Suzuki unveils five-pronged future tech strategy.
Suzuki Motor Corp’s technology programme for the next 10 years aims to minimise energy consumption from manufacturing to recycling and aim for a carbon-neutral world while providing ease of transportation.
Lean-battery BEVs and HEVs: In early 2023, Suzuki had outlined an ambitious growth strategy which includes a £3 billion investment in battery development, introduction of five new electric cars from 2024 onwards and a pledge to achieve carbon neutrality in Europe by 2050.
In its latest tech update specific to Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) and Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs), SMC has said that it aims “to provide our customers with the most energy-efficient electric vehicles based on the renewal energy ratio and usage conditions in each country and region. Suzuki will be developing EVs that minimise energy consumption by combining components that embody ‘Sho-Sho-Kei-Tan-Bi’ such as a small and efficient electric unit, and a small and light battery.”
High-efficiency ICE/CNF (Carbon Neutral Fuel) technology: In 2023, SMC developed a high-efficiency engine (the Z12E engine) that pursues improved combustion, which is the core of internal combustion engines, and achieved a maximum thermal efficiency of 40%. In the future, we will extend this high-efficiency engine worldwide and achieve to minimize energy consumption by carbon-neutral fuel and next-generation hybrid.
SDV right: To maximise gains in the megatrend of software defined vehicles (SDV), Suzuki will be developing what it calls ‘SDV right’, an affordable system that creates value for vehicles by embodying minimization of energy consumption with ‘Sho-Sho-Kei-Tan-Bi’. This translates into ease of software updates for user, with the best mix of wired and wireless over-the-air (OTA) updates.
Easy recyclability and disassembly design: The conventional economic system is called a linear economy, which the flow of raw material extraction, product manufacturing, utilization, and disposal is unidirectional. This has caused mass consumption of energy, resource depletion and environmental destruction.
In the future, Suzuki will achieve minimal energy consumption with the circular economy which is to save the total use of resources by designing products that can be easily disassembled with recycling and reuse in mind.
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