l headwinds such as geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and elevated fuel prices. The association noted rising demand for fuel-efficient and electrified models.   Toyota Motor Philippines accounted for the largest market share at approximately 49% share, followed by Mitsubishi Motors, Suzuki, Nissan, and Honda. Vietnam   According to the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers Association (VAMA), Vietnam’s automotive market showed volatile but ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2026/05/21

Auto China 2026: Japanese and Korean OEMs Nissan, Toyota, Honda, Mazda, and Hyundai electrified vehicles Summary Nissan: World premiere of two new PHEV concept cars Toyota: Leveraging technologies from Huawei, Momenta, and others to accelerate localization at China speed Honda: Promoting the Honda brand across a wide range of products, including motorcycles Mazda: Unveils Year of the Horse Edition of its second NEV model, the EZ-60 Hyundai: IONIQ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2026/05/14

he 400,000-unit level, but maintained its sales ranking. GWM’s and BAIC’s sales increased by about 10,000 to 30,000 units, remaining generally stable at around 250,000 units. Among non-Chinese manufacturers, Toyota, Tesla, and GM saw increases of approximately 10,000 to 40,000 units, while BMW, Nissan, and Honda all experienced decreases, although to varying degrees. Among emerging Chinese EV manufacturers, Leapmotor sold approximately 110,00...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2026/05/11

Bangkok International Motor Show 2026 (2) Japanese & European OEMs Toyota, Mazda, Isuzu, Nissan, Honda, Suzuki, and others Summary Toyota Land Cruiser FJ / Lexus IS300h Mazda Mazda6e Isuzu D-MAX EV Nissan Kicks e-POWER Honda e:N2 Suzuki e VITARA BMW iX3 50 xDrive M Sport MINI John Cooper Works Electric 1965 Victory Edition Mercedes-Benz CLA 250+ Ford Ranger Super Duty Tesla Model Y L Hyundai SANTA FE Hybrid HTRAC AWD Kia Carnival HEV, EV5 Volvo E...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2026/05/08

Se Americas 〇 △ 〇 〇 〇 〇 Hyundai Mobis (Korea): D / P / S / C / KVeoneer (Sweden): E Mazda Mazda Europe 〇 〇 〇 Americas 〇 〇 〇 〇 △ △ 〇 〇 Ashimori Industry Co., Ltd. (Japan): D / P / S / CVeoneer (Sweden): E Nissan / Mitsubishi Nissan Infiniti Europe 〇 〇 〇 〇 〇 〇 △ 〇 Nihon Plast (Japan): D / P / S / C Americas 〇 〇 〇 ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2026/05/07

djustments, while South American build fell by 5% YoY. Other markets recorded strong percentage growth due to base effects, although volumes remained negligible. Overall, the quarter highlights pronounced weakness in Europe, partially offset by resilience in North America and Asia-Pacific.Renault‐Nissan‐MitsubishiRNM’s global output fell by around 1.2% YoY in Q1 2026, continuing an unbroken trend of quarterly declines since Q1 2024. Nissan ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2026/04/30

ned to produce their BEVs in Japan and transfer the know-how to their overseas production sites. However, given weak BEV sales in Japan, they now plan to import BEVs from overseas plants. For example, Honda Group plans to launch the O Alfa, a new BEV SUV, from its plant in India in 2027. Meanwhile, Nissan also intends to increase its BEV export volumes globally from China. Although the model names are not yet known, the plan includes importing BE...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2026/04/30

nsulation monitoring device Nitto Kogyo: Energy storage system using recycled EV batteries (small-capacity type)   Nitto Kogyo (Nitto Kogyo Corporation) has commercialized the Safa Link-ONE- industrial solar battery storage system, which utilizes used battery packs recovered from scrapped EVs (Nissan Leaf) for the battery storage systems, for businesses that self-consume electricity generated by solar power. However, due to the large size of...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2026/04/28

y decrease, but a 23.4% m/m increase. xEV sales were 170,000 units.   According to the Japan Automobile Dealers Association (JADA), new registered (non-mini vehicle) vehicle sales in March were down 7.3% y/y to 306,000 units, with Toyota down 6.8% to 134,000 units, Honda down 7.4% to 42,000 units, Nissan down 12.2% to 29,000 units, and Suzuki up 16.0% to 18,000 units.   According to analysis by GlobalData, the decline in sales is attributed to ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2026/04/27

group strategy of a "complete ecosystem of people, cars, and homes," and is strengthening its intelligent connected features and the ability to integrate cars and home appliances through partnerships with companies such as BYD (BYD Co. Ltd.), GAC Toyota (GAC Toyota Motor Co., Ltd.) , and Zhengzhou Nissan (Zhengzhou Nissan Automobile Co., Ltd.). Overseas trends: Entering the European market in 2027   Xiaomi announced that it opened its first EV ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2026/04/20

ements) Click here for the latest product compatibility information Automatic transmission (AT) 1. Automatic transmission supply in Japan You can scroll the table left and right AT Supplier Vehicle manufacturers (excluding OEM-supply) *: Includes medium- and heavy-duty vehicles Toyota Nissan Mazda Mitsubishi Subaru Suzuki Hino* Isuzu* Aisin 〇 〇 〇 〇 〇 JATCO 〇 〇 〇 Allison 〇 〇 (Mazda In-house) ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2026/04/17

