Toyota 2014 Annual Report Download - page 31

ANNUAL REPORT 2014
President’s MessagePresident’s Message
Overview of
Four Business Units
Overview of
Four Business Units
Special FeatureSpecial Feature
Review of OperationsReview of Operations
Consolidated Performance
Highlights
Consolidated Performance
Highlights
Management and
Corporate Information
Management and
Corporate Information
Investor InformationInvestor Information
Financial SectionFinancial Section
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core service, Ha:mo RIDE, is a car-sharing system that
offers ultra-compact electric vehicles for urban short-
distance transport.
The Toyota i-ROAD, a (twin-seater EV) personal
mobility concept car, has been added to the Ha:mo
RIDE service lineup from this year. It provides a fresh
and enjoyable motoring experience together with a
level of convenience that rivals motorcycles.
The Ha:mo RIDE service lineup also includes the
COMS, an ultracompact electric vehicle manufactured
by Toyota Auto Body Co., Ltd., and electric bicycles
featuring Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.’s Power Assist
System. In this manner, every effort is being made to
address the diverse needs of users.
Non-automotive business operations include
Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), information
technology and telecommunications, e-TOYOTA,
housing, marine, and biotechnology and affores-
tation businesses. In each of these operations we
are fostering a workplace culture that encourages
creativity and entrepreneurship. Also, we are
seeking ideas for new businesses outside the
Toyota group of companies as another key aspect
in the creation of future core businesses.
In the fiscal year under review, net revenues
from non-automotive business operations were
¥1,151.2 billion, ¥84.8 billion, or 8.0%, higher than
the previous fiscal year. Operating income also
improved ¥10.6 billion, or 19.9%, year on year to
¥64.2 billion.
Toyota developed and provided its “Big Data Traffic
Information Service,” a new kind of traffic-information service
utilizing big data—including vehicle location and speed, road
conditions, and other parameters—that is collected and
stored via telematics services. Based on such data, traffic
information, statistics, and other related information can be
provided to local governments and businesses to improve
traffic flow, augment map information services, and support
disaster prevention measures.
Steps are also being taken to provide online “T-Connect
smartphone app” services to private smartphone users. At
the same time Toyota provides the T-Probe traffic information
and navigation service, which users can access while driving
or on foot. Determining the best possible route given traffic
congestion and conditions,
T-Probe is the first technology
that is purely stand-alone and not part of the Toyota onboard
navigation system. The service is accessible around the
clock, providing road map and pertinent disaster counter-
measure information, including details of emergency facilities.
With the increasingly widespread use of the Big Data
Transportation System together with related smartphone
T-Connect smartphone app services, Toyota is working to
provide more convenient and comfortable total life services
while contributing to the development of cities that are resil-
ient to disaster through increased safety.
Non-Automotive Business Operations
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New “Big Data Traffic Information Service”
e-TOYOTA
Toyota is developing e-TOYOTA business operations
to facilitate the integration of IT services and automo-
biles. Toyota continues to plan and develop a variety of
Internet services. Chief among these are the TOYOTA
Web Passport, a secure membership system for
accessing Toyota’s online services, and GAZOO, a
web portal for automobile information. Moreover, the
Company is planning and developing telematics
services for in-vehicle terminals and smartphones,
including T-Connect, G-BOOK, and G-Link. Plans are
in place for developing these services overseas in such
countries and regions as China, Thailand, and the
Middle East.
Intelligent Transport Systems
Toyota is involved in the planning and development of
products and services for Intelligent Transport Systems
(ITS). We view this technology as a valuable way to link
motor vehicles and transportation infrastructures, thereby
contributing to sustainable economic development.
In 2009, we helped create a practical vehicle-
infrastructure cooperative system for safe driving that
prevents traffic accidents more effectively than current
safety technologies. In conjunction with this, Toyota
developed an onboard communications device, mainly
for expressway use, compatible with the ITS Spot
Service. Also, in 2011 Toyota commercialized the
Driving Safety Support System (DSSS), an onboard
navigation system for public highways. We will
continue to increase the number of models equipped
with this device.
Toyota is also engaging in R&D for vehicle infrastruc-
ture cooperative systems, such as actively participat-
ing in public and private sector field trials, so as to
bring them into use as soon as possible.
Verification testing of the Harmonious Mobility
Network (Ha:mo) began in October 2012. Ha:mo is a
transportation support system aimed at realizing
comfortable mobility for people, cities, and society by
optimally and efficiently combining private car and
public transportation.
Ha:mo offers two core services. The first, Ha:mo
NAVI, is an route guidance system that supports opti-
mal mobility, based on road and traffic conditions as
well as on the availability of public transportation, while
addressing the need to reduce CO2 emissions and
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