Toyota argues for technology sharing with rivals | Automonitor – automonitor

After you have announced that it will expand by 30% its development team of hybrid technologies, up to 2021, in the context of an aggressive program to reduce emissions in their product ranges, Toyota is now announcing that it is available to sell their technology to other groups car, even though their rivals direct, reports Automotive News.
as car components become increasingly digital and computerized, rather than mechanical, it becomes easier to design and draw parts and components similar to ranges increasingly wider models. And as each builder will have to face the same regulations in the near future, it makes sense to share technology, to reduce production costs, ” explained Toshiyuki Mizushima, president of the division of engines from Toyota. "Our suppliers produce many technologies that can be used only by our Group but we want to change this to a system where we can develop technology in close collaboration with these suppliers, that then can become available to customers of other brands, ‘ he said.
the main supplier of The Toyota is the japanese Denso, which already showed itself receptive to embrace and cooperate with this new strategy. "Until now, we could not sell the same components used in the hybrid system of Toyota and other clients, because they were not compatible with the engines and their systems, but we can work around this problem, if all suppliers adhere to the same standard and to be able to produce the whole system," said Yoshifumi Kato, executive director of research and development of engineering of Denso.
Use of standards and sharing of components, is a path that Toyota believes it can be implemented anum the near future. Collaboration between rival brands already exists, being very common, for example, in the production of commercial vehicles and automobiles to specific segments of the low volume of sales. Nissan, for example, already share their technology with Renault and Mercedes-Benz, Mazda pro duces for the Fiat roadster 124 Spyder, mum model a twin of your MX5 and the Toyota has collaborated with Subaru and BMW/Mini and PSA Peugeot Citroen in the production of small models.