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一 |     「抽選方式での注文再開が決定」 2025年1月30日に発表されるや否や、5万台もの注文が殺到したスズキ ジムニーノマド（以下、ノマド）。

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    Conceptual diagram of AI Photo: VCG
In a report released on Tuesday, the World Bank made an optimistic assessment that artificial intelligence (AI) could allow developing countries to do in a decade what might otherwise take a century. The report found that AI will throw developing economies a lifeline, and that the technology's greatest promise for developing countries lies not in replacing workers, but in amplifying what they can do.
While advanced economies are still debating whether AI will wipe out white-collar jobs, this report serves as a critical reminder that AI is not merely a force that replaces human labor. More importantly, it acts as an amplifier that unlocks growth potential.
For years, many assumed that AI penetration would primarily erode low- and mid-skilled jobs and widen development gaps among economies. Yet for most developing countries still undergoing digital transformation, AI represents far more than a choice between automation and human labor. It provides a cost-effective shortcut to remedy decades of digital infrastructure shortcomings. 
Many digital capabilities that once required massive capital investment, systematic infrastructure development and professional talent training can now be realized through open-weight AI tools. This dramatic reduction in technological barriers offers developing countries a rare chance to leapfrog stages of technological iteration and catch up with global development trends.
In China, this "amplification effect" is unfolding in various ways. Over the past few years, new professions built around human-AI collaboration have kept emerging, while the skill sets required for traditional jobs are evolving at a rapid pace. 
What matters even more is that China's unique AI development path carries special reference value for other developing countries. China has already integrated AI on a massive scale into core real-life scenarios spanning manufacturing, agriculture, healthcare and education, while continuously driving down the cost of access. 
According to CNBC, Chinese built AI models are gaining ground, and they are gaining traction as they narrow the performance gap with leading American rivals while remaining significantly cheaper to use. This model provides the most practical, accessible entry point for developing economies stepping into the AI era, rather than forcing them to chase unattainable, high-end technical standards that are out of their financial and operational reach.
With the rise of Chinese open-source and open-weight models, AI competition between China and the US has become a hot topic in the global technology landscape. Some in the West often frame this as a technological power tussle between two major countries, measured by model parameters, financing scale and semiconductor manufacturing precision. While such indicators reflect technological advancement, one shouldn't overlook the far more fundamental purpose of technology. The ultimate value of any technology lies in its ability to address shared global challenges and deliver tangible public benefits.
Many developing regions are still in the very early stages of digital transformation. Truly meaningful, impactful AI capability is never cutting-edge technology locked away in a laboratory. It is technology that can step out of the lab, root itself in local realities, and deliver inclusive, accessible solutions that help these countries cross the threshold of digital infrastructure at minimal cost. It is about bringing open-weight, user-friendly AI tools into the hands of ordinary people and companies.
When more developing economies are able to use AI as a lever to bridge their long-standing development gaps, the global digital divide will not be further widened by this new round of technological revolution. Instead, it will be gradually narrowed for the first time in decades. From this perspective, the outcome of global AI competition will not be determined by which country first reaches the ceiling of technological sophistication. The real decisive factor is which country can extend technological benefits to the broadest population groups and leverage AI to drive inclusive global growth.
。スズキも「これは売れる！」という自信はあったと思いますが、ここまでの反響は想定していなかったのでしょう。

三 | なんとわずか4日間で受注停止という事態に陥りました。【オプションに追加されたバックアイカメラ付きディスプレイオーディオ・スズキコネクト対応通信機】 オーダーができなかった人は「生産台数を増やして早く受注を再開してくれ！」と思っていたはず。しかしクルマの生産計画はそう簡単に変更できるものではありません。

四 | しかもノマドはインドのグルガオン工場で生産され、日本をはじめ中東やアフリカ、中南米などに輸出されています。

五 | そのため、日本の都合だけで各国への割り当てを変えるのが難しいという事情もあります。それでもスズキは当初月販1200台だった日本への割り当てを同年7月から3300台に増産。

六 | SNSを見ていると同年9月頃から納車が急ピッチで進んでいることが伝わってきました。

七 | そして2025年10月27日、スズキは2026年1月30日からノマドの受注を再開すると発表。実に1年ぶりの受注再開です。デビュー時は購入希望車が殺到して混乱が生じました（筆者がたまたま発表翌日にスズキディーラーに行ったら、平日の午前中なのに商談待ちの列ができていたほどです）。でも今回は1月30日から2月28日までの1ヵ月間、全国のスズキ販売店の店頭で申し込み（電話やメールは不可）をし、締切後に抽選で納車の順番を決める方法が取られます。もちろん3月1日以降も受注停止にはならず、通常通り注文ができます。ただ、2月28日までに相当数の注文が入ることは予想されるので、3月以降に注文する場合は1年以上（下手すれば2年近く？）の納車待ちは覚悟したほうがいいでしょう。

八 | そして抽選に申し込むことを考えている人も、「まだ時間があるから」とのんびりせず、早めに家族に購入の相談をしてスズキ販売店に行くことをおすすめします。

九 | うっかり2月末までに注文するのを忘れると、取り返しがつかないことになります。