NIKKEI Automotive Technology 2005 summer

Cover Story:
Conditions for the spread of hybrid cars

Key Person:
Hybrid system jointly developed with GM

Technology Report:

BMW Techno Forum
Sumitomo Metal Industries develops a high efficiency crash box
Toyota's new G-BOOK
New model 6-cylinder engine for the BMW 3 series
Hino Motors' hybrid system
Yamaha's new model electric scooter
Honda's navigation system for two-wheelers
Mazda's technology to bond iron and aluminum
Interview with the president of Sumitomo Rubber Industries
Cocomo Mb's technology to use the car body as the wiring harness
Michelin's in-wheel motor
From WARD'S Auto Electronics

Market Watch:

CUV - the next to come after SUV in the U.S.?, etc.

News/Index:
Mazda' new model Roadster makes its debut in Japan, etc.

New Car Report:

Honda's new model Step WGN & Nissan's new model Serena
Honda's new model car, Airwave

Event Reports:

JSAE Automotive Engineering Exposition 2005
Auto Shanghai 2005
SAE World Congress 2005
EVS21
Automotive Technology Day 2005 spring

The company and its technology:
Toyo System's secondary battery evaluator

Analysis:

LED headlight
Secrets of Hyundai Motor's leap
Shift in the structure of automotive development - from by part to by function

Basic Course:

Parts manufacturers' survival strategies
Introduction to the in-vehicle network
Standardization of embedded software for automobiles
Improving the efficiency of motor and drive circuit designing

New Products:

Panasonic's new model navigation system, etc.

Inside Story:

Bridgestone's new model tire, Playz

Letters from readers

From editors

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MAGAZINES IN JAPANESE

NE Asia fulfills your needs by offering articles covering a wide spectrum of topics. In addition to the English edition, the local editions for Taiwan and Korea now offer editorial sections written by local editors.
Magazine Subscription Information

You can subscribe to the magazines of NikkeiBP from outside Japan at the same price as in Japan!
Magazine Subscription Information
The NE ASIA News Update e-newsletter

Nikkei Electronics Asia (monthly)

We are offering a magazine monthly to qualified engineers and managers free of charge.

In-depth Articles from Nikkei Electronics Asia

Cover Story SSDs Challenge HDDs, but Quality a Problem

Solid-state drives (SSD) using NAND Flash memory are beginning to show up in a variety of equipment as storage devices. Prices are dropping as semiconductor technology continues to evolve, accelerating adoption of the drives, but manufacturers must also deal with eroding quality.

Analysis Expanded Use of Silicon Tuners Transforms Tvs

With analog television broadcasting slated for the axe in about two years in Japan, TV broadcast tuners are evolving rapidly, replacing old radio frequency (RF) analog circuits with new integrated circuits (IC) called silicon tuners. Signal demodulators are evolving with them, and by tracing the direction of their evolution it is possible to delineate the shape of tomorrow's TV.

Convenience Stores Lead in Energy Conservation

Convenience store franchises are moving to slash energy consumption following the revision of the Japanese Act on the Rational Use of Energy, and are rapidly becoming showcases for cutting-edge energy-conservation technology. The technologies honed here will spread to other firms in the distribution industry, office buildings and more, eventually worldwide.