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A National Pursuit in Taiwan. Major Undertaking at a National LevelEncouraged by successful experience in facilitating semiconductor and IT industries from the past, governments adopts pro-technology policies regardless of governing partiesLeveraged off existing global presence in ICT technologies
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1. An Introduction of Activities aboutTelematics and Connected Vehicles in Taiwan Ching-Yao Chan
California PATH, UC Berkeley
2nd International Summit, CVTA
September 29, 2010
2. A National Pursuit in Taiwan Major Undertaking at a National Level
Encouraged by successful experience in facilitating semiconductor and IT industries from the past, governments adopts pro-technology policies regardless of governing parties
Leveraged off existing global presence in ICT technologies, the vehicle-electronics sector is deemed a must-pursue field for future growths
Multi-Year Initiatives
Major directions recommended by Science and Technology Advisory Group (National Council)
Policies and initiatives executed by Executive Yuan (executive branch)
Private sectors involved at high levels
3. Public-Private Partnerships Strategic plans defined and budgets allocated by Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), particularly Department of Industrial Technologies (DoIT)
National projects distributed to quasi-government research institutions
Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)
Institute for Information Industry (III)
Automotive Research and Testing Center (ARTC)
Industrial collaborations strongly desired and typically required at every step of the process
Industrial alliance or consortium formed as necessary
4. Related National Initiatives Next Generation Telematics Program
Exploratory Phase (1-year) in 2008; followed by 4-year second phase 2009-2012
Telematics Promotion Office (TPO) formed in 2009
Taiwan Telematics Industrial Alliance (TTIA) formed in 2009
Aggressive positioning in China, propelled by pro-China policy and recent favored-nation trade agreements
Smart bus computing platform demonstrated in FuZhou in June
ITRI participation in CAMP V2V DSRC project in July 2010
Intelligent Electric Vehicles
Program initiated in 2010
IEV Promotion Office established in September 2010
5. Industrial Players, to name a few Foxconn
Global electronics producers with more than 800,000 employees
Contract manufacturers for all major ICT companies
Advantech
Industrial computing platforms
Acquire DLoG GmbH, European fleet management player
Luxgen
Long-term affiliation with Nissam
Launch Luxgen vehicle with state-of-the-art driver assistance and telematics platforms developed by full in-house integration capabilities
Fukuta
Domestic home grown electric motor producers
Supplier of motors to Tesla
6. Questions?Contact Ching-Yao at cychan@path.berkeley.edu