Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has issued a digital transformation (DX) roadmap that aims for Japanese automakers to take 30% of the global market for self-driving software-defined vehicles (SDVs) by 2030. SDVs are cars whose functions update regularly via the internet, similar to computer programs and smartphone apps. In METI’s estimation, 30% […]
Japan’s plan to dominate software-defined vehicles
METI roadmap calls for “all Japan” public-private drive to overtake Tesla and Chinese EV makers in auto industry’s next big thing