Honda unveils a fully integrated in-car experience, called Honda Dream Drive through a partnership with Visa, that allows drivers and passengers to use voice-control and mobile technology to buy gasoline, parking or order food and enjoy entertainment features integrated into the dashboard.

Honda Motor

Autonomous and connected technologies shaping the future of the auto industry

Auto Tech

Visa

Companies providing software solutions for managing devices, and integrating external and internal systems for vehicles using internet connectivity

Nissan Motor

Ford Motor

Volkswagen Group

Hyundai Motor Company

Toyota Motor

Moving industry forward with next-gen advancements in energy storage and transmission

Alternative Energy

INERATEC is a German company specializing in alternative fuels and e-chemicals. The company provides modular chemical plants for power-to-liquid, power-to-gas, and gas-to-liquid applications. It also converts hydrogen from renewable energy and CO2 into sustainable fuels (such as e-kerosene, CO2-neutral gasoline, clean diesel, or SNG) and chemical feedstock like waxes and methanol.INERATEC has already established industrial-scale power-to-liquid plants in Germany to increase the availability of sustainable fuel and chemicals for various industries, such as transportation and aviation. The groundbreaking for its pioneering plant was held in April 2023 in the industrial park Frankfurt Höchst, with the plant expected to produce up to 2,500 tons of sustainable e-fuels annually from 2024.Key customers and partnershipsINERATEC has followed a collaboration strategy for the research, development, and production of its solutions. In March 2022, the company partnered with Synhelion to leverage its technology to develop a solar solution to replace fossil fuels. In May 2022, Ineratec launched the “Care-O-Sene” project in collaboration with the South African Government, focussing on decarbonization projects aimed at the aviation industry. Further, it also entered into a partnership with Clariant to accelerate developments in sustainable fuel production and signed an MoU with Japanese company Chiyoda to establish power-to-liquid projects in Japan and Asia-Pacific. In April 2023, INERATEC announced a collaboration agreement with Ferrostaal Chile to jointly develop e-fuel projects in Chile.Funding and financialsINERATEC raised a total of EUR 20 million (~USD 22 million) in funding, as of April 2023, with its latest funding coming in January 2023 from an undisclosed investment led by Honda Motor Co. with participation from Engie New Ventures, MPC, Safran Corporate Ventures, FO Holding, Planet A Ventures, and HTGF. The new investment was to be used to support further growth and development of its technologies.

Emerging from stealth in 2022, NT-Tao is an Israel-based company developing a new approach to fusion. Although the company has not provided exact details of its technology, it states that it is developing a compact magnetic confinement system known as the Tao Machine with a proprietary plasma heating technology. The compact fusion reactor is expected to generate 10-20 MW of electricity and will be able to connect to the main grid and also be independent of it. The reactor is set to be the size of a shipping container.NT-Tao claims that the ultra-fast plasma-heating method can reach 1000x higher density than other fusion reactors. This would make its fusion reaction one million times more effective and result in significantly greater efficiency of energy production than other solutions available.NT-Tao aims to manufacture demonstration facilities by 2029 and commercialize them in the 2030s. As per the company’s CEO Oded Gour-Lavie, the estimated investment for a 20 MW power generation system is expected to be around USD 70 million to USD 100 million. The company anticipates generation costs to be 6 cents to 13 cents per kilowatt hour.Funding and financialsIn <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/16107">February 2023</a>, NT-Tao raised USD 22 million in a Series A funding round led by Delek US and NextGear Ventures. The company planned to use the funds to expand its team, accelerate prototype developments, and build its new research facility. Other companies that have invested in NT-Tao include Honda Motors and Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance.

