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THE TRUSTED VOICE OF THE AUTO INDUSTRY FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS www.autofile.co.nz November 2016 ITS frequency problem Specialised training that’s focus of joint delegation proven to increase profits A potential problem for New Zealand in the evolving ITS landscape is being tackled head-on in Japan joint delegation, Zealand - and potentially representing other overseas markets - for the Imported Japanese car exports. AMotor Vehicle Industry The delegation’s first Who has access to (IMVIA) and the Ministry goal was to work out a way your vehicle’s data? p5 of Transport (MoT), is to easily identify vehicles currently in Japan. The that have the technology Mayor wants cars off group is looking for a to read and transmit over solution to the problems that frequency and how to Auckland’s wharf relating to the radio get that information back frequency that Japan to New Zealand importers plans to base its Intelligent before they were loaded on p Transport Systems (ITS) a ship, as once they were 8 An ITS speed sensor, video camera and transmitter infrastructure on. here the problem would rest IMVIA policy advisor anyone else to operate on it. with the companies who Kit Wilkerson and MoT principle However, due to the number imported them. advisor Iain McGlinchy are meeting of cars imported into New The ideal approach would with Japanese Government officials, Zealand from Japan there is the be to get that information from motor vehicle manufacturers and real potential for cars to arrive on the vehicles’ manufacturers but industry representatives to research these shores with the 760MHz Wilkerson admitted that scenario Mercedes-Benz current and future situations centred technology embedded, making was probably unlikely at this stage. p 15 enters ute market around Japan’s plan to use the 760 those vehicles illegal to sell and He said he was taking a couple megahertz (MHz) frequency for its operate in this country. of mock-up devices, one relatively p 21 ITS technology. Wilkerson said the focus of the trip cheap to produce and the other That frequency is unavailable was to find out more about Japanese more expensive, with him that for use in New Zealand as it plans for the 760MHz frequency and should be able to detect the is already being used by the to educate Government and motor 760MHz frequency in vehicles. 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It’s invitation-only so out at what stage in the Japanese the countries that they might have it is real recognition. inspection process it would be best were importing them and to familiarise “It’s significant for the used to try and use the devices, and the the problem would himself with who they vehicle industry and for New Zealand most ideal one seemed to be before come back to haunt were and how they as a whole and an achievement for they went to auction. the Japanese used car operated. the association and for the country Kit Wilkerson says the idea of With that in mind the delegation export industry, he said. the delegation was to educate IMVIA chief for Kit to be appreciated. is meeting with auction house “So we need to stakeholders in Japan that the executive David Vinsen “As standards are developed ITS frequency problem existed representatives so it can be walked inform stakeholders said the trip to Japan we can have an input, not just as through the pre-auction process to there that this problem exists and was important for the New Zealand standards takers but as standards see where that testing would best what the possible repercussions are imported used car industry, not just makers in the international trade of fit in. The problem from the New for them.” because of the information it would used vehicles.” Zealand point of view was it would Wilkerson said the Japanese car gather.