Collaboration with Various Business Partners
At the JVCKENWOOD Group, we solve social issues and provide new value by developing technologies through back-casting to achieve its goals and by co-creating with partners in various industries. In order to embody co-creation, we will accelerate innovation together with various stakeholders, such as "Customers", "Business Partners", "Shareholders and investors", "Employees", "community" and "External Business Partners (Government, NGOs, other companies, etc.)", and attach importance to initiatives for realization. In particular, we are working to realize a sustainable society by taking advantage of our strengths with external stakeholders such as industry-academia collaboration, government, and business partners. We will continue to work on the evolution of sustainability management through "co-creation" with various partners.
Portable Power Supplies Using Recycled Batteries from Electric Vehicles(Nissan Motor Co., Ltd./4R Energy Corporation)
JVCKENWOOD in collaboration with Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and 4R Energy Corporation developed portable power supplies using recycled batteries from the Nissan LEAF electric vehicle. JVCKENWOOD designed and manufactured optimized for reusing used batteries, utilizing the technology and expertise we have accumulated in the development of in-vehicle equipment such as car navigation systems and dashcams, as well as portable power supplies.
This portable power supply has been available at Nissan dealerships nationwide in Japan and JVCKENWOOD official online store.
In order to preserve our precious natural environment for the future, we will work together toward realizing a low-carbon and sustainable society by utilizing recycled batteries from electric vehicles.
Portable power supplies using recycled EV batteries
NEC Nexsolutions, Ltd.'s "Motorcycle Safety Education Support Service" has adopted our dust-proof and water-proof*¹ connected-type dashcam.
Our dust-proof and water-proof*1 connected-type dashcam (mobility camera) has been adopted by NEC Nexsolutions for its "Motorcycle Safety Education Support Service," which supports safe driving education for drivers who use motorcycles for business purposes.
In recent years, while the COVID-19 pandemic boosted demand for home delivery and delivery services in the food and beverage industry, many traffic accidents involving motorcycles have occurred, and there is a strong need to address this issue. The "Motorcycle Safety Education Support Service" provided by NEC Nexsolutions supports safe driving education for drivers who use motorcycles for business purposes for companies operating delivery businesses, such as parcel delivery and motorcycle delivery services.
This service uses our connected-type dashcam to grasp the driver's location information and detect violations of the Road Traffic Law*2. Driving scores displaying the percentage of compliance with traffic laws and driving videos in the vicinity of violations are extracted and displayed on the cloud for objective evaluation of drivers and education by superiors. Operators can thus provide accurate and efficient traffic safety education to drivers.
*1: Equivalent to JIS dustproofing class 6 and waterproofing class 7 (IP67)
*2: For road traffic law violations, AI-Contact, the traffic law violation detection engine of Genext Co., Ltd., will be used.
connected-type dashcam
