Taiwan’s transportation environment remains heavily dependent on private cars. Although scooter-sharing and car-sharing services have gradually matured, their operations still rely on significant manpower, including vehicle dispatch, maintenance, and customer service. Recently, Grab announced a USD 60 million investment in the German remote-driving technology company Vay Technology GmbH, acquiring a stake in the company. Grab aims to leverage Vay’s automated and remote-driving technologies to upgrade Southeast Asia’s mobility model, offering valuable insights for Taiwan.

The 2025 Hon Hai Tech Day (HHTD 25) concluded successfully at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center. This year’s event surpassed all previous editions in scale and, for the first time, brought together suppliers and partners to jointly showcase achievements—clearly demonstrating Hon Hai’s determination to realize its “Three Smart Platforms” integrated with AI. With over 207 exhibits across six major zones, ranging from smart manufacturing and AI Factory to smart cities and semiconductors, HHTD has become more than a tech exhibition; it has evolved into a key indicator for observing global trends in electric vehicles and the AI industrial chain.

"Weekly car news " is a recap of some of the major stories in Taiwan car market last week.

A recent report from Nikkei states that Toyota plans to extend the average sales cycle of its flagship and mainstream models from the current seven years to nine years. This move indicates that one of the world’s largest automakers is recalibrating its product lifecycle strategy and shifting its focus toward electrification and software-defined vehicles. In the past, Toyota typically introduced a full model change roughly every five years. As hardware technology matured in the 2000s, this interval expanded to seven years, and now further to nine. This shift suggests that vehicle value is transitioning from hardware-based upgrades to improvements maintained and enhanced through software updates.

"Weekly car news " is a recap of some of the major stories in Taiwan car market last week.

Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer Xpeng recently unveiled a series of new technologies at its Tech Day, including a self-driving taxi, plans for a flying car business, and a next-generation robot. However, the centerpiece of the event was undoubtedly the upgraded semi-autonomous driving platform “VLA 2.0,” which has drawn significant attention across the automotive industry. The system will not only be rolled out across mainland China but will also be made available for other automakers to adopt. German automotive giant Volkswagen will be the first partner to collaborate on this technology. Xpeng made it clear that the goal of VLA 2.0 is to surpass Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) system.

"Weekly car news " is a recap of some of the major stories in Taiwan car market last week.

A recent report from Nikkei states that Toyota plans to extend the average sales cycle of its flagship and mainstream models from the current seven years to nine years. This move indicates that one of the world’s largest automakers is recalibrating its product lifecycle strategy and shifting its focus toward electrification and software-defined vehicles. In the past, Toyota typically introduced a full model change roughly every five years. As hardware technology matured in the 2000s, this interval expanded to seven years, and now further to nine. This shift suggests that vehicle value is transitioning from hardware-based upgrades to improvements maintained and enhanced through software updates.

Valeo, one of the world’s leading automotive component suppliers, recently unveiled the latest innovations from its three core business divisions—Power, Light, and Brain. Among its many advancements, five key technologies stood out, spanning cooling systems, vehicle software, sensing, and communication architectures. Together, they illustrate the automotive industry’s transition toward deeper integration between hardware and software.

The Netherlands-based semiconductor manufacturer Nexperia has recently become entangled in multiple political and regulatory crises. Its parent company, Wingtech Technology, was placed on the U.S. Department of Commerce Entity List at the end of 2024. Subsequently, in September 2025, the U.S. expanded its export control measures, restricting subsidiaries that are more than 50% owned by listed entities from accessing U.S. technologies. Although Nexperia was not directly named, it has nonetheless been affected — with the repercussions rippling across the automotive supply chain.

Taiwan’s transportation environment remains heavily dependent on private cars. Although scooter-sharing and car-sharing services have gradually matured, their operations still rely on significant manpower, including vehicle dispatch, maintenance, and customer service. Recently, Grab announced a USD 60 million investment in the German remote-driving technology company Vay Technology GmbH, acquiring a stake in the company. Grab aims to leverage Vay’s automated and remote-driving technologies to upgrade Southeast Asia’s mobility model, offering valuable insights for Taiwan.

The 2025 Hon Hai Tech Day (HHTD 25) concluded successfully at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center. This year’s event surpassed all previous editions in scale and, for the first time, brought together suppliers and partners to jointly showcase achievements—clearly demonstrating Hon Hai’s determination to realize its “Three Smart Platforms” integrated with AI. With over 207 exhibits across six major zones, ranging from smart manufacturing and AI Factory to smart cities and semiconductors, HHTD has become more than a tech exhibition; it has evolved into a key indicator for observing global trends in electric vehicles and the AI industrial chain.

Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer Xpeng recently unveiled a series of new technologies at its Tech Day, including a self-driving taxi, plans for a flying car business, and a next-generation robot. However, the centerpiece of the event was undoubtedly the upgraded semi-autonomous driving platform “VLA 2.0,” which has drawn significant attention across the automotive industry. The system will not only be rolled out across mainland China but will also be made available for other automakers to adopt. German automotive giant Volkswagen will be the first partner to collaborate on this technology. Xpeng made it clear that the goal of VLA 2.0 is to surpass Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) system.

Most mainstream autonomous driving and ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems) architectures today rely on a “modular sensor fusion” approach, in which multiple cameras, radars, and LiDAR sensors collect data that are processed through several algorithmic layers for object recognition and environmental modeling, followed by decision-making and control. While this structure offers high controllability, it also entails lengthy development processes, high labeling costs, and accumulated errors between modules that often lead to less natural and consistent driving responses. Honda Motor Co., Ltd. recently announced an additional investment in California-based AI startup Helm.ai, aiming to shift its autonomous driving and ADAS development strategy from “sensor-oriented” to a new era of “AI End-to-End (E2E)” learning architecture.