Knowing the reason will make you feel terrified...Honhai's "real aim" is being entrusted with EV production by Mitsubishi Motors

Mitsubishi Motors is considering outsourcing its production of EVs to Hong Hai, a major electronics manufacturer in Taiwan. As the merger between Honda and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. has broken up and Mitsubishi Motors is also exploring a way to survive, the strong ASEAN market has lost its share due to the momentum of Chinese players. Hon Hai should place importance on absorbing Mitsubishi's manufacturing technology. There is a possibility that Hon Hai may aim to acquire Mitsubishi Motors in the future. The risk of Japan's manufacturing technology being leaked overseas cannot be ruled out, but what should we do? (Makabe Akio, Special Visiting Professor, Tama University)

Mitsubishi Motors and Hon Hai's collaboration

An important touchstone in Japanese industry

The automobile industry is approaching a major change that has once every 100 years. The shift to electric vehicles (EVs) and the movement towards the adoption of automobile software (SDVs) seems to be progressing rapidly. As a result, structural changes have been occurring, including in different industries.

Our automotive industry, which has been at the top of the world so far, has also been caught up in such rough waves. While the integration plan between Nissan and Honda is halting, Mit...
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