Reinforcing recycling, rerouting refuse, and reducing wasteflows

Waste Recovery & Management Tech

Princeton NuEnergy (PNE) offers battery recycling solutions using its patented technology process called low-temperature plasma-assisted separation (LPAS). Its technology sorts, purifies, and regenerates cathode materials from used lithium-ion batteries. This direct recycling process can recover up to 95% of all constituent materials in lithium-ion batteries. The company claims that its production process uses 73% less energy and 68% less greenhouse gas emissions than the conventional cathode production process. In addition, the company aims to achieve 48% lower cost compared to virgin production of cathode materials.Key customers and partnershipsThe company, spun out from Princeton University in 2019, initiated <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/8976">commercialization efforts </a>in March 2022 through a partnership with electric industrial vehicle manufacturer Greenland Technologies Holding to develop recycling solutions for end-of-life lithium-ion batteries used in the latter’s vehicles. In October 2022, Princeton NuEnergy along with Winstron Greentech, a subsidiary of Taiwan-based Winstron Corporation, opened the <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/14062">pilot lithium-ion battery</a> (LIB) recycling production line in McKinney, Texas. The pilot plant can process up to 500 tons of LIBs per year and will use PNE’s proprietary low-temperature plasma-assisted separation (LPAS) recycling technology to process LIBs from consumer electronics and electric vehicle (EV) battery packs.&nbsp;Princeton is also working with leading scientists from Argonne National Lab, National Renewable Energy Lab, Oak Ridge National Lab, and the University of California Irvine, to advance and enhance the efficiency of its LPA.&nbsp;Funding and financialsPNE secured USD 16 million in a Series A funding round in <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/23553">November 2023</a> to be used to establish a new facility and bolster the company’s processing capacity. Earlier in <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/21712">September 2023</a>, the company was awarded a USD 4.4 million grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) and the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) to advance Cathode-Active Materials (CAMs) manufacturing.

Electrifying passenger and commercial travel

EV Economy

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 SolidEnergy Systems (SES) is a lithium-metal battery developer and manufacturer of battery cells for EVs. SES hybrid Li-metal batteries replace the graphite anode with lithium-metal to improve energy density (to around 400 Wh/kg). SES also uses a hybrid electrolyte&mdash;the battery has a solid protective coating on the lithium-metal anode and a liquid in the cathode, unlike some solid-state batteries (Solid Power and QuantumScape) that are all-solid and free of any liquid. The company&rsquo;s battery is expected to enable a longer driving range (around 500&ndash;600 miles) and is also capable of reaching an 80% charge in under 15 minutes. In 2021, SES was the first company to introduce 100Ah Li-metal cells, globally.
 
 
 SES&rsquo; large format Li-metal EV and eVTOL cells known as &ldquo;Apollo&rdquo; can be customized for different OEM requests. As such, the company has begun pilot-scale manufacturing of 50Ah to 100Ah Li-Metal cells with GM, Hyundai, and Honda at their Shanghai (China) and Chungju (Korea) battery manufacturing facilities. The company aims to commercialize its batteries by 2025. SES 
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 to establish the world&rsquo;s first B-sample Joint Development Agreement (JDA) with an automotive OEM in December 2023.
 
 
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 In February 2023, SES received an undisclosed amount of cash grants from the South Korean Central Government. Prior to this in April 2021, the company raised USD 139 million in a Series D funding round led by General Motors, while in July 2021, it raised USD 100 million from Hyundai.&nbsp;
 
 
 SES was listed on NYSE through a SPAC merger in February 2022. The deal raised USD 275 million at a valuation of USD 3.6 billion. The proceeds were to be used to accelerate growth and fund key development initiatives.&nbsp;
 
 
 
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<div>
 
 Helm.ai develops advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) software, autonomous driving software, and robotics. The company&rsquo;s Level 2&ndash;Level 4 autonomous driving stack consists of perception, intent modeling, path planning, and vehicle control. (Level 2 refers to vehicles that can control both the speed and the steering but require a vigilant safety driver; Level 4 refers to fully autonomous vehicles limited to specific locations and/or conditions.) The solution is agnostic, with many types of vehicle systems and sensors, and can understand sensor data as well as human inputs. The company uses an unsupervised learning approach to develop software that can train neural networks, eliminating the need for large-scale fleet data, simulation, or annotation. This significantly reduces the cost and timeline taken for the development of the systems. It also uses 
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 The company offers 3 products: &ldquo;L2/L3 Helm Highway Pilot,&rdquo; &ldquo;L2/L3 Helm Urban Pilot,&rdquo; and &ldquo;L4 Highway Trucking.&rdquo; The L2/L3 Helm Highway Pilot comes with a 360-degree vision-radar fusion and fusion with a semantic map. It is also suitable for curvy mountain roads and robust weather conditions. The L2/L3 Helm Urban Pilot enables stops at traffic lights and stop signs, crossing intersections, and taking turns. Meanwhile, L4 Highway Trucking comes equipped with 360-degree vision-radar-lidar fusion, fusion with HD, and semantic map. It also has advanced intent modeling and object recognition.
 
