[Daihatsu Hijet & Atlay New] Light EV is in the 1 million yen range ... how to deal with a car

On December 20, Daihatsu Kogyo held a news presentation for the new Hijet and Atlay.Daihatsu Kogyo Co., Ltd. President Soichiro Okudaira spoke on the stage and talked about how to deal with Daihatsu cars and his future goals.

"The mini car that Daihatsu is good at. It is a sustainable Japanese lifeline that has been walking with many customers since its birth. Above all, light commercial vehicles have 31 million mini vehicles.It is about one -quarter of 8 million units, and it is indispensable in the world, including about 60 % of commercial vehicles running in Japan. "

"In the history of light commercial vehicles. Hijet, which has played an important role, celebrated its 60th anniversary last year. The total production volume is about 7.5 million units, from corporate to individuals such as construction retail logistics., A wide range of customers, it has always evolved in the history of 60 years and has been responding to the needs of the times. I have always thought of it. One is to snuggle up to the customer.I had a belief that I wanted to enrich the customer's life by confirming the needs of how to use it in the local area and responding to my request seriously. The other is inexpensive.The attitude of delivering cars to all customers by making good products more affordable. "

"Daihatsu's group slogan, Light You Up, is determined to inherit the DNA inherited from the predecessors who illuminate each and every customer to the future.I respect the thoughts and diversity, and think that these thoughts are the same as the SDGs concept that no one is left behind. With the group of Light You Up, it can be sustained and sustained.Aiming to realize a society "

Regarding the Hijet and Atlay, which will be released this time, "DNGA (Daihatsu New Global Architecture) has been deployed to commercial vehicles, and the first adoption of FR CVT has been improved to the class top level, and CO2 emissions are improved.It contributes to the reduction. In addition, the preventive safety function smart assist has evolved into the latest version, responding to requests for growing safety and security. In addition, the importance of Last One Mile Transport by Ecomers.He carried a lot of luggage and aimed for products that can be used more efficiently, evolved the size and usability of the luggage compartment. Atley has been reborn to meet the needs of leisure. "I appealed.

He continued and mentioned new initiatives."In addition to manufacturing, we are also trying to create new things along with the activities that have been continued and consumers and consumers. Luggage that can be loaded on a light truck bed in recent mobile sales.We started the "Nibako Project", which supports your new challenge by renting a package box. We will launch a service next year in the middle of next year, cooperating with sales stores nationwide so that it will help you revitalize the region.want to be".

◆ It is Daihatsu's mission to keep pursuing a customer perspective

President Okudaira says that solving customer issues and revitalizing the area is the mission of Daihatsu's immutable in the changing Japanese society.

"We will continue to pursue our customers' perspectives and get into the site to achieve this mission. On the other hand, in a very leather period, there are some issues that cannot be solved by Daihatsu alone, so our friends are the same.We will proceed with the efforts to overcome the barriers of companies. In July, we participated in the collaboration project "Comatic Japan Partnership" to the spread of CASE technology. We will work on improving logistics efficiency from the aorta to capillaries at once.Under the concept of Light You Up, Daihatsu will continue to support people who work in things, things, and on both wheels to realize SDGs, and enrich the community and society.I will do well "

◆ Shift to electrification in 2030

Regarding the electrification of mini cars, Okudaira said that all new cars sold in Japan in 2030 would like to proceed with electrification.

"First, we adopted the series hybrid in the Rocky E-SMART Hybrid, which was announced in November, but we would like to quickly deploy it to light vehicles with this core, and develop a battery EV that takes advantage of the Series Hybrid., I want to start with a study first and put in the product by around 2025. "

Daihatsu satisfies customer needs and strives to reduce costs, and expands the ratio of battery EVs, but is currently aiming for carbon nues, and is not the purpose of electrification.

"We want to expand the options of various technologies as much as possible, and now, customers who use light vehicles and light commercial vehicles are lived close to carbon neutral.。 In fact, the CO2 emission of a light passenger car is the CO2 emission of the latest small hybrid car, so it is on a very good environmental vehicle. However, it will be completely EV in the future.So, we need to proceed with the collection of energy, so we want to do our best. I want to learn the technology from Toyota, develop and hire it. "

◆ The price of the electrification model is reduced to the 1 million yen range.

In addition, President Okudaira said that the price of the EV mini car, which was released by 2025, would not be able to buy it unless it was kept in the 1 million yen range, including subsidies.

The supply of batteries and motors is a point because the material of the battery is soaring, so it is a point how efficiently batteries can be put in, but they are working with Toyota to think of shared procurement.。In addition, we will consider whether there is no new battery direction in R & D, but basically the Toyota Group will be in line with the mass production stage.As for the motor, it may also depend on the number of demand, but according to the motor characteristics of the mini car, it will be a very low capacity motor, so it will be considered in the direction of in -house production with Daihatsu.He said that Daihatsu can contribute to the Toyota Group in which the appropriate specification specifications are determined in low prices and low costs.