5 things that the whole world must run to learn
Today, many assistive technologies in cars are integrated so often that many people take them for granted, indispensable on a car model. There are even technologies that are so important that just being developed have immediately become popular and indispensable.
A lot of that technology originated in Japan. Here is a list of 5 things Japan has made the world learn from.
1. COMPACT PRODUCTION
In Vietnam, “If you eat well, you will be full, if you are smart, you will be warm” is a common idiom, referring to a flexible way of improvising when conditions do not allow. In the far east country, because Toyota’s factory was not as large as the factories in America, Toyota did something like the above proverb around 1948 with the application of the Toyota Production System.
This approach is considered to be very “Japanese”, but is actually inspired by supermarkets in the US. Accordingly, customers will choose and buy the products they want, the supermarket manager will display more goods based on the actual needs of the customers. Applying that approach to production, the factory will carefully calculate and only store in the warehouse the components and parts that actually need to be used and when to use. This practice is now called “lean manufacturing” (English term: Lean Manufacturing).
By about the 1990s, factories in the US began to learn and apply this approach with Ford being one of the first automakers to do it, launching the Ford Taurus model.
2. OIL FILTER
Toyota found a way to filter out all the oil.
Japan is not the birthplace of the engine oil filter system, but Toyota is the car company that makes the oil filter work at its maximum efficiency.
Early American models could only filter about 10% of the oil, resulting in a vehicle life of about 80,000 km. However, Toyota has developed a way to filter 100% of the oil, increasing the vehicle’s life by about 4 times. Thanks to this, it is possible to increase the efficiency and performance of the engine.
3. NAVIGATION MAP
Navigation map on Honda Accord life 1981. Photo: Honda
Although the so-called first car in the world did not come from Japan, this country has made most of us learn the way the Japanese use cars. The navigation map was actually integrated for the first time on a mass-produced vehicle in 1981 with the Honda Accord, although it was an option that cost more than $2,700.
Until 1991, technology changed when the application of the Global Positioning System (GPS) was first used for in-vehicle maps, integrated on the Toyota Soarer (or Lexus SC400 in the US market). Not long after that, American automakers also learned and introduced a system called “Guide Star” on the Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight model in 1995.
4. CAMERA ERROR
Image shown from reverse camera on 1991 Toyota Soarer.
To make the car safer in the event of an accident, car manufacturers often try to increase the size of the vehicle. However, this brings with it a disadvantage. When the pillars on the vehicle are larger in size so that the ceiling can withstand being flipped, it reduces the driver’s visibility. But that’s okay, Japan has a solution.
Japan has always been at the forefront of imaging technology, so it’s not too difficult for engineers to equip the rear of the car with a small camera using CCD technology. The 1991 Toyota Soarer was also the first commercial vehicle with a built-in reverse camera.
5. CIRCUIT ONLY
As for microchips (also known as microchips), Ford is considered the first car company to apply microchips, but the chips Ford uses are manufactured by Toshiba in Japan.
The microchip controls almost all of the vehicle’s operations, from electronic fuel injection, traction control, power windows to door locks. Without the microchip, current vehicle technology would not be possible.
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