Toyota Motor and NTT have agreed to collaborate on developing, verifying, and standardizing technology for the connected car, combining the automotive vehicle-related technologies of Toyota with the information and communication technologies (ICT) of NTT Group companies.
The companies aim to make use of Big Data obtained from automotive vehicles, to carry out joint R&D to solve issues such as traffic accidents and congestion, and for providing customers with new mobility services, aimed at realizing a sustainable Smart Mobility Society in the future at global level.
Toyota and NTT plan to build new big data technologies for gathering and distributing huge amounts of vehicle information and for analyzing and processing the collected Big Data in real time. This include a study on the network topology of global infrastructure and optimal data center deployment necessary for safe and reliable collection and distribution of large amounts of data, based on assumption of vehicle use cases.
The companies also aim to conduct studies to determine the optimal mobile communications system considering vehicle use cases and perform connection tests of such systems to promote 5G standardization for automotive vehicles, and verify the applicability of edge computing technology.
In addition, they intend to develop technologies for providing drivers with user-friendly services by combining driving advice based on understanding of the environment inside and outside the vehicle, voice interaction technology, and other technologies by using AI (artificial intelligence).
