Human Horizons Establishes Japan Center to Expand Global Layout

[July 8, 2019] A few days ago, Human Horizons Japan Center held its opening ceremony in Tokyo. Ding Lei, founder and chairman, said that as a global company that faces the future and focuses on sustainable development, Human Horizons will cooperate with Japan’s top leading technologies in new energy, artificial intelligence, autonomous driving, and environmentally friendly and recyclable materials for vehicles. Enterprises jointly develop innovations and realize industrial applications, and jointly promote the transformation of future travel.

Ding Lei, chairman of Human Horizons, said at the opening ceremony that as a truly future-oriented enterprise, Human Horizons’ original intention was to create a better living environment for human beings by creating efficient, environmentally friendly and safe travel solutions. In terms of recycling, Human Horizons will learn from Japan’s advanced experience and combine its own technological advantages to lead the industry in environmental protection innovation.

Human Horizons Establishes Japan Center to Expand Global Layout

(Photo caption: From left: Mo Fei, Vice Chairman of Human Horizons, Naoyuki Maekawa, Representative of Japan External Trade Organization, Ding Lei, Chairman and CEO of Human Horizons, Mamoruto Oshita, Executive Director of Aisin Seiki, Executive Director of Toyota Boshoku Co., Ltd. (China) Co., Ltd. executive deputy general manager Zhuang Zhiqiang jointly cut the ribbon for the Japan Center.)

Human Horizons Human Horizons is not only a Chinese company, but also a global company that faces the future and focuses on sustainable development. Under the “Three Smarts” strategy of smart cars, smart transportation, and smart cities, it has opened up the systems of vehicles, roads, and cities. sexual solution. The company has gathered domestic and overseas elites from more than ten countries and regions such as the United States, Britain, Russia, Japan, and South Korea, and has established small-scale teams in Europe and the United States. The Japanese center will be located in Shinagawa, Tokyo, and its main business will be from design , new materials and new technologies, integrated with the advanced industry of Japanese lean manufacturing, to create high-quality products that are globally competitive. Human Horizons Japan Center will be led by Ding Lei as chairman, Phil Murtaugh as vice chairman and James Shyr as general manager.

Human Horizons Establishes Japan Center to Expand Global Layout

(Picture description: Human Horizons Japan Center was established in Shinagawa District, where high-end manufacturing and innovative industries gather in Tokyo, Japan)

Principals and representatives from well-known Japanese companies and institutions including Aisin Seiki, Toyota Boshoku, Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Nippon Shinwa, Japan External Trade Organization, Japan Chinese Society of Automotive Engineers and many other guests were invited to attend the opening ceremony. Ding Lei revealed that Human Horizons has reached cooperation with well-known Japanese companies such as Aisin Seiki and Toyota Boshoku in interior decoration, cockpit, and manufacturing, and is fully promoting various development work with the goal of building the world’s best quality smart cars; The first mass-produced car will be released at the end of July, and it will be put into small batch production at the end of 2020, and it is planned to be launched on the market in early 2021.

Human Horizons Establishes Japan Center to Expand Global Layout

(Picture description: Principals and representatives of well-known Japanese companies and institutions and many other guests were invited to attend the opening ceremony of Human Horizons Japan Center.)

Human Horizons’ three-smart strategy is also making steady progress in intelligent transportation and smart cities. The world’s first vehicle-road collaborative autonomous driving intelligent urban road was opened for trial operation at the beginning of this year, and the second phase will be completed in the second half of the year, becoming a demonstration project in the industry ;Human Horizons is not building roads and cities, but based on the overall planning of “people-vehicle-road-city-cloud”, through the advanced and open vehicle electronic and electrical architecture, research and development of vehicle-road collaborative automatic driving technology and road intelligent technology , feed each other back, realize higher-level autonomous driving with richer scenarios, and realize economic and social benefits at the same time. At present, the company is actively participating in the planning and construction of intelligent roads and smart parks in Jiangsu Yancheng, Shanghai Lingang and other places.

Human Horizons Establishes Japan Center to Expand Global Layout

(Picture description: Principals and representatives of well-known Japanese companies and institutions and many other guests were invited to attend the opening ceremony of Human Horizons Japan Center.)

Mr. Mamoruto Oshita, executive director of Aisin Seiki, who had visited Human Horizons Shanghai and Yancheng bases before, said that Human Horizons is not just making smart cars, but adding value to transportation and cities through pure electric vehicles. The company has impressive results on autonomous driving and elsewhere. Aisin Seiki and Human Horizons have signed contracts for several projects, hoping to cooperate and win-win in the future, and work together to build a safe and secure mobile travel.

Mr. Zhuang Zhiqiang, executive deputy general manager of Toyota Boshoku Co., Ltd. and Toyota Boshoku (China) Co., Ltd., said that Toyota Boshoku is willing to use its 100-year experience and technology to help Human Horizons develop in the future during this historical change in the automotive industry. It is also hoped that this will open up new opportunities for Toyota Boshoku’s future development.