Fundamental Approach and Targets

Achieving Carbon Neutrality

The Daihatsu Group sees environmental initiatives as a management strategy essential for maintaining corporate continuity. Accordingly, we are working toward achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 launched by Japanese government, a global target, with a focus on measures for reducing CO₂ emissions in all areas including products, production, and logistics and on building a low-carbon society.
To achieve product carbon neutrality, Daihatsu will electrify all vehicles sold in Japan by 2030 and make additional efforts to reduce CO₂ emissions during their operation. With the goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, we will also promote research and development of technologies to reduce CO₂ emissions when manufacturing materials, parts, and fuel.
With regard to production, we have set a target of achieving carbon neutrality in production by 2035 and are working to reduce CO₂ with a focus on three areas: extensive energy saving by pursuing SSC, development and incorporation of innovative technologies, and utilization of renewable energy. We will also take action in non-production and logistics areas with a target of reducing CO₂ emissions in production, non-production, and logistics by 68% compared to 2019 levels by 2035.

Daihatsu’s Electrification Strategy

Based on the basic concepts of “high quality at affordable prices,” “mastering the smallest details,” and “providing advanced technologies to everyone,” Daihatsu has been working to create cars tailored to the lifestyles of its customers, focusing on details even at the level of 1 mm, 1 g, 1 yen, and 1 second. Over many years, we have pursued higher fuel efficiency and lighter vehicles to achieve the highest levels of environment performance even in vehicles with conventional engines. In today’s world, as we pursue even further reductions in CO₂ to reach carbon neutrality, we will achieve the ultimate in eco-performance based on the technology and expertise that we have developed through the creation of small-size cars while pursuing electrification by staying close to customers’ lives in order to provide high-quality, low-priced products accessible to all. In addition, we have developed e-SMART HYBRID, a hybrid system ideal for small-size cars with excellent environmental performance that was first used in the new HV Rocky launched in 2021. We will expand the use of e-SMART HYBRID for mini-vehicles in the future.