Today (March 1), Nissan’s Chinese official website and the global Japanese and English official website announced simultaneously that Nissan Motor China will rely on its experience and professional technology accumulated in the global market to help Xiangcheng Mobility Construction!
Recently, the Suzhou High-speed Railway New City Management Committee and Nissan Motor China signed a memorandum of understanding and reached a preliminary cooperation intention to support the development of intelligent transportation in Suzhou High-speed Railway New City.
▲Ding Shengyi, member of the Party Working Committee and Deputy Director of the Management Committee of Suzhou High-Speed ??Rail New City, and Mr. Kenju Kobayashi, Global Director of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance and Head of Alliance Innovation Center-Shanghai, signed the memorandum. After shaking hands and congratulating each other, through this cooperation, Nissan Motor China will provide technical support for on-site testing to promote the development of intelligent network connection and intelligent transportation in Suzhou High-speed Railway New City. At the same time, both parties will jointly participate in research and development projects to build a future "smart travel" business model that is achievable, implementable, and replicable, as well as test autonomous driving models that meet future commercial services.
Ding Shengyi, member of the Party Working Committee and Deputy Director of the Management Committee of Suzhou High-speed Railway New City, said:
Suzhou High-speed Railway New City will give full play to its advantages in the industrial chain, technology chain, application chain and ecological chain. development advantages, providing the most intelligent infrastructure, the richest application scenarios, and the most powerful R&D platform for both parties to cooperate. Combined with Nissan's strong technological advantages, Japanese cars can create an internationally leading vehicle-road collaboration landscape on China's roads and create a new model of Sino-Japanese industrial cooperation.
Shohei Yamazaki, senior vice president of Nissan Motor Company, chairman of the Nissan China Management Committee, and president of Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd., said:
Nissan Motor Company is advancing in electrification, autonomous driving, etc. The field has a long history of developing and applying cutting-edge innovative technologies that enrich people's lives. We are very much looking forward to cooperating with Suzhou City to jointly develop the city's transportation system and benefit the local community.
Kenju Kobayashi, global director of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance and head of the Alliance Innovation Center-Shanghai, said:
Nissan Motor Company relies on its expertise in intelligent connectivity and autonomous driving. The good performance of driving, exclusive services and electrification (CASE) technologies and solutions puts it in a leading position in the industry and can provide assistance for the construction of intelligent transportation systems in Suzhou and even the entire Chinese market.
In the future, the two parties will explore the possibility of promoting the development of the intelligent connected vehicle ecosystem through cooperation with practitioners in related industries and in line with the goals and vision of developing smart cities.
Nissan Motors in China
Nissan Motors' development in China began in 1972. Since the 1990s, Nissan Motors has achieved rapid development in China. Nissan (China) Investment Co., Ltd., as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., manages investments in China together with Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. is a joint venture established by Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and Dongfeng Motor Corporation. Its subsidiaries, Dongfeng Nissan Passenger Car Company and Dongfeng Infiniti Automobile Co., Ltd., are responsible for the Nissan brand, Infiniti brand and Venucia brand passenger cars respectively. Business, Zhengzhou Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. are the main development bases for Nissan and Dongfeng dual-brand LCV products, and are committed to becoming experts in different market segments in the field of light commercial vehicles (LCV). In 2020, Nissan sold more than 1.45 million vehicles in China, including imported cars, passenger cars and light commercial vehicles.
In addition, Nissan released its 2050 carbon neutrality goal in January 2021, and plans to electrify 100 new models in its core markets in the early 2030s.
As a pioneer in the development of zero-emission models, Nissan has been committed to promoting the commercialization of electrification and autonomous driving technologies to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and create environmental and social value.
Suzhou High-speed Railway New City
Suzhou High-speed Railway New City is the northern core area of ??Suzhou's "One Core and Four Cities" development strategy, with a planned area of ??28.9 square kilometers. It focuses on the development of "technology research and development, digital finance" ", cultural and creative" three major industries, and strive to build the country's leading innovation highland for new economic industries such as digital finance, intelligent connected cars, industrial Internet, advanced materials, and blockchain.
Suzhou High-speed Railway New City is the core area for the development of the intelligent car networking industry in Xiangcheng District. From "smart cars" to "smart roads" to "flexible networks", a full industry chain ecosystem has been initially built. , leading the domestic industry in technical directions such as decision-making algorithms, perception fusion, and test simulation. In 2020, more than 63 kilometers of intelligent connected vehicle demonstration roads were completed and put into use in the high-speed rail new city. *** jointly initiated the establishment of the country's first autonomous driving ecological operation alliance - Auto-union, and planned the Yangtze River Delta smart city from a high starting point The Connected Automotive Research and Innovation Park and the New Infrastructure Intelligent Transportation Industrial Park are making strides towards the goal of building a national-level innovation hub for the Internet of Vehicles.
China-Japan (Suzhou) Local Development Cooperation Demonstration Zone
In recent years, Sino-Japanese cooperation has continued to move towards the "deep water zone" in Xiangcheng, Suzhou. Xiangcheng District has advanced planning for the China-Japan (Suzhou) Local Development Cooperation Demonstration Zone, with the planning scope covering the entire 489 square kilometers of Xiangcheng District. Among them, the central area covers an area of ??38.5 square kilometers. The central area borrows the image of the crested ibis and relies on the Xiangcheng National Economic Development Zone, the Jiangsu-Xiang Cooperation Zone and the Yangtze River Delta International R&D Community to build a "one core and two wings" functional layout, symbolizing China and Japan. China’s intelligent manufacturing industry is taking off together.
The "Intellectual Support Wing" is located in the Yangtze River Delta International R&D Community of Suzhou High-speed Railway New Town, focusing on realizing the functions of a comprehensive service center for talents in the Chinese and Japanese intelligent manufacturing industries, a digital financial service center, and R&D corporate headquarters.
Reprinted from Xiangcheng Today