Mobility Digital Transformation (DX) Strategy Formulated

1. Purpose

With the advancement of digital technologies involving automobiles, the value chains and industrial structures in the automotive industry have been undergoing significant changes, leading to global game changers in competition over automobiles. Against this backdrop, DX in the field of automobiles is expected to become a competitive axis on par with electrification, and along with this, the implementation of SDVs is also expected to progress in the future.

*Note: The term “software defined vehicle” (SDV) refers to a next-generation vehicle that can realize new value not found in conventional vehicles, such as advanced driving functions, which are achieved by continuously updating vehicle functions through communication with a cloud computing service.

It is important for Japan to succeed in international competition involving DX in the field of automobiles, including the SDVs mentioned above. From this standpoint, METI and MLIT established the Study Group on Mobility DX, started public-private discussions in the study group, and formulated the Mobility DX Strategy as an outcome showing Japan’s successful approaches to the goal, targeting the period between 2030 and 2035.

2. Key points of the strategy

(1) Identification of three areas (SDVs, mobility services (e.g., autonomous driving), and data utilization) as harmonization areas in which competition has been notably intensifying, and in which Japan should advance efforts through public-private collaboration

(2) Successful approaches Japan should take in these areas, and development of specific measures
Major efforts:

• The SDV area: Expanding harmonization areas, including research and development for high-performance semiconductors and the establishment of a simulation environment to improve development efficiency
• The mobility service (e.g., autonomous driving) area: Providing support for demonstration tests on trucks with autonomous driving technologies and support for the development of robot taxis
• The data utilization area: Operating the Ouranos Ecosystem and expanding use cases to ascertain the amount of emissions from the entire automobile industry and improve the efficiency of logistics

(3) Inauguration of the Mobility DX Platform

• Inaugurating a community consisting of a variety of players as participants, including the automobile industry, startups, cross-sectoral companies, universities, research institutions, and individuals, to not only raise momentum for related efforts but also promote new inter-company collaboration, facilitate competition to secure software human resources, and advance discussions on new initiatives

(4) Setting medium- to long-term goals to be achieved by the public and private sectors and formulating a roadmap to achieve these goals

• Achieving the goal of Japanese SDVs accounting for 30% of total global sales of SDVs in number (in 2030 and 2035)

3. Roadmap on the Mobility DX Strategy

Related Material

• Mobility Digital Transformation(DX) Strategy (Summary version)(PDF:727KB)

Related Link

• Mobility Digital Transformation (DX) Strategy / Study Group on Mobility DX
  *The full version of the "Mobility Digital Transformation (DX) Strategy" will be posted on the above page.

Division in Charge

Mobility DX Office, Automobile Division, Manufacturing Industries Bureau