 
 
 
 Key customers and partnerships
 
 
 Helm.ai sells its software to various OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers in the automotive industry. The company claims that it has attracted a number of customers including Honda.&nbsp;
 
 
 
 
 In March 2022, the company partnered with edge AI semiconductor and software company Ambarella to release a new perception software for Ambarella CVflow AI system on chip (SoC) architecture that makes Helm.ai&rsquo;s ADAS software available to the ecosystem of customers and partners built around the Ambarella platform.
 
 
 
 
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 Helm.ai raised USD 55 million in Series C funding led by Freeman Group for further R&amp;D, to commence production of its self-driving technologies, and to further its commercial agreements with customers and partners in the automotive and robotics industries.
 
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Additive manufacturing makes objects by systematically adding material via a CAD program

Additive Manufacturing

<div>
 
 Seurat Technologies offers a metal additive manufacturing (AM) solution known as &ldquo;Area Printing,&rdquo; focusing on automotive, aerospace, energy, and consumer electronics industries. This technology splits a single laser beam into as many as 2.3 million beams to weld metal powder. Each laser beam picks a spot to weld, making parallel production possible. The company claims its tech increases production rates by 10x relative to incumbent solutions in the market. Seurat does not sell 3D printers and operates through the Area Printing Production (APP) program, which prints qualified parts at the company&rsquo;s localized production centers or partner centers closer to the customer. The first print depot was planned to be established at Seurat Technologies&rsquo; global headquarters in Wilmington, Massachusetts, with plans to establish more. The company aims to reduce the environmental impact of manufacturing by using green energy in its factories.
 
 
 Key customers and partnerships
 
 
 As of October 2023, the company had six letters of intent (LOIs) totaling 4,000 tons of material.&nbsp;
 
 
 In May 2023, Seurat Technologies, partnered with 
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 In October 2023, Seurat Technologies raised 
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Smart Homes: Energy & Water Solutions

Moixa Technology is a British residential energy storage company that offers the Maslow energy storage system. The Maslow devices are designed for simple installation in residential homes, taking around one to two hours to install next to the meter. These devices are capable of being aggregated to form larger virtual energy systems, effectively functioning as a "virtual pumped hydro." Moixa's technology operates as an internet of Things device, enabling it to participate in grid-level energy services and create an additional revenue stream for homeowners while addressing challenges faced by the UK's energy grid. As of July 2015, the Maslow systems were installed at 250 UK sites.

Princeton NuEnergy is a clean-tech startup that focuses on the direct recycling of lithium-ion batteries from electric vehicles and consumer electronics. Princeton NuEnergy's patented Direct Battery Recycling technology produces high-quality and high-value-added cathode active materials with low operating costs from spent lithium-ion batteries and delivers sustainable energy and environmental solutions.

Emporia is an electrical company that specializes in smart homes technology systems such as energy monitors, smart plugs, and batteries. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Littleton, Colorado, United States.

Emulsion Flow Technologies offers rare metal recycling, utilizing emulsion flow technology, emulsion.

Seurat Technologies is transforming manufacturing for people and our planet. Area Printing by Seurat is the next generation of 3D metal printing designed for high-volume, decarbonized industrial production. By decoupling resolution and speed, Seurat is creating a scalable process that can compete with traditional manufacturing in every way. Seurat’s pioneering approach was originally developed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and has over130 patents granted and pending.

