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Draup has identified the Hino Motors Business and Technology, Outsourcing Opportunities, and Recommended Area
Key Product and Technology Areas:
Hino Motors focuses on developing battery electric vehicle Flat-floor Route Buses with CASE technology and services.
Hino Motors is eager to create a new value for society through the next generation with modified and specialized EV chassis.
The company aims to explore an Automated Mapping Platform with smarter and safer logistics that helps to reflect a key role in the automated and advanced driving system.
Outsourcing Opportunities:
Hino Motors has ~7 outsourcing partners. Cognizant is the major service provider for Hino Motors.
Consulting System Integration and Product Engineering Services are the major outsourced segments.
Key Focus and Recommended Area:
Hino Motors focuses on Electric Automobile systems and CASE technology services to develop the automobile industries with the next generation, which make the sector automated.
Key Recommended Area is: Hybrid Electric Vehicles.
Key Funding Alert
Bosch to invest EUR 3 Bn (USD 3.05 BN) more in the semiconductor business
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Company – Three Wheels United Total Funding – USD 9.94 Mn About: Three Wheels United is a tech-enabled financier of light electric vehicles. Three Wheels United is a Global fintech lender for electric mobility in the Global South. The company is disrupting lending to low-income and less literate clients. Read More>>
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