3E. Motor Vehicles

Automobiles, which are composed of about 30,000 parts, require various types of materials, such as iron and steel, glass, plastic, electricity, etc., and technologies from many fields. Therefore, the strengths of various industries are needed to construct an automobile. It can be said that the automobile industry links together all the industries of Japan. The objectives in manufacturing cars have shifted from building comfortable cars that are faster and more convenient to constructing safer automobiles that are more friendly to the environment. Various technologies aimed at increasing the safety of automobiles are being researched and developed. These include technologies to prevent accidents from occurring and to protect us in the event an accident does occur. Further, in order to live in harmony with nature and preserve the Earth for future generations, our automobiles must be friendly to the environment. Today many practical technologies have been developed as a result of much effort to create automobiles that are not harmful for the environment. In this way, new technologies are constantly being researched and developed in order to preserve the automobile as our dream vehicle. In this exhibition room, we consider the next generation of automobiles and people and their relationship to society, focusing on the most important technologies in automobile manufacturing, which are focused on safety and the environment.