Helm.ai develops AI software for driver assistance systems, autonomous driving, and robotics. Autonomous vehicle developers often rely on a combination of simulation and on-road testing, along with reams of datasets that have been annotated by humans, to train and improve the so-called “brain” of the self-driving vehicle. Helm.ai's software expedites the timeline and reduces costs; that lower cost also makes it particularly useful for advanced driver assistance systems. Helm.ai uses an unsupervised learning approach to develop software that can train neural networks without the need for large-scale fleet data, simulation, or annotation. The software is also agnostic to whatever compute and sensors are used in the vehicle, allowing Helm.ai to pitch to a diverse set of customers.

nT-Tao is building a compact fusion reactor that will generate 10-20 MW of electricity. The reactor is highly scalable and will be about the size of a shipping container, ensuring clean fusion energy wherever needed. The reactor’s scalability and affordability will make it suitable for various power needs, ranging from industrial and manufacturing facilities to small towns and off-grid locations. This scalability coupled with the ability for rapid deployment, positions nT-Tao’s reactor as a versatile and adaptable fusion energy solution.  nT-Tao’s unique solution relies on a proprietary plasma heating method which is expected to reach 1000 times higher density than other fusion reactors, thereby making its fusion reaction 1 million times more effective. nT-Tao’s ability for quick development iterations and its groundbreaking approach, dramatically reduces the size, cost, and complexity of fusion energy reactors. Co-founded by Oded Gour-Lavie, Doron Weinfeld, and Boaz Weinfeld, nT-Tao’s mission is to develop a unique nuclear fusion technology that will enable the world to transition towards a cleaner, decarbonized, sustainable, and advanced future.

INERATEC offers a wide range of solutions, from pilot applications to chemical plants. They make sustainable, CO2-neutral, and cost-effective e-fuels and e-products available to all. They provide reactors suitable for fluctuating renewable energy applications.

Ashirase is a developer of a walking navigation system for the visually challenged. The company assists visually impaired people in walking independently. This also allows the user to have more attention to spare for audible warnings in their environment. It includes voice input and guidance via a smartphone app. A vibration interface is attached to their shoes.

Stanley's R&D, design, manufacturing, sales, and administration divisions pool their innovations and skills. Stanley is able to design goods that match the expectations of a continually changing market because of that sense of community. As a pioneer and explorer of light, Stanley provides each of its products with the extra value and higher quality required to secure commercial success.

SolidEnergy manufactures rechargeable cells at a pilot scale for prototype demonstration and specialized aerospace markets.  But their real future lies in the materials they supply—anodes and electrolyte—for mainstream markets such as consumer electronics and electric vehicles. They supply these to large Li-ion cell manufacturers to be integrated with a separator and cathode into full cells which can be customized for different applications including drones, consumer electronics, and electric vehicles. Because their anode and electrolyte materials are compatible with existing Li-ion cell manufacturing processes, they can achieve scalability by using existing infrastructure. This eliminates the need for costly infrastructure investment. It’s all part of their open ecosystem. It means a more seamless end-user experience, faster prototyping, and no limits to growth.

E-Mobility Power provides a highly convenient charging service that fits user needs for each charging point of ''garage'', ''route'' and ''destination''. It includes a service that can be recharged at any time, from any location, and by anyone for a reasonable fee. Now that the transportation/traffic and energy sectors are undergoing significant change, e-mobility exists at the intersection of these two sectors. We will develop new services and social infrastructure in collaboration with various stakeholders to support the next-generation mobility society.

Cruise is building advanced self-driving vehicles to safely connect people with places, things, and experiences they care about. Cruise autonomous vehicles are on the road in San Francisco navigating some of the challenging and unpredictable driving environments, because the way to bring self-driving technology to the world is to expose it to the same complex traffic scenarios human drivers face every day.

CATL develops R&D and manufacturing capabilities of full industry chains in vehicle and energy storage batteries filed.  This includes materials, battery cell, battery management systems, battery recycling and reuse. Providing power battery solutions for green vehicles. Providing high-efficiency storage solutions for clean energy applications. Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited (CATL) is founded in 2011, headquartered at Ningde, Fujian.

