ing a decrease of 3.2% y/y (down 0.7% m/m).   According to the Japan Automobile Dealers Association (JADA), sales of new registered (non-mini) vehicles in July fell 4.2% to 252,000 units, the first decrease in seven months. By brand, Toyota (down 4.0%), Honda (down 17.4%), Nissan (down 19.1%), and Subaru (down 2.8%) all saw declines. Sales of mini-vehicles also fell 2.6% to 138,320 units.   According to GlobalData's analysis, July sales were so...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/08/26

) 2020 Gentherm Inc. Seat ventilation Stellantis Ram 1500 Classic (USA) 2024 Adient Seats Stellantis Ram 1500 Ramcharger (USA) 2025 Lear Thermal comfort seats Stellantis Ram 1500 Ramcharger (USA) 2024 Lear Thermal comfort seats Stellantis Ram 1500 REV (USA) 2024 Lear Thermal comfort seats Subaru Subaru Legacy (USA) 2023 Gentherm Inc. Temperature-controlled seat systems Subaru Subaru Outback (USA) 2023 Gentherm Inc. Temperature-control...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/08/06

omotive technology by conducting basic research on transmission efficiency, sound and vibration, weight reduction technology, and electrification of automotive power transmission systems. Its members are 12 corporations: Aisin Corporation, Isuzu Motors Limited, JATCO Ltd., Suzuki Motor Corporation, Subaru Corporation, Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd., Toyota Motor Corporation, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Japan Automobile Research Institute, Honda R&D Co., Lt...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/07/11

kura 2024 Marelli Corporation (formerly Calsonic Kansei Corporation) Radiator for BMS Japan Nissan Sakura 2023 Marelli Corporation (formerly Calsonic Kansei Corporation) Radiator for BMS Japan Nissan Sakura 2022 Marelli Corporation (formerly Calsonic Kansei Corporation) Radiator for BMS Japan Subaru Solterra 2022 Denso Corporation Heat exchanger for EVs Japan Subaru Solterra 2023 Aisin Corporation Electric water pump Japan Toyota bZ4X 2...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/07/08

JSAE 2025 in Yokohama: Carbon Neutrality Automakers' efforts to improve recycling and safety Summary Toyota: Circular economy initiatives Honda: Initiatives to achieve "carbon neutrality" and "zero traffic collision fatalities" Subaru: Safety Technologies of the New Forester Mazda: CX-80 PHEV advanced safety features Suzuki: Initiatives to develop BEV light trucks JSAE in Yokohama 2025 North Hall venue entrance   The Automotive Engineer...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/25

or trims, and unit component business such as filter products, etc. Seat frames, recliners, seat slides, etc. Sango Co., Ltd. (Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture) Founded in 1928. Major products include mufflers, exhaust pipes, exhaust manifolds, body parts, and door beams. Lexus LFA titanium muffler, Subaru BRZ muffler, etc. Toyoda Iron Works Co., Ltd. (Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture) Founded in 1946. Automotive parts manufacturing, press and plas...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/24

le materials. It predicts the areas that are likely to crack, and adds material in those areas to provide extra strength. The amount of springback can be reduced by about 90% compared to conventional methods. The company announced that aftermarket performance mufflers were available exclusively for Subaru Levorg from October 2020 and Subaru WRX S4 from July 2022. The three development concepts of the new product are: a high-quality sound with emp...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/19

JSAE 2025 in Yokohama: e-Axles, Motors, xEVs Subaru: Strong hybrid, Aisin: FR1 1-motor hybrid transmission, etc. Summary OEM electric powertrains and electrified vehicles (Nissan, Subaru, Yamaha, AIM) Japanese suppliers of ePT (Aisin, Jatco, Meidensha, IJTT, TOP) Electric PTs from US and European suppliers (Valeo, BorgWarner, Schaeffler, Bosch, AAM) Unique electric PT and teardown exhibits (Exedy, Astemo, MarkLines)   The Automotive Engineering ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/16

ox. 50GWh Kansas, U.S. 2170 - - - - - - - - - 10 20 30 Osaka, Japan Including 18650 for consumer use 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Wakayama, Japan 4680 - - - - - - - - - 2 10 10 Himeji, Japan Toyota PPES, prismatic type - - - - - - 6 12 12 12 12 12 Gunma, Japan Joint venture with Subaru - - - - - - - - - - - - Operation scheduled for 2028, initial capacity 16GWh Total 5 27 37 46 49 49 59 65 65 78 96 106 (- indicates unkn...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/12

er account for more than half the market. However, drum type brakes are adopted for almost half of all vehicles in the market: mainly mini-vehicles, compact low-cost cars in the B-segment and below, and commercial vehicles due to cost-related factors.   Looking at the trends for each Japanese OEM, Subaru and Mazda, which do not currently produce commercial vehicles, have the most models equipped with disc brakes. All Mazda models, with the excep...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/05/29

