Recently, according to overseas media reports, because the current Japanese car only Lexus and fuel cell vehicle Mirai, two high-end models equipped with automatic driving technology, compared with Chinese and American car companies, the competitiveness of the Japanese car automatic driving technology market is very weak. Therefore, Japanese brands Toyota, Mazda and Subaru are ready to equip their brand models with L2 level autonomous driving technology in 2022.
According to foreign media, Toyota will give priority to the automatic driving technology for its flagship SUV Crown, which may be applied for the first time in the crown in 2023 and will be applied to other models in the future. Subaru officials said that they will equip their models with L2-level driving technology next year, and users can release their hands at a speed of 50km/h to let the vehicle drive automatically. Mazda plans to equip some models with L2 or L3 autonomous driving capabilities next year.
According to Japan's Yano Research Institute, by 2030, 62% of vehicles will be equipped with L2 level autonomous driving functions. In addition, some time ago, there were overseas media said that Japan is exploring laws and regulations applicable to L4 level automatic driving technology, and now Japanese car companies have begun to vigorously develop automatic driving technology, next year will be a year of rapid development of automatic driving technology in the Japanese market, which will also bring a lot of pressure to domestic car companies.