demand resulting from policy changes such as the preferential tax treatment for New Energy Vehicles (NEVs), a decline in consumer sentiment, and the high sales levels in the same period of the previous year.   Amidst sluggish sales figures since the beginning of the year, with the Auto China 2026 Beijing motor show scheduled to open in April, a series of new models have been announced one after another since the end of the Spring Festival. BYD ...

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

ible – using software alone. Series production is planned for 2028 as part of Chassis 2.0.   On the big press stage, Bosch also mentioned the S-Core project, in which Bosch’s subsidiary Etas plays a very active role alongside Accenture, Aumovio, BMW, Bosch, Capgemini, Elektrobit, IAV, Mercedes-Benz, Qorix, Red Hat, Valeo, and Validas. The Eclipse S-Core project addresses the non-differentiating core of modern vehicle software between operati...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2026/03/26

d Toyota Supra. Astemo calipers are being increasingly adopted by the Peugeot 208 as well as VW Group EV models. The sales of Brembo cast iron rotors are increasing not only in the high-end market but also in high-volume segments, and their adoption in major models such as the Peugeot 508, Mercedes-Benz C-class, and Alfa Romeo Giulia, is expanding, making them a commodity. Brembo brand pads, which were not widely used in the past, are now being u...

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

roup's sales were down 6.1% from the previous year to 2.581 million units, with both the VW and Audi brands showing a downward trend. The BMW Group saw a y/y decrease of 3.4% to 604,000 units. While sales of the 3 Series and 5 Series increased, the SUV segment as a whole saw a decline. The Mercedes-Benz Group saw sales drop in all segments with 518,000 units sold, down 18.9% y/y.   Japanese OEMs saw sales decrease 6.3% y/y to 2.929 million units...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2026/02/19

024. Sales volumes of non-Chinese OEMs, such as VW (Volkswagen AG), GM (General Motor Company), and Toyota (Toyota Motor Corporation) are all declining, albeit to varying degrees. In contrast, Chinese OEMs such as Changan (Changan Automobile Co., Ltd.), Great Wall (Great Wall Motor Co.,Ltd.), BAIC (Beijing Automotive Group Co., Ltd.), Dongfeng (Dongfeng Motor Corporation), and FAW (China FAW Group Co., Ltd.) all saw their sales volumes increase b...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2026/02/09

or in the sale of a new car. Profitability along the value chain still seems to be so lucrative that some car manufacturers continue to invest huge sums of money in the further development of internal combustion engines.   According to the latest annual reports from carmakers, for example Mercedes-Benz, these investments are justified by factors such as “the adaptation of vehicle projects with internal combustion engines, investment in hybrids...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2026/02/05

Auto Guangzhou 2025: VW, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Toyota, Nissan Next-generation electric drive, smart cockpits, and other advanced NEV technologies Summary VW: Strengthening PHEV and intelligent features, expanding the Pro series Mercedes-Benz: Presents electric CLA equipped with MB.OS BMW: Exhibiting numerous technologies including next-generation eDrive and Panoramic iDrive Toyota: Unveiling the bZ7 interior featuring Huawei and Momenta technologi...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2026/01/05

l, the semantic control system automatically processes orders, navigation, and responses for each situation. Accelerating the replacement of Chinese domestic intelligent cockpit SoCs: By 2024, mainland China's SoC (System-on-a-Chip) market already exceeded 10%. At the Auto Shanghai 2025 motor show, Beijing SemiDrive Technology Co., Ltd. (SemiDrive) unveiled the X10 AI SoC, which will support a 7B-parameter large-scale model deployed locally in th...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/12/24

er Valeo MAHLE Behr Hanon Systems Highly Marelli Modine Eberspaecher Webasto Denso / Toyota industrial Sanden BMW BMW / Mini HVAC 〇 〇 〇 Heaters / Interior condensers 〇 〇 〇 Condensers / Evaporators / Blower 〇 〇 〇 〇 Compressors 〇 〇 〇 Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz HVAC 〇 〇 〇 Heaters / Interior condensers 〇 〇 〇 〇 Condensers / Evaporators / Blower 〇 〇 〇 ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/12/22

rds, automatic transmissions comprise 40% of the market. The European market is nearly the opposite of Japan and the U.S. in terms of transmission makeup. Among D- and E-Segment vehicles, including those models with longitudinal transmissions, the ratio of ATs has been increasing. Audi and Mercedes-Benz have been manufacturing CVT systems in-house, but recently at the timing of model redesigns, they have been sequentially swapping out the CVT sys...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/12/08

