NIDEK is still paying the price for leaning too far ahead in the so-called “EV shift.” NIDEK has further reduced the annual production volume of electric axles it plans to supply to France’s NIDEK PSA E-Motors (NPE), a joint venture with Europe’s Stellantis. The electric axle business was established as the company’s “second pillar of growth” when Shigenobu Nagamori, Global Group Representative, served as Chairman and CEO. The initial goal was to sell… Nikkei Newspaper November 11, 2024 5:00 [Members-only article].
Globally, EV sales are growing, mainly for Chinese manufacturers. EVs from Japanese, Western, and other manufacturers, including Stellantis, just aren’t selling.
I saw somewhere that the top two in the Korean resident (real foreigner) community in Japan are Akimoto Yasushi and Hayashi Mariko, but of course their owner is Abe Shinzo.
The boss’ strategy has failed. He’s shifting the blame in the name of selecting a successor. But he won’t give up his representative rights. And he’s just a time-killing investor who calls it M&A. The successors are money-hungry idiots.
Hitachi has the motor technology for rail vehicles, so why is it in a position where it has to lick the ass of the inferior Nidec when it comes to electric vehicles?
At one point, I thought we could make a car that could turn on the spot or slide sideways to park. The reason we lost was because European manufacturers thought they would lose if they competed on the same level as China, so they backed away.
>>23 Mercedes-Benz just announced this recently. Each wheel has a motor so it can rotate on the spot. However, it is still against the Road Traffic Act, so it cannot be used on public roads lol.
>>24 In-wheel motors are expensive, difficult to waterproof, and increase the unsprung weight, making the ride uncomfortable, so their use in passenger cars has completely gone out of favor They can only be used in forklifts and work vehicles.
No matter how big a parts manufacturer is, they can’t change society if they’re just doing someone else’s bidding. That’s why B2C manufacturers are fighting such bloody competition.
Four motors provide off-road performance that exceeds that of internal combustion engines. The Mercedes-Benz G-Class EV G580 with EQ technology is now available. news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/e67470a12fa819ea5a482ec590ac77b412d721f6.
Since it is not a patented technology, it cannot compete with China, a resource-rich country that operates as the world’s factory. The weak yen is making things tough for manufacturing industries everywhere.
>>40 I once heard the founder and chairman of a major logistics company give a speech, and he said, “They say illness comes from the mind, but I’ve never taken a day off because of a cold in 75 years. I believe there is no such thing as influenza. The disease is called “his dependency” and he started saying things like that and everyone was shocked. People like that should die of coronavirus.
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