Moixa develops integrated hardware and GridShare software for renewable energy storage, optimization, and aggregation.

MONET Technologies is a On-demand mobility service,Data analysis service and Autono-MaaS

ubitricity has developed a highly efficient solution to make charging and billing of green electricity affordable everywhere.The ubitricity Mobile Charging System offers the first possibility to roll out scalable charging infrastructure everywhere. To this end, ubitricity has developed an intelligent charging cable which entails all metering and billing technology: the SmartCable. The user carries the mobile electricity contract, tied to the SmartCable, along to the charging spot. The technologically lean charging spots produce next to no running costs. They can be installed practically everywhere: at a wall, integrated into a standing pole or even integrated into urban furniture such as street lights. The user portal offers (among other services) a transparent overview of all transaction data. The charging and transaction data is managed by ubitricity. The all-round service is completed by the monthly invoice.

Mcity, the autonomous vehicle research center on the University of Michigan campus.Mcity is the only advanced mobility R&D center that combines early-stage research, testing in a real-world environment, and on-road vehicle deployments to further prove new technologies.

Dynamic Map Platform is a company that provides research, development and commercialization of high precision 3 dimensional (3D) map data used in the realization of autonomous driving and safe-driving support systems, beginning with Japan’s motorways and expanding to overseas markets.

Grab operates a mobile technology platform that integrates city transportation for driver-partners and customers in South East Asia. It offers services like GrabTaxi, GrabCar, GrabHitch, GrabShare, GrabCoach, GrabShuttle, GrabShuttle Plus, GrabFamily, JustGrab, GrabNow, and GrabRental.  Grab offers services in Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Myanmar. Anthony Tan and Tan Hooi Lng founded it in 2012 and is headquartered in Singapore. It has additional offices in Seattle, Beijing, Bangalore, Jakarta, and Vietnam.

Virent Energy Systems, Inc. operates as an energy technology company that enables the renewable replacement of fossil fuels. Its BioForming platform technology renewably produces transportation fuels, fuel gases, and various chemicals from fossil fuels. Virent Energy Systems, Inc. has a strategic industrial collaboration with Royal Dutch Shell plc. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin.

Pixim is a hardware company that builds chips for video cameras.  Pixim's Digital Pixel System® technology revolutionizes the way video cameras capture and process images. Unlike traditional cameras, where each pixel cannot adjust to highlights and lowlights in the same scene, Pixim's patented Digital Pixel System® technology empowers hundreds of thousands of pixels to act like individual cameras constantly self-adjusting. This all-digital system enables Pixim-powered cameras to efficiently capture the whole picture, regardless of lighting condition or application – thus securing the highest resolution, natural color and clarity, while automatically eliminating image-compromising visual noise (e.g., glare, reflections). The result is more than superb image quality; it is accurate, actionable information that gives users the strength of certainty.

Catalytic Solutions manufactures and distributes emissions control systems and catalytic products for commercial and industrial applications. It manufactures nanostructured catalysts at its main facility in Oxnard, California. The company’s products are most commonly applied to automobile, diesel engine, and energy markets. Catalytic Solutions has manufacturing facilities in Oxnard, California; Reno, Nevada; Thornhill, Canada; and Malmo, Sweden. Catalytic Solutions, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Clean Diesel Technologies Inc.

Honda Motor Co Ltd  is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. It distributes motorcycles, scooters, all-terrain vehicles, side-by-sides, and more in the United States.   The company conducts sales, marketing, and operational activities for cars, trucks, sport utility vehicles, automobile parts and accessories, engines, generators, lawnmowers, tillers, trimmers, multi-purpose utility vehicles, outboard motors, pumps, scooters, and snowblowers through authorized Honda dealers.   Honda Automobiles is also specialized in the design and development of race engines, chassis and performance parts, and technical support services.   Honda Automobiles was founded in 1959 and is based in Torrance, California. It operates as a subsidiary of Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

