such as Toyota, Nissan, and Honda will cooperate to jointly develop a new generation of automotive software to pool their expertise in fields such as generative artificial intelligence and semiconductors.

Reported that Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry will call for cooperation among automakers in a soon-to-be announced digital transformation strategy for the automotive industry as a path for the development of a new generation of vehicles this decade (to 2030).

Car companies will sign strategic agreements to start cooperation and jointly explore ways to reduce costs in the highly competitive digital competition.

The strategy will focus on "software-defined vehicles"(SDV), the concept of improving the car through software rather than hardware such as engines or parts. SDV can also be updated and provide service items via OTA, which is expected to significantly improve vehicle safety and convenience features.

This also means that some car problems can be solved by updating software, similar to smartphones. At present, building a new ecosystem of smart cars is becoming a new consensus for the development of the global automobile industry. On the other hand, the automotive software business will also become an important part of the profits of automobile companies.

Some electric vehicles sold by companies such as Tesla already have these capabilities. With the evolution of semiconductor and artificial intelligence technologies, other automakers are also exploring how to ensure that their vehicles are globally competitive under this trend. Toyota, Nissan and others have planned to launch SDVs starting in 2025.

Earlier this week, Honda and IBM signed a memorandum of understanding, which will jointly develop semiconductor chips and software technology for future SDV in the long term. The memorandum of understanding shows that it is expected that starting from 2030, the accelerated promotion and application of intelligent and artificial intelligence technologies will create new opportunities for the development of "software-defined vehicles".

The latest reports say that in order to support development and market expansion, the Japanese government is encouraging automakers to cooperate in seven areas, namely chips, application programming interfaces that connect vehicle software and systems, virtual simulation, and generative artificial intelligence that enables self-inspection of cars, security measures for cyberattacks, high-frequency, high-precision 3D maps for autonomous driving, and technology to measure the distance between vehicles and objects or pedestrians.

If Japanese automakers each develop their own SDVs, different product specifications will emerge, and costs and development time may surge. Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has called on car companies to standardize in at least these seven areas, and the operating systems used in vehicles can be independently developed by each company.

Media analysis said that if SDV technology becomes more popular in Japan, car companies will also be able to generate revenue from software updates, not just car sales. But if you lag behind in automotive software development, related industries such as parts and materials may be hit hard.