Taipei, Jan. 20, 2010 (CENS)--Chang Jia-hsiang, general director of the Emerging Smart Technology Institute (ESTI) under domestic Institute for Information Industry (III), recently urged domestic automotive-electronic makers to partner with independent Chinese automakers as Chery and Geely to achieve mutual profitability.

Chang pointed out that energy-saving and carbon reduction is one of the most urgent issues for global governments. Quoting statistics compiled by some international research institute, the general director said that the transportation sector now accounts for about 30% of the global exhaust emissions while household and manufacturing together account for about 35%.

The further expansion of telematics applications would be a key solution to the emission reduction, Chang said, as they can achieve more convenient, safer, more efficient urban traffic patterns.

In 2020, he continued, the Group of Eight (G8) member nations are required to cut accumulated automobile mileage by 10%, and by 15% in 2015. That means, Chang said, the world community is requiring people to drive less and the green-city infrastructure would become increasingly important.

As the information platform for driver, Chang said, the telematics systems could provide intelligent transportation applications by utilizing the increasingly advanced and popular networks. By integrating telematics with intelligent transportation systems to receive and transmit information, such systems could collect various data needed by drivers on the road as speed, location, residual driving time etc.

Chang deemed that a convenient intelligent urban traffic network could save 20% energy consumed and cut the cost by 20%, which also means upgrade city competitiveness. Time is money, the general director said, and the saved time for top-level corporate executives could create enormous economic efficiencies.

He urged Taiwan to further develop the telematics technology and product and companies in the line to tap into Chinese automakers` supply chain. Chang said that the potential of partnership between the two sides of Taiwan Strait is very strong.

Currently, the Taiwan Telematics Industry Alliance (TTIA) and the Taipei Cartronics Promotion Office (TCPO) under the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) are contacting several passenger car and bus makers in China for possible promotion of technical and business exchanges.

(by Quincy Liang)