In order to realize the promising future motorized society responsible for the next generation, Hitachi provides the Car Information System (CIS) solution by taking advantage of our strength on Car Information Unit and IT Service & Solution development.

Social demands surrounding cars include "Safety & Security," "Ecology & Efficiency," and "Comfort & Convenience." "Safety & Security" realizes a safe road traffic society and aims at a society where every citizen including car user can live securely with automotives. "Ecology & Efficiency" aims at improved economical efficiency such as environmental consideration, for example, CO2 reduction, easing traffic congestion, enhanced fuel consumption, energy saving drive, and so on.
And standing on these needs, "Comfort & Convenience" should be pursued for car users and whole society. In the emerging ubiquitous information society where everyone can obtain and use the information with safety, security, and comfort at anytime and anywhere, it will soon become common way that cars are connected through network. Furthermore, the improvement of car information infrastructure with advanced car electronics and sophisticated automotive technology itself will provide various new information services for future vehicles.
Hitachi group provides the "Car Information System (CIS) solution" by integrating with the know-how of respective fields of "Automotive", "Service", and "Social Infrastructure" developed and accumulated through many business experiences and the technologies such as information & communication, in-vehicle unit, and parts diagnosis.

"Car Information System (CIS) solution" is realized by combining "IT Service & Solution," which systematically combine automotive, service, and social infrastructure, and "Car Information Units." In Hitachi group, we takes charge of "Whole CIS system" and "IT Service & Solution," and Clarion takes charge of "Car Information Units." We will provide the system solutions , which meet the demands of various business applications by exploiting each characteristics and cooperating with each other.

Hitachi's brand-new CIS solution realizes various functionalities in cooperation with the service center and in-vehicle information terminals through the network, which provide valuable, useful and helpful information to all car users.
Within our CIS solution, here we will introduce several solutions which contribute to the "Environment and Efficiency" and enhancement of "Comfort and Convenience."