Hitachi Astemo, Ltd. (Hitachi Astemo) announced that it will change its company name to Astemo, Ltd. as of April 1, 2025. The company aims to further strengthen the brand and become a leading company in electrification and intelligence of mobility in the SDV (software defined vehicle) age. Additionally, the head offi

Tier IV, Inc. (Tier IV) announced that it has commenced joint development with Hitachi Astemo Ltd. (Hitachi Astemo) in the fields of autonomous driving systems and software defined vehicles (SDV) utilizing Autoware, an open-source software for autonomous driving. Both companies have been conducting technical collabor

Hitachi Astemo Ltd. (Hitachi Astemo) announced that it will inaugurate a technological development facility in Shibuya, Tokyo to contribute to the evolution of mobility. It will be located in the Shibuya Sakura Stage large complex facility with operations scheduled to commence in April, 2025.
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Hitachi Astemo, Ltd. (Hitachi Astemo) announced that it will exhibit at the Japan Mobility Show 2023, which will be mainly held at the Tokyo Big Sight convention and exhibition center. It will exhibit in four sections: Safety Area, Environment Area, Comfort Area, and VR Theater. The Safety Area will feature 360-degre

Hitachi Astemo Mexico's Queretaro plant receives Ford's prestigious Q1 recognition, affirming excellence in key areas such as quality, systems capability, warranty, and delivery. For this award, Ford suppliers must demonstrate outstanding capabilities and features, like consistently delivering high-quality products o

AMD announced that leading mobility supplier Hitachi Astemo has selected AMD adaptive computing technology to power its new, stereo-format, forward-looking camera for adaptive cruise control and autonomous emergency braking, helping to increase the safety of next-generation vehicles. The AMD Automotive XA Zynq UltraS

Hitachi Astemo Co. Ltd. (Hitachi Astemo) announced that its sensing system utilizing a wide-angle stereo camera has been adopted for the new Isuzu Elf. This sensing system uses a 120-degree wide-angle stereo camera. By combining the wide-angle stereo camera with detection information from millimeter-wave radar, a wid

Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development announced that Hitachi Astemo Americas, a subsidiary of Hitachi Astemo, Ltd., will expand its operation in Berea, Kentucky with a USD 153 million investment. The expansion of the facility will include an additional 752,000 square feet on 62 acres and comes in response to incr

Hitachi Astemo Ltd. (Hitachi Astemo) announced that it has developed an autonomous driving technology that enables cooperative behavior on narrow roads. This technology integrates 3D sensing data from LiDAR and other sources to three-dimensionally recognize the driving environment around the vehicle, as well as to pr

Hitachi Astemo, Ltd. (Hitachi Astemo) announced that it will change its capital structure in September 2023. Four companies - Hitachi Astemo, Hitachi Ltd. (Hitachi), Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda), and JICC-01 - agreed on the capital structural change. JICC-01 Investment Business Limited Liability Partnership (JICC-01

Hitachi Astemo Co., Ltd. (Hitachi Astemo) announced that its motor and inverter have been selected for use in the e-Axles for electric vehicles (EVs) and e-POWER (e-power) vehicles of Nissan supplied by Jatco Ltd. (Jatco) as a Tier 1 supplier. The motors and inverters using square wires supplied by Hitachi Astemo wil

Hitachi Astemo Co., Ltd. (Hitachi Astemo) announced that it has developed a prototype of 360-degree stereovision based on multi-camera 3D sensing. The high-precision and high-resolution system is a surrounding vision system for autonomous vehicles driving on ordinary roads. On public roads with a complex mixture of r

Hitachi Astemo Co., Ltd. (Hitachi Astemo) announced that it has developed a prototype of steering device in a steer-by-wire system that eliminates the conventional steering wheel. As a result, by removing the steering wheel from next-generation vehicles such as self-driving cars, the cabin space can be expanded, cont

Hitachi Astemo Co., Ltd. (Hitachi Astemo) announced that it has developed a prototype steer-by-wire that realizes both steering feel and fail-safe operation. It has leveraged steering feel technology of the former Showa Corporation that was integrated into Hitachi Astemo in 2021. Information management technology whi