the USA and Mangrove Lithium of Canada through BMW i Ventures to secure lithium materials.   In September 2024, 140,000 MINI BEV models were recalled globally (37 in Japan, manufactured in Germany) due to battery manufacturing defects. BMW iX3 Prototype (Photo:Copyright ©BMW) Mercedes-Benz   In July 2021, the company announced an updated strategic plan to achieve a 50% electrified vehicle (BEV + PHEV) share of new vehicle sales by ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/12/01

zed the industry's latest technologies, in areas including functional safety, redundancy, and waterproofing.   The company has engaged in technical exchanges with Northwestern Polytechnical University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, CAR (Tianjin) Automotive Engineering Research Institute Co., Ltd., Beijing Machinery Industry Automation Research Institute Co., Ltd., Zhengzhou University and other higher educational institutions and scientific rese...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/11/18

Toyota Toyota 1,840,454 1,749,663 1,505,735 1,612,484 1,418,814 1,198,688 1,053,844 Lexus Lexus 0 0 0 0 0 8,333 16,605 Toyota Group sub-total 1,840,454 1,749,663 1,505,735 1,612,484 1,418,814 1,207,021 1,070,449 BAIC Group Foton Foton 325,359 484,039 513,936 477,666 473,914 493,455 492,641 Beijing Beijing 123,438 184,206 191,090 207,870 213,260 188,261 161,781 Arcfox Arcfox 18,016 26,649 81,991 120,154 107,154 82,524 67,861 STELATO S...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/11/14

ctively promoting localization and strengthening partnerships with Chinese technology companies. Volkswagen and XPeng are expanding their partnership in E/E architecture. A joint venture battery manufacturer between Toyota and Panasonic built a new plant to produce batteries for BEVs. BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan and others have partnered with companies such as Momenta, ByteDance and Huawei to develop intelligent driving and smart cockpit systems. ...

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

Created by MarkLines   Currently, three major companies are highlighted below as examples that provide autonomous driving algorithms enabling the realization of NOA (Navigation On Autopilot). In addition to these, there are many other AI startup companies that aim to achieve autonomous driving. Beijing Momenta Technology Co., Ltd. (Momenta) Wayve Technologies Ltd. (Wayve) Helm.ai Inc. (Helm AI) Momenta   Momenta was founded in China in 2016...

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

ge rear combination lamps, rear finishers Japan Kyushu Ichikoh Industries Ltd. Nakatsu (Oita) ● 100 Headlamps, rear lamps China Valeo Ichikoh (China) Auto Lighting Co., Ltd. Wuhan (Hubei) ●★ 15 Valeo International Holding BV 85 Dongfeng PSA, FAW VW, FAW Toyota, Dongfeng Nissan, SAIC VW, Beijing Benz, Geely Automobile Manufacture and sales of lighting products Indonesia P.T. Ichiko Indonesia Bekasi (West Java) ● 70 P.T. Pioneer 30 ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/10/20

4) Sanden In Japan, the main business is compressors alone. Sanden supplies compressors for some Suzuki mini-vehicles and electric compressors for Honda in Japan, but Sanden also supplies product to numerous European and U.S.-based automakers. Electric compressors have been delivered to Mercedes-Benz and other companies, and its European market business is leading its Japanese market business. 5) Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Thermal Systems ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/10/07

rtainment content based on OTT communication via the Internet (e.g. Netflix) Production Related In December 2023, the company announced an investment of EUR 1 million to expand its production facility in Silao, Mexico. The Silao plant delivers lighting systems to BMW, Ford/Lincoln, GM, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan/Infiniti, VW, and Volvo in the United States and Mexico, and had just over 2,100 employees as of December 2024. The plan is to expand by ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/09/09

ion vehicles and electric rear-wheel steering systems, which are auxiliary systems. In this way, power steering systems have generally become standard equipment but system products are even now continuing to evolve. Reference: Installation status of steer-by-wire European cars The 2022 Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-AMG C 63 S adopted Schaeffler's steer-by-wire as part of technology demonstrations, and Schaeffler took the lead in steer-by-wire. In Oc...

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

s leather and fabrics, structural and mechanical components such as frames and mechanisms, seat accessories such as headrests, temperature comfort systems such as seat temperature controls, and vibration and massage mechanism parts. Major customers of its Seating division include GM, Ford, Mercedes-Benz, Stellantis, and VW, giving it a strong market position with both U.S. and German automakers. In July 2024, the company acquired WIP Industrial A...

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