<div> Honda Motor Company manufactures vehicles for personal mobility such as automobiles, motorcycles, outboard motors, jets, and aero engines, as well as power products. Honda&rsquo;s global automobile brands are Fit, Civic, CR-V, Vezel, and Accord. It also specializes in producing advanced automobile technology for the environment and safety such as powertrain technology, the automated drive concept, Honda SENSING, and motorcycle and power products technology. The power products range includes generators, robotic lawnmowers, engines, and water pumps. Honda&rsquo;s headquarters is in Japan, and it has global operations in the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania. </div>

Honda Motor Prices Secondary Shares At Discount In $3.16B Sale

Hydrogen Economy

Startups producing low-carbon hydrogen using fossil fuels (i.e. blue and turquoise hydrogen) and related technologies or materials.

Startups producing 100% clean hydrogen using water electrolysis (i.e. green hydrogen) or any other sustainable method as well as related technologies and materials.

Startups offering next-generation hydrogen distribution solutions such as solid and liquid-state hydrogen storage and alternative compression technologies for gaseous-state hydrogen storage. Also includes hydrogen fueling stations for mobility applications.

Startups developing hydrogen-powered vehicles and vehicle technologies including passenger, heavy-duty, and aerial vehicles.

Startups producing fuel cell systems for electricity generation using hydrogen and related technologies or materials.

Technologies bringing about a new reality

Extended Reality

Companies developing XR headsets and relevant sub-components (displays, sensors, and processors). Also includes complementary XR hardware (tracking devices, haptic vests, and gloves)

Companies offering engines that enable the development of AR/VR content, also includes companies offering capabilities to capture and create 3D images for immersive environments

Companies offering AR/VR solutions or toolkits for specific industry applications, including VR game developers

Companies offering location-based AR/VR experiences

Riding together toward a sustainable future

Shared Mobility

Short-term car rental platforms, often in the form of a marketplace, that allow users to rent a car by the hour, on-demand.

Platforms that facilitate carpooling on-demand, allowing drivers and passengers to organize shared rides with one another. Also includes those that offer pre-arranged car pooling services but excludes van and bus sharing services.

Platforms that connect passengers with personal drivers on-demand, for dedicated rides.

Platforms that gives commuters access to transportation options such as bikes, scooters, segways, etc. that are designed for short distances, typically under 5 miles. The segment includes bike and scooter sharing services excluding hailing services.

Platforms that offer multi-passenger/pooled shuttle buses or vans on-demand or a fixed schedule, including van and bus sharing

Clean, congestion-free air travel gets liftoff

Passenger eVTOL Aircraft

Companies that build eVTOLs that use rechargeable electric batteries (mostly lithium-ion) for propulsion. Batteries tend to be heavier and have lower energy density resulting in short vehicle flight-time and range.

Companies that build eVTOLs that use electricity and fossil fuels for propulsion to achieve a longer range. This hybrid propulsion system includes an internal combustion engine.

Companies that build eVTOLs that use hydrogen fuel cells for propulsion. Hydrogen fuel cells have a higher energy density than lithium-ion batteries and allow the aircraft to travel longer distances.

Providers of ground infrastructure (such as vertipads and vertiports), and air and digital infrastructure (such as navigation, flight controls, and other avionics for eVTOLs)

Revolutionizing efficiency by redefining human interactions

Humanoid Robots

Companies that develop full humanoid robots for research and education purposes in various fields such as science, technology, and academia

Companies that develop full humanoid robots for personal support and caregiving to assist individuals in their homes with tasks like cleaning, cooking, and providing companionship; includes applications in the medical and healthcare industry, such as assisting with surgeries, rehabilitation, or acting as companions for patients

Companies that develop full humanoid robots for entertainment purposes and social interaction. They can be used in public spaces, events, or as personal companions

Companies that develop full humanoid robots for commercial services across various industries such as retail, hospitality, and customer service

Companies that develop full humanoid robots for industrial and manufacturing settings to perform tasks such as assembly, material handling, and quality control

Companies that develop software and hardware that enable humanoid robot technology (e.g., sensors, grippers, cognitive architecture, robotic applications/software, etc.)

