<Contents>

●New Year roundtable discussion

• How will automotive powertrains change to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050?

●Overall outlook

• Japan's powertrain development strategy to achieve carbon neutrality
• Estimation of long-term CO2 emissions in the Japanese automobile sector, taking into account the spread of next-generation vehicles
• Carbon Intensity of Clean Energy

Internal combustion engine and new fuel technology

• Development of the new rotary engine, 8C type
• A study on improving mixture homogeneity in hydrogen engines using jets
• Research into next-generation carbon-free fuels and powertrain optimization in the transportation field
• Domestic and international research and development trends for on-board CO2 capture devices

Electrification and infrastructure technologies

• Introduction of the fuel cell system installed in the new fuel cell vehicle
• Optimal location and economic rationality of in-motion wireless power transfer systems for EV proliferation
• Introducing a demonstration project for urban development to realize a low-carbon society in the future: Initiatives in Kansai Cultural and Academic Research City (Keihanna Science City)

<Hot Topics - A collection of trending topics>

• Analysis of NOx purification performance during use of urea SCR catalyst using a heavy-duty vehicle exhaust gas measurement system with a NOx sensor ─Consideration of factors affecting NOx purification performance─
• Active sound control in three-dimensional space
• Proposal of a railway crossing support system that takes into account the use of railway crossing control systems using mobile phone lines
• A dynamic scheduling system that flexibly responds to production line problems
• Development of the world's highest performance iron-based superconducting magnet
• Digital Twin and Simulation Automation Supporting SDV

<Serial article>

[Technology window]

Isuzu Central Research Institute's Initiatives to Create "Transportation"
Toshio Issei (Isuzu Central Research Institute)

[Super world]

Soft X-ray free electron laser microscope captures images of living cells in a fraction of a trillionth of a second
Satoru Egawa (Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo), Mari Shimura (RIKEN Synchrotron Radiation Center), Takashi Kimura (Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo)

【Spotlight】

Current status and prospects of thermal energy storage systems developed by Blossom Energy
Mr. Shinpei Hamamoto (Blossom Energy)

[Craftsmanship]

Yamaha's Hands and Human Resource Development in Die Casting
Hideaki Suzuki (Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.)

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