The country hopes to see Japanese automakers selling 11 million to 12 million units of such vehicles, whose functions are enabled and upgraded by software, out of an estimated 35 million to 41 million in global sales at that time, the ministries said.
The government will set up an organization this fall under the
The plan comes as overseas automakers, such as
Viewing SDVs, autonomous driving services and data utilization as key areas of global competition for the auto industry, the Japanese government aims to facilitate the acceleration of necessary semiconductor, artificial intelligence and software technology development, the ministries said.
The industry ministry and the
The ministries hope Japanese carmakers will sustain a one-third share in the global SDV market by 2035 when global demand for such vehicles is forecast to increase to around 57 million to 64 million units.
==Kyodo
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