ny's Energy Innovation Department, in charge of motor design (interview conducted on April 24, 2025).   Related reports:Mazda: BEV Transition to Progress in Stages (Apr. 2025)Japanese OEM Electric Vehicle Launch Plans (Sep. 2024) Toyota: Developing electrification compatible engines with Mazda and Subaru (Aug. 2024)   Mazda's electrification roadmap (Source: Mazda)   Mazda announced its "Lean Asset Strategy," which embodies a multi-so...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/05/20

downward by 4% from its previous projection. GlobalData now anticipates a full-year contraction of 3% y/y, culminating in an export volume of 1.01 million units. This lower outlook is attributed to increased competition from Chinese EVs, delays in new model launches, and the strategic decisions by Subaru and Suzuki to cease production in Thailand at the end of 2024 and in 2025, respectively. Furthermore, stricter vehicle emission regulations in ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/05/12

release in 2025. Related reports:Alliances of Major OEMs in the Chinese Market (Apr. 2025)Mazda: BEV Transition to Progress in Stages (Apr.2025)Chinese Market 2024: Sales Volume 31.4M units, Chinese OEMs Share over 65% (Feb. 2025)Toyota: Developing electrification compatible engines with Mazda and Subaru (Aug. 2024)Honda: Investing JPY 10 trillion in EVs and software by 2030 (Aug.2024)Auto China 2024: Japanese OEMs (May 2024)         Toyota ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/05/07

percentage of sales volume 45.1% 44.8% 43.0% 41.4% 35.1% 36.5% 39.0% (Source: MarkLines U.S. sales and import volumes (as of April 2025))     New vehicle sales in the U.S. totaled approximately 16.49 million units (in 2024), with market shares of 35.9% for Japanese OEMs (Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Subaru, Mazda, etc.), 33.6% for American OEMs (GM, Ford, Tesla), 18.3% for European OEMs (Stellantis, VW, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, etc.), and 10.4 % for Ko...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/05/02

that Honda would transfer some production from Canada and Mexico to its U.S. plants, the company denied that it was considering any change as of April 15.   Nissan is considering moving the production of SUVs for North America produced in Kyushu to its Smyrna, Tennessee plant in the United States. Subaru and Mazda, which have a high proportion of sales in the U.S., are also expected to be greatly affected by the additional tariffs. Mazda plans t...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/04/25

liv Rivian Rivian R1S (USA) 2022 Autoliv Autoliv Denso Rivian Rivian R1T (USA) Gen-1 2021 Autoliv Autoliv Autoliv Autoliv Autoliv Rivian Rivian RPV500 (USA) Gen-1 2021 Autoliv Autoliv Autoliv Autoliv Rivian Rivian RPV700 (USA) Gen-1 2021 Autoliv Autoliv Autoliv Autoliv Subaru Subaru Outback (USA) BT 2023 Denso Subaru Subaru Ascent (USA) RC 2023 Autoliv Subaru Subaru Legacy (U.S.) BW 2022 Autoliv ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/04/24

in preparation for the end of production and the refurbishment of plants to produce electric equipment (to be discussed in detail in section III. Activities of major AT suppliers and in-house OEM manufacturing). 1. Automatic transmission supply in Japan AT Supplier Toyota Nissan Mazda Mitsubishi Subaru Suzuki Hino* Isuzu* Aisin 〇 〇 〇 〇 〇 JATCO 〇 〇 〇 Allison 〇 〇 Mazda In-house 〇 Vehicle manu...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/04/15

n the third phase (2028-2030), the company will move forward with the full-scale introduction of BEV-only models and increase investment in battery production. Related Reports: Japanese OEM Electric Vehicle Launch Plans (Sep. 2024)Toyota: Developing electrification compatible engines with Mazda and Subaru (Aug. 2024)Battery Technologies: Battery life extension, safety components, etc. (Jul. 2024)Auto China 2024: Japanese OEMs (May. 2024)Bangkok I...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/04/01

5 1,574,034 1,555,755 1,325,627 8.1% -14.8% Tesla 205,600 352,471 522,444 654,928 604,000 3.7% -7.8% Toyota 2,121,695 2,334,029 2,113,165 2,254,485 2,340,051 14.2% 3.8% Honda 1,346,788 1,466,630 983,507 1,308,186 1,423,940 8.7% 8.8% Nissan 899,217 977,639 729,350 898,796 924,057 5.6% 2.8% Subaru 611,942 583,810 556,581 632,083 667,725 4.1% 5.6% Mazda 279,076 332,756 294,909 363,354 424,386 2.6% 16.8% Hyundai/Kia 1,224,758 1,489,118 ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/02/21

Engine Control Technology Trends among Japanese OEMs Patent trends of nine OEMs including Toyota, Mazda, and Subaru Summary Patent application trends related to engine control technology Vehicle Control Data Generation and Learning (Toyota) Vehicle Fuel Reformulation and 6-stroke Engine (Mazda) Reprogramming Technology (Subaru)   This report was prepared by MarkLines based on patent information from the "Technical Information Distribution Servic...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/02/21