The Taiwan International Automotive Forum (TAIFE) held a launch ceremony for the "AI Automotive Industry Alliance" in Taipei today (October 1st), officially announcing the establishment of a cross-sector collaboration platform jointly initiated by the Taiwan Automotive Research and Development Alliance (TARC) and the Taiwan Electrical and Electronics Association. This alliance, facilitated by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, brings together the government, legal entities, and industry to promote independent innovation and international integration in the smart vehicle industry, helping Taiwan play a key role in the global transition to electric vehicles.
In his speech, Zhou Chongbin, Deputy Director of the Department of Industrial Technology, Ministry of Economic Affairs, noted that AI is profoundly transforming industrial structures, with smart vehicles being the application area with the greatest potential. According to market research firm Precedence Research, the global automotive AI market is rapidly expanding at a 30% compound annual growth rate, with an estimated market size of US$500 billion in 2025 and exceeding US$50 billion by 2035.
For Taiwan, leveraging its semiconductor, server, and communications industries, the automotive electronics industry's output value is expected to exceed NT$9000 billion by 2029. The Ministry of Economic Affairs has facilitated a collaboration between the Taiwan Automotive Mobility Research and Development Alliance and the Taiwan Electrical and Electronics Association. Through the "AI Automotive Industry Alliance," the alliance focuses on smart cockpits, autonomous driving, and connected vehicles, fostering a cross-domain collaborative ecosystem and promoting technology adoption and international export.
Lin Quanneng, Secretary-General of the Taiwan Electrical and Electronics Association, stated that the association will continue to serve as a core hub for the ICT and automotive electronics industries, promoting alliance development through three major directions: first, gathering resources and integrating key companies and supply chains to form a complete smart automotive electronics ecosystem; second, creating new value for automotive AI, deepening autonomous driving, smart cockpit, and whole-vehicle applications, and leveraging Taiwan's advantages in the AI semiconductor supply chain; and finally, connecting internationally, through collaboration between Taiwan's core companies and the global industry chain, jointly building a trillion-dollar automotive AI industry and enhancing international competitiveness.
Wang Zhengjian, Chairman of the Taiwan Automotive Mobility R&D Alliance and Chairman of the Automotive Center, further pointed out that AI is gradually reshaping the automotive industry's value chain. Hardware manufacturing is no longer the sole core; AI is the driving force behind intelligent upgrades. He emphasized that the alliance will promote industry development through three major initiatives: first, consolidating research and integrating cross-institutional R&D capabilities to focus on core technologies for AI self-driving, smart cockpits, and vehicle control; second, industry-research collaboration, showcasing innovative applications through independent platforms such as passenger cars, electric delivery vehicles, and electric buses; and third, international integration, establishing an AI vehicle virtual verification platform and a comprehensive verification system to help Taiwanese technology align with global standards.
The forum also focused on "Opportunities and Challenges of the Automotive Industry's Geoeconomics." In the afternoon, two seminars focused on "AI Mobility" and "Low-Carbon Mobility." Experts from Japan's ATSDO and the Taiwan Vehicle Systems Integration Alliance shared the latest technological advances and application cases. Chang Cheng-yuan, Director of the Mechanical Engineering Division at the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), stated that only by continuously strengthening industry-university-research collaboration can Taiwan maintain its foothold in the global transformation of the automotive industry and demonstrate greater influence.
With the official formation of the "AI Automotive Industry Alliance," Taiwan's smart car electronics industry is reaching a new milestone. Extending the advantages of semiconductors and ICT to smart car electronics, and successfully promoting R&D results to the international market through cross-domain collaboration, will be crucial for Taiwan's leadership in the next wave of smart mobility competition.
