The 44th Tokyo Motor Show Opens to Showcase the Latest Vehicles

The 44th Tokyo Motor Show has begun on Thursday. In this event, 160 companies were involved from 11 countries around the world. This motor show takes place every two years and Exhibition content were exposed for mass media on 28th in order to attract more tension from all around the world.

Honda is exhibiting its latest car model which can run for 700 kilometers with a single charge of hydrogen. This will mark the longest distance for cars to run with the charge of hydrogen. The exhibited car is planned to be in the market from next year. Toyota is showcasing a vehicle that the batteries of cars can be used as a power supply outlet when it is not moving. This can be extremely helpful in emergency situations.

Each company is trying to achieve the self-driving system in highest quality. In this vehicle system, the driver does not need to take the handle to drive the car as artificial intelligence system will allow vehicles to be controlled.

Nissan has released a next generation's car which can recognize the driver's features and allow the system to reproduce it on the street while driving. Carlos Gone, the president of Nissan spoken to NHK reporter, "When the automatic operation of cars developed well enough, it will allow drivers to send messages or to be in video calls while driving a car. It will change the meaning of being in the car and drive. This idea is attracting interest from many users so I would like to develop and introduce the new system as soon as possible."

Yasuyuki Yoshinaga, the president of Fuji Heavy industries said, "The thoughts of engineers to reduce traffic accident to zero is our motivation of the innovation." It is expected that artificial intelligence system of vehicles to be allowed on expressways from the year 2020 onward. The Tokyo Motor show will be open for public from 30th until 8th of next month.