Macnica becomes a sponsor of Takuma Koga who will participate in NASCAR ARCA opening round Daytona! 

Macnica (Headquarters: Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture; President: Kazumasa Hara; hereinafter Macnica) announced today that it will support Takuma Koga, a NASCAR driver belonging to JERRY PITTS TOYOTA RACING, in the 2024 NASCAR ARCA season. Koga will compete in his first NASCAR ARCA Menards Series opening race, the Daytona ARCA 200 (held at Daytona International Speedway) on Saturday, February 17th (local time).

Takuma Koga (right) and Koga's cheerleader and long-time friend Ken Yokoyama (left) at the race announcement event.

■ In extreme conditions in promoter sports, to demonstrate cutting-edge technology.
Macnica collects data to demonstrate its cutting-edge technology through NASCAR's sponsorship. We will verify that various cloud-based data collected through the original fleet management system everfleet is synchronized to the Macnica Mobility Data Platform (hereinafter referred to as Macnica Mobility Data Platform), which is a data platform. In addition, InnerEye, which measures and analyzes brain waves (EEG) by AI, collects biometric information, including brain waves of drivers in extreme conditions, and analyzes concentration, stress, etc., so that it can be used to develop next-generation mobility that enables accident prevention and comfortable driving.

■Comment from Takuma Koga
"I am grateful to Macnica for supporting me in the race at DAYTONA, which has been my dream since I was 12 years old to become a NASCAR racer. Together with Macnica, we will be able to conduct technology demonstration experiments under extreme conditions, including collecting vehicle data at speeds of over 300 km/h and measuring the vital signs of racers who will be driving for over two hours while being subjected to G-forces of over 3G. I hope to achieve the best results in 2024."

■ Macnica 's smart mobility business provides total support for the evolution to next-generation mobility.
Macnica is expanding its business domain in the fields of cyber and physical systems by leveraging the technological capabilities in both hardware and software that it has cultivated in the semiconductor and security fields. One of these is the smart mobility business. With our solid technological capabilities, we support the "foundation" essential to the evolution of mobility, including the implementation of autonomous driving EV buses, remote monitoring systems, MaaS, and data platforms that integrate them. To give shape to the yet-to-be-seen future city. Macnica continues to explore cutting-edge technology.

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