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Policy Initiatives

Mercedes-Benz, the well-known international car maker, defined the four
core principles of "C.A.S.E." as its development strategy in 2016. C standards for
Connected, A standards for Autonomous, S stands for Shared & Services, and E
standards for Electric. Many other car makers subsequently adopted C.A.S.E. as
their guide for next-generation development in the car industry.
Every aspect of C.A.S.E. is now under development in Taiwan. For the
Electric aspect, the government established smart electric vehicle plans in 2015
and adopted five main strategies including "promoting electric buses through
cooperation between different government agencies", "increasing incentives for
automobile purchases", "innovating business models", "encouraging business
investments", and "establishing an industry value chain" to increase the number
of electric vehicles on the road and power the upgrade of the smart electric
vehicle industry.
Taiwan also introduced more aggressive actions and improvement targets
for air pollution management in the interests of public health. The "Air Pollution
Control Action Plan" released in 2017 set a goal of halving air pollution by
2019. EVs will also be progressively introduced with the goal of electrifying all
government vehicles and public buses by 2030.

For the Autonomous aspect, the short-term goal is the refinement of
Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and related regulations to improve
the safety of road users, followed by the development of self-driving vehicles.
To keep pace with international developments in self-driving vehicles, the
"Unmanned Vehicles Technology Innovative Experimentation Act" was passed by
Taiwan in 2018. The law draws on the spirit of the regulatory sandbox to provide
a legal basis for the experimentation of unmanned vehicles. The law facilitates
the development of next-generation automotive technologies and applications
by allowing industry, academic and research institutes in Taiwan to engage in
innovative experimentation of self-driving technologies, services and business
models in the open-world.

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