- Starting in June 2024, production of the mid-size pickup Tacoma MHEV began at Guanajuato Plant, strengthening exports to the North American market.- In April 2026, Toyota introduced the full-size pickup truck Tundra, which is produced at the San Antonio Plant in Texas, to the Japanese market.  Nissan - Production of the mid-size pickup truck Frontier/NP300 begins at the Aguascalientes Plant 1 in April 2026. Production at the Cuernavaca (Civ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2026/04/13

72,962 189,593 190,499 188,078 206,611 201,416 -2.5% 5 Toyota Group 137,435 172,057 191,244 191,260 203,885 170,264 -16.5% 6 Renault 131,513 127,398 126,520 125,769 139,029 131,434 -5.5% 7 BYD 28 152 48 17,722 76,251 111,694 46.5% 8 Honda 83,671 80,960 55,878 71,333 90,130 100,822 11.9% 9 Nissan 61,000 64,859 53,661 72,540 87,418 77,667 -11.2% 10 Chery Group 20,088 39,739 34,870 31,268 60,861 76,371 25.5% 13 Great Wall Motor (GWM) -...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2026/04/08

heng Power Technology Co., Ltd. C16 EV Zhejiang Lingsheng Power Technology Co., Ltd. SERES AITO Wenjie Ningbo Tuopu GAC Aion Aion Y N/A (V) Zhejiang Sanhua Zhejiang Yinlun Machinery Co., Ltd. Great Wall Motor Ora 03 MIND Electronics Appliance Co., Ltd. Japan(Reference) Toyota bZ4x Denso Nissan Sakura None Highly Marelli Honda N-Van e None N/A TRAD A bird's-eye view of the above map suggests the following trends. These supplie...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2026/03/30

decrease, but a 7.3% m/m increase. xEV sales were 126,000 units.   According to the Japan Automobile Dealers Association (JADA), new registered (non-mini vehicle) vehicle sales in February were down 7.3% y/y to 244,000 units, with Toyota down 8.6% to 115,000 units, Honda down 8.2% to 30,000 units, Nissan down 10.4% to 22,000 units, and Suzuki up 17.6% to 16,000 units.   According to an analysis by GlobalData, the continued struggle in the Japan...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2026/03/27

and other models among the highest volume vehicles in the United States. In the Japanese Toyota Grand Highlander, Korean-based HL Mando products have been adopted. In addition, calipers made by Toyota-affiliated ADVICS Co., Ltd. are being adopted by other Japanese automakers, including for the 2023 Nissan Rogue and the 2024 Honda CR-V, creating fierce competition. For pads, products of the Tenneco group, including Federal-Mogul, are increasingly ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2026/03/24

Japanese OEMs' BEV Sales in China Recover Toyota bZ3X, Nissan N7: Local-spec equipment and prices improve competitiveness Summary Japanese BEV models doing well in the Chinese market Toyota bZ3X (C-segment SUV BEV) Nissan N7 (D-segment sedan BEV) Honda S7/P7 (D-segment SUV BEV) Japanese BEV launch plans and NEV market trends   In recent years, Japanese automakers (OEMs) have been struggling with product deployment and price competition in the C...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2026/03/17

chnology): Retrofit Electric Tractor and battery pack development solutions Persol Cross Technology exhibited its "Retrofit Electric Tractor" as an example of its efforts to develop electrification solutions. Persol Cross Technology is an affiliate of the Persol Group, but its predecessor was the Nissan Diesel Technical Research Institute (Ageo City, Saitama Prefecture), and it has inherited the technology and test facilities as an affiliate of...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2026/03/10

Toward Net-Zero Powertrain: From Technology Competition to Collaboration From the presentation coverage at the CTI Symposium Germany 2025 Summary Hybrid Futures – A Key Path to Net Zero (Horse Powertrain / Renault, Geely) Development of EV Powertrain and Battery for the Third Generation LEAF (Nissan) Lightweight Twin Electric Drive Unit Platform with Torque Vectoring (InfiMotion / Geely) Electric Drive Efficiency – A Systematic Engineering Ap...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2026/03/06

y decrease, but a 10.7% m/m increase. xEV sales were 115,000 units.   According to the Japan Automobile Dealers Association (JADA), newly registered (non-mini vehicle) vehicle sales in January were down 4.2% to 229,000 units, with Toyota down 4.0% to 114,000 units, Honda down 4.5% to 27,000 units, Nissan down 17.2% to 19,000 units, and Suzuki up 25.4% to 16,000 units.   According to the analysis by GlobalData, in the coming months, it is expect...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2026/03/03