March 2024

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Disassembly Report

BYD SEAL uses lithium-ion battery in 12V system

Automotive Report

Toyota, Nissan, Honda and other auto players establish new organization for vehicle SoC
Impact of Noto Peninsula earthquake on car industry
Can chinese commercial light EVs make their presence known in the Japanese market?
“Will not make light HEV”, reveals Honda N-BOX developer
BorgWarner rallies in electric power train, leveraging its strength of in-house parts
Toyota to implement Battery 3R in 2025 to recycle battery resource
Mazda to adopt ammonia exclusive combustion for its power generation facility
Panasonic Automotive develops multi-staged vehicle security for constant safety monitoring

New Car Report

Mitsubishi Motor’s pickup truck Triton

Cover Story

Sign of drastic change in auto industry

Features

Automakers to directly procure semiconductors: Honda and VW define “important parts”
New N-Box rightly evolves safety performance

Interview

“Will develop EVs in 24 months”, Top of MIH consortium reveals reason of “explosive speed”
Mazda “completed preparation” for diesel using biofuels in next-generation fuel strategy

News Digest

Market Watch

Letters From Readers/From Editors