s in the fiscal year ended September 2024, which are undisclosed, account for approximately 90% of company-wide sales as in previous years as discussed above, the gap with leader Lear seems to be widening. From September 2011 to the end of December 2019, the company had seating business under the Recaro brand, known for its high-performance seats. As of September 2024, the company had more than 70,000 employees in over 29 countries, more than 200...

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

Horizon Robotics believes that a turning point in the development of NOA (Navigation on Autopilot) will soon be reached, which will likely make it a rapidly growing trend going forward. This view is supported by the following three factors: Intelligent driving is a key point in China's intelligent connected car strategy. Automakers will drive technology costs down and performance improvements through equal rights for intelligent driving. A surve...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/08/05

Bosch: More people working together to create SDV experiences with digital.auto   The trend toward SDVs (software-defined vehicles) is steadily advancing, and development environments and tools for applications that link in-vehicle ECUs (HPC/domain ECUs) and the cloud, which is a prerequisite for connected cars, are being developed. Standardization activities for application/software APIs*, which are the source of added value, have begun, movin...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/08/01

omotive industry (Q2 2025) SAIC Group and Huawei launch Shangjie brand(Source: HIMA)   The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) announced on July 10, 2025, that vehicle sales volumes in China rose 11.4% year-over-year (y/y) to 15.653 million units. Of this total, passenger car sales grew 13.0% y/y to 13.531 million units, while commercial vehicles increased 2.6% y/y to 2.122 million units. Sales of New Energy Vehicles (N...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/08/01

Vienna Motor Symposium 2025 (3) Reaching zero carbon mobility emission DeepDrive dual-rotor electric drive, IAV scalable powertrain platform concept Summary Presentations covered in this report Highly Efficient Dual-Rotor Electric Drives: Setting New Standards in Performance and Cost Efficiency BEV to REEV: A Scalable Powertrain Platform Concept Official event logo (46th International Vienna Motor Symposium, organized by the Austrian Societ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/07/17

according to the road conditions. 7-in-1 intelligent oil-cooled electric powertrain Integrated VCU, OBC, DCDC, PDU, MCU, motor, and reducer. It has a response time of down to 2 milliseconds, efficiency in CLTC mode of >89%, a light mass of 68kg, noise level of <76dBA, on par with that of a luxury car, and the ability to automatically update using big data. CTC 2.0 PlusBattery chassis integration A 9-in-1 system that has undergone safety tests...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/07/14

ndustry.   TNCs have large potential in the robotaxi market as they already know the ride-hailing, taxi or other mobility business. OnTime is a TNC that is currently using Pony AI robotaxi technology in Guangzhou and Shenzhen.   Pony AI is working with four OEMs to provide AV technology for their car brands. Toyota and GAC, Guangzhou Automobile Group, have a joint venture, GTMC, to develop and manufacture robotaxis.   SAIC Motor and FAW (First...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/07/03

European and American OEMs' Strategies and Their Progress in China BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and GM exhibits at the Auto Shanghai 2025 Summary BMW: Next-generation concept car, intelligent cockpit system for China Mercedes-Benz: Vision V concept car and all-new BEV CLA L GM: Cadillac Lyriq-V, Buick new super fusion architecture and NEV sub-brand Mercedes-Benz's Vision V luxury MPV concept car   Major European and American automakers are furth...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/30

ll be supplied to BluE Nexus Corporation as an e-Axle component.   High voltage inverter High voltage inverter display panel BorgWarner Inc.: High voltage inverter   The high-voltage inverter is an inverter capable of application to a wide range of voltages up to 800V, using SiC (silicon carbide). It achieves a 40% reduction in weight, a 30% reduction in size, and 25% increase in power density compared to conventional inverters, thanks...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/26

ion high-end driving system "ADS 4", the Harmony cockpit "HarmonySpace 5", and all-scenario motion domain solutions.  In addition, at the Auto Shanghai 2025, the company demonstrated its all-round technology capabilities in the field of automotive intelligence through three exhibition areas: Smart Car Solutions BU (Business Unit), Huawei Digital Power, and HIMA (Harmony Intelligent Mobility Alliance). At the same time, several collaboration vehi...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/20

mbH) The need for clean and eco-friendly engines is naturally increasing. To meet this need, automakers and their suppliers are actively engaged in activities to reduce the weight of components, improve fuel efficiency and improve exhaust gas cleansing performance. Engine performance is directly connected to fuel economy and exhaust emissions, so it is essential to improve the performance of exhaust system components as well as to achieve impr...

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

us driving. This report summarizes information on radar and control technologies collected at various exhibitions, and introduces the current state of technology development that will lead to the practical application of Level 4 or higher automated driving, which is currently stagnant for passenger cars.   Regarding radar-related technologies, this report will focus on the development status of SoCs (System-on-a-Chip) in particular, from two per...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/17

cutaway model showing the rotating parts such as the motor rotor and gears were displayed side by side at the exhibition.   Strong hybrid system explanation panel Strong hybrid powertrain explanation panel   αliveEE e-Axlee-Axle explanation panel Yamaha Motor: e-Axle and quad-connected electric motors   Yamaha Motor exhibited its “αliveEE e-Axle” for hypercars and a quad-connected electric motors for hybrid aircraft. ...

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

ican and Chinese Markets)   In 2024, the production and sales of New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) in the Chinese market increased year-over year (y/y), and the production capacity of drive batteries also expanded. Unlike previous years, the supply of batteries far exceeded device demand, sending lithium carbonate prices to their lowest levels. At the same time, new types of drive batteries with new materials and shapes are being introduced to market o...

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

vehicles in total, including the Golden Sunflower sub-brand and two product series: the Tiangong Family and the H Family.   Among these were the C+ segment BEV/PHEV luxury sedan Hongqi H9 and the SUV Hongqi HS9 as flagship models of the H Family series, as well as the first luxury off-road concept car, the flying car Tian Nian 1. The Tiangong 06 and Hongqi H5 PHEVs were launched during the motor