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<div>
 Honda has launched the XR Mobility Experience, merging a VR headset with the hands-free UNI-ONE mobility device for a unique mobile VR experience. The novel concept deviates from the traditional stationary VR experiences. The device is manipulated using body movements in the real world and presents corresponding movements in a VR environment.
 The UNI-ONE can reach a maximum speed of 3.7 mph, weigh 154 lbs, and travel up to five miles on a single charge from its detachable lithium-ion battery.
 Honda is promoting the UNI-ONE as an entertainment platform and aims to collaborate with AR and VR developers to devise custom experiences synchronized with the movements of the user operating the device.&nbsp;
</div> Analyst QuickTake: 
 Although UNI-ONE may fail to garner widespread consumer adoption given the niche nature of the product itself, it nonetheless integrates Honda’s expertise in mobility with XR applications. Other Auto Tech manufacturers that have ventured into the XR space include BMW's launch of a mixed reality racing simulator in <a href="https: 
//sp-edge.com/updates/25020"> December 2023 </a> and Audi’s <a href="https: 
//www.audi-mediacenter.com/en/presskits/audi-x-holoride-14523"> partnership </a> with Holoride for in-car VR entertainment.

Honda launches XR Mobility Experience using UNI-ONE mobility device

Passenger Mobility Tech (Q2 2024): Intelligent and autonomous vehicles are the future; collaborations bolster EV and eVTOL aircraft ecosystems

Passenger Mobility Tech (Q1 2024): Tech upgrades pave way for safer, smarter vehicles; partnerships strengthen EV ecosystem

Fuel Cells

Passenger mobility tech (Q4 2023): Partnerships strengthen EV ecosystem; autonomous technologies upgraded for safer rollout

Mobility (Q3 2023): Partnerships strengthen EV ecosystem; self-driving regulatory approvals brighten outlook

Honda eVTOL: Hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft for inter-city transportation.

Hybrid-electric

Honda eVTOL

Offers a VR headset paired with Honda's Uni-One mobility device, allowing for real world movement to be simulated in VR

Hardware manufacturers

Honda (XR Mobility Experience)

Passenger fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV): Honda CR-V e:FCEV (2025)

Hydrogen Vehicles

Honda FCEVs

GM, Cruise, and Honda to introduce robotaxis in Japan

Ford receives USD 9.2 billion in funding; Panasonic partners with Mazda; Rivian partners with Tesla; and Siemens partners with Helixx

Honda partners with POSCO for recycling of EV battery materials

Ascend Elements partners with Honda

Toyota triples US battery plant investment, CATL signs new partnerships while LG Energy and Honda establish new JV company

Princeton NuEnergy

Wistron Corporation

LKQ Corporation

Traxys S.A.

Samsung Venture Investment

SCG Chemicals

Helium-3 Ventures

Startups developing recycling technologies such as lithium-ion battery recycling processes or a Magnet-to-Magnetä recycling process to convert electronic waste into products that include recycled batteries and cathode materials.

Emporia

To develop next-generation computing technologies for software-defined vehicles, combining IBM's expertise in hybrid cloud, AI, and quantum computing with Honda's automotive knowledge to enhance processing performance and power efficiency.

Amazon

Honda collaborates with Amazon Ads Brand Innovation Lab to launch the Honda Dream Generator, creating custom animated films for families to enjoy an innovative, fun experience with the new 2024 Prologue SUV.

Nissan and Honda will work together to develop electric vehicles and car intelligence technology, areas where Japanese carmakers have lagged behind.

Emulsion Flow Technologies

Valuechain Innovation Fund

Mitsubishi UFJ Capital

Nissay Capital

SMBC Venture Capital

Mizuho Capital

Real Tech Japan

Okasan Capital Partners

Shizuoka Capital

MOL PLUS

KDDI Green Partners Fund

NCB Venture Capital

General Motors

GM and Honda join forces to make hydrogen fuel cells for ‘various products’.

Microsoft

Microsoft has entered into a partnership with Mobility, an electric vehicle company established through a a 50:50 joint venture between Sony and Honda. Microsoft will contribute its AI assistant to enhance the capabilities of Mobility's electric vehicles.

