80
Table 4.6 Selling price of
products by weight
Product
Selling price (Yen/g)
Mobile phone
100 ~ 600
Jet aircraft (B787)
100
Watch
50 ~ 3,000 ~
Large gas turbine
15 ~ 30
Personal computer 10 ~ 30
Lithium-ion battery 6
Television
4 ~ 10
Passenger car
1 (light vehicle) ~ 6 (Lexus)
Refrigerator
1
Truck
0.8 ~ 2
Washing machine
0.8
Dry battery
0.7 ~ 4
Electric fan
0.7 ~ 3
Solar cell module
0.7 ~ 2
Source: Created based on materials from the Center
for Low-Carbon Society Strategy, Japan Science and
Technology Agency
business. It was judged that it is no longer necessary for companies to invest in
research and development of their own exclusive products, and all they have to do
is to procure general purpose goods from the market. However, the battery market
still has plenty of room for technical development. For those who understand this
market and technology situation and make appropriate business decisions, it would
be possible to expand the industry.
Meanwhile, large-sized gas turbines represent an example of a high value-added
product whose selling price per product weight is much larger than the cost. Gas
turbines have advanced product design, material development, manufacturing technology, and their price is more than 100 times the price of the materials. The price
of an aircraft with a more complicated system than a simple product such as a battery has an additional digit.
In the future low-carbon society, along with the hardware product industry that
creates products such as robots, sensors, computers, and medical equipment, progress can be expected in the services industry for freely utilizing these hardware
products. We believe that Japan should compete in such high-added-value areas.
In terms of improving the dissemination of HEMS, we should apply a model in
which the basic system sets the price assuming mass dissemination and each company competes with high-added-value services that make use of HEMS data. For
example, the early mobile phone market had a model for popularizing products by
lowering hardware prices and raising revenues from fees. The HEMS data provide
the user with the time they get up or sleep, and also actions related to the use of
electricity, such as cooking, bathing, and hobbies. Handling of personal information
is difficult, but if settled, a high value-added service will be built.
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Table 4.6 Selling price of
products by weight
Product
Selling price (Yen/g)
Mobile phone
100 ~ 600
Jet aircraft (B787)
100
Watch
50 ~ 3,000 ~
Large gas turbine
15 ~ 30
Personal computer 10 ~ 30
Lithium-ion battery 6
Television
4 ~ 10
Passenger car
1 (light vehicle) ~ 6 (Lexus)
Refrigerator
1
Truck
0.8 ~ 2
Washing machine
0.8
Dry battery
0.7 ~ 4
Electric fan
0.7 ~ 3
Solar cell module
0.7 ~ 2
Source: Created based on materials from the Center
for Low-Carbon Society Strategy, Japan Science and
Technology Agency
business. It was judged that it is no longer necessary for companies to invest in
research and development of their own exclusive products, and all they have to do
is to procure general purpose goods from the market. However, the battery market
still has plenty of room for technical development. For those who understand this
market and technology situation and make appropriate business decisions, it would
be possible to expand the industry.
Meanwhile, large-sized gas turbines represent an example of a high value-added
product whose selling price per product weight is much larger than the cost. Gas
turbines have advanced product design, material development, manufacturing technology, and their price is more than 100 times the price of the materials. The price
of an aircraft with a more complicated system than a simple product such as a battery has an additional digit.
In the future low-carbon society, along with the hardware product industry that
creates products such as robots, sensors, computers, and medical equipment, progress can be expected in the services industry for freely utilizing these hardware
products. We believe that Japan should compete in such high-added-value areas.
In terms of improving the dissemination of HEMS, we should apply a model in
which the basic system sets the price assuming mass dissemination and each company competes with high-added-value services that make use of HEMS data. For
example, the early mobile phone market had a model for popularizing products by
lowering hardware prices and raising revenues from fees. The HEMS data provide
the user with the time they get up or sleep, and also actions related to the use of
electricity, such as cooking, bathing, and hobbies. Handling of personal information
is difficult, but if settled, a high value-added service will be built.
4 Technology to Support Low-Carbon Society (Utilizing Energy)