the Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-AMG C 63 S in 2022, leading the competition in steer-by-wire. Merger with Vitesco In March 2024, Schaeffler announced that it had signed an agreement with Vitesco Technologies Group AG after receiving approval from their respective supervisory boards for a merger. The contents are described below. After the merger, the company will have 44 research and development centers and more than 100 production facilities glo...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/08/21

by the China EV100, was held in Hefei, Anhui Province, on September 29, 2024. Under the theme of "Intelligent Vehicle Development in the AI Era", three forums were held, bringing together representatives from government, universities and research institutions, as well as companies representing the automotive, Internet, and artificial intelligence industries.   This report summarizes the presentations on AI cars presented by representatives of C...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/11/08

d the Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-AMG C 63 S in 2022, leading the competition in steer-by-wire. Merger with Vitesco In March 2024, Schaeffler announced that it had signed an agreement with Vitesco Technologies Group AG after receiving approval from their respective supervisory boards for a merger. The contents are described below. After the merger, the company will have 44 research and development centers and more than 100 production facilities glo...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/07/19

ion of automotive semiconductor chips. The GAC Group noted that the development of new E/E architecture is also creating new demand for chips, and that ensuring the stability of the supply chain of core components for automakers is key to the development of smart cars. This report presents the main contents of the thematic session.   Related reports: 2022 China Auto Forum: SDV (Software Defined Vehicle) (Dec. 2022)2022 China Auto Forum : Baidu (...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/01/18

s and inverters.   At the Automotive World Autumn 2022 technology exhibition (held at Makuhari Messe August 31 to September 2, 2022), Sambo Motors exhibited a 3-in-1 type e-Axle with a maximum output of 160kW, but this time the individual components installed in the e-Axle were displayed, and the contents of the inverter were visible.   Since the exhibited product was a prototype, the inverter case was made by machining, but the company is dev...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2022/12/08

us driving. The FAW Group will jointly build a public cloud with Alibaba Cloud. The following list summarizes the major strategic alliances that the FAW Group has agreed to in the electrification and intelligent connected fields in recent years. Alliance partner Date of alliance Partnering areas/Contents Envision Group September 2021 Clean energy, drive batteries, zero-carbon industrial parks, renewable energy systems, etc. GCL-ET December...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2022/03/28

the private sector due to a sense of crisis that there is no end in sight. Already, with the establishment of the Semiconductor and Digital Industry Strategy Review Conference by METI, three repeated exchanges of views with experts were held March 24, April 27, and May 19, 2021, and the discussion contents were released on June 4 of the same year. A 4th meeting was held on November 15, 2021 and budget deliberations appear to be progressing in pa...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2022/03/17

lyzed by region in terms of sales, policy, and technology. Regarding sales, LMC Automotive's forecast to 2033 is attached, and future trends where the policies will actually have an effect are also discussed.   Forecast of the composition ratio of each powertrain in global passenger car sales (LMC Automotive, July 2021) PFCEV: Plug-in fuel cell electric vehicle PHEV: Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle FCEV: Fuel cell electric vehicle FH...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2022/01/07

would hinder their future plans. But, going forward, companies will need to accept the anticipated cost increases or avoid tariffs, and some companies will be forced to consider and determine whether to revise their production system and supply chain in North America.   This report summarizes the contents and background of the USMCA, and highlights recent events centering on the Mexican automobile industry, which is expected to experience the g...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2020/07/17

g in the construction of auto plants and equipment. As can be seen from the amount invested in plant construction over the years 2015 to 2018, shown in the graph below, the amount invested in 2018 was about CNY 500 million, 2.7 times more than 2017.       R&D Centers Country / city Contents Hebei Province(Baoding) R&D center Shanghai R&D center Korea New energy project R&D Japan Modeling of finished vehicles and interio...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2020/02/27

bility applications. Alliance with Tencent ・ In November 2017, Tencent Holdings Limited and several automotive OEMs (Geely Auto, GAC Motor, Chongqing Changan Automobile, Dongfeng Liuzhou Motor, and BYD) announced the “AI in Car”, a system of five functions such as intelligent voice service, contents service, and operational value-added service with a combined AI and eco-system base. ・ In June 2019, Geely Holding Group, focusing on con...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2019/12/04

on of the German Automotive Industry). The IAA is also a place for many regional and international suppliers, engineering companies, service providers and researchers to demonstrate their product and service portfolio and the latest innovations.   With this year's theme "Driving tomorrow" the show contents were centered around the topics of eMobility, Automated Driving, Urban Mobility, Connected Car and Mobility Services.   The focus of this re...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2019/10/11

ve Industry). The IAA is also a place for many regional and international suppliers, engineering companies, service providers and researchers to demonstrate their product and service portfolio and the latest innovations. IAA 2019 venue   With this year's theme "Driving tomorrow" the show contents were centered around the topics of eMobility, Automated Driving, Urban Mobility, Connected Car and Mobility Services.   The Motor Show conce...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2019/09/27

er certain conditions. For example, fingerprint recognition is unusable when a person’s fingers are wet or during rainy conditions, whereas finger vein authentication is not affected by such conditions. In the future, Leap Motor will provide customized services for these two features.   Desay SV Automotive, supplies automotive electric components, and has recently established several research and development centers in China and overseas. Furt...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2018/08/13

ernment's EV investment incentives Outline In March 2017, the Board of Investment (BOI) of Thailand approved investment incentives that will exempt manufacturers of EVs from corporate income taxes for a certain period of time. Electrified passenger cars, pickup trucks and buses are eligible. The contents of the tax exemption are based on the technological level of electrified vehicles (EV, PHV and HV). Application should be made by the end of ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2018/04/16

in Malaysia. Promotional privileges for EVs  Thailand (BOI) In March 2017, the BOI approved of investment incentives that will exempt EV manufacturers from corporate taxes for a certain period of time. Although the incentives will be targeted at passenger vehicles, pickup trucks, and buses, the contents of the tax exemption will be determined based on the technological level of the EV. Major contents are as follows:・EV production: Exempt fr...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2018/01/05

ion from when respective operations started and some details are unknown at present.   In 2010 and later, Great Wall Motor actively concluded technical collaboration with suppliers, and developed relationships which broke into the research and development fields. The following shows the period and contents of collaboration with major suppliers. Supplier/Research institute Time Collaboration details Ricardo Mar. 2011 Research and developmen...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2016/11/15

" automatic transmissions during April to June.   Personnel cutbacks; adjustment of production capacity and network Personnel cutbacks in France to reduce costs In October 2013, PSA reached an agreement with the four major labor unions (CFE/CGC, CFTC, FO, GSEA) on the New Social Contract. The contents of the Contract includes sustaining assembly plants and maintaining the framework of producing one million vehicles a year in France until 20...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2014/05/22