Toyota joins automotive companies including Honda in establishing "Advanced SoC Research for Automotive" (ASRA) on December 1 to research and develop high-performance digital semiconductors (System on Chip, SoC) for use in automobiles. ASRA will research and develop SoCs for automobiles using chiplet technology, with a view to installing SoCs in mass-produced vehicles from 2030.

A new generation of building blocks for emerging tech

Next-gen Semiconductors

Companies that develop semiconductors that focus on automotive applications such as advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving as well as in-car entertainment and communication systems.

Nissan Motor joins automotive companies including Honda in establishing "Advanced SoC Research for Automotive" (ASRA) on December 1 to research and develop high-performance digital semiconductors (System on Chip, SoC) for use in automobiles. ASRA will research and develop SoCs for automobiles using chiplet technology, with a view to installing SoCs in mass-produced vehicles from 2030.

Mitsubishi Corporation

To decarbonize data centers using by-product hydrogen and stationary fuel cell power stations, aiming to reduce economic burden and facilitate decarbonization of data centers.

Fujitsu

Fujitsu delivers a digital ticket platform to Honda Mobilityland Corporation’s “Mobility Station” ticketing system in Japan.

Shell Ventures

WorldQuant Ventures LLC

GS Futures

Greenland Technologies Holding

Seurat Technologies

Capricorn Investment Group

NVentures

General Motors Ventures

Denso

True Ventures

Xerox Venture Capital

Maniv Mobility

Porsche Automobil Holding

SIP Global Partners

Cubit Capital

Companies that use additive manufacturing technology to manufacture components, parts, products, on-demand. This includes contract manufacturers and companies that operate their own manufacturing plants.

Sony

Partnered to launch Afeela – a software-defined vehicle the two present as a Qualcomm-powered entertainment system on wheels.

Signed an MoU to explore new EV-related businesses, focusing on battery use and smart-charging solutions for optimized energy management in anticipation of a decarbonized future society.

Companies offering software solutions to optimize the performance of EV batteries (e.g. charging optimization software, Digital Twin solutions, etc.)

The companies entered into an agreement to create ChargeScape, LLC, a new equally-owned company that will create a single, cost-effective platform connecting electric utilities, automakers and interested electric vehicle customers.

Bayerische Motoren Werke

BMW and Honda agree to create ChargeScape, a new company focused on optimizing electric vehicle grid services

Companies that facilitate EV charging. Includes both charging infrastructure providers and network operators. Also includes vehicle-to-grid technologies.

Helm.ai

Freeman Group

Amplo

Sungwoo Hitech

Goodyear Ventures

ACVC Partners

Providers of software such as collision avoidance alerts, blind spot detection, automatic braking, and other advanced driver assistance systems

Seven automakers BMW Group, GM, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes-Benz Group and Stellantis announced a joint venture (JV) to build 30,000 charging ports across the US and Canada

Kia Motors

Cirba Solutions

To collaborate toward collection, processing, and returning recycled critical battery materials to be used as raw material feedstock for Honda's products, including future electric vehicles (EVs) and other products

Honda, in collaboration with General Motors, will begin the subsequent stages of hydrogen fuel cell research.

nT-Tao Compact Fusion Power

Delek US

Next Gear Ventures

OurCrowd

Grantham Foundation

Companies that facilitate renewable energy generation through disruptive technologies such as geothermal, fusion, wave, tidal, etc.

INERATEC

Safran Corporate Ventures

HTGF | High-Tech Gruenderfonds

ENGIE New Ventures

MPC Capital

FO Holding

Planet A Ventures

Companies that facilitate renewable energy generation through disruptive bioenergy technologies such as waste to energy (WTE) and advanced biofuels

NTT Data

NTT DATA launches the beta version of Mobicomma™, a MaaS (Mobility as a Service) solution for tourists, to car-sharing firm Honda Mobility Solutions Co., Ltd. (HMS. The collaboration with HMS will assess the potential for using Mobicomma with a car-sharing service, which has a different use condition than with rental cars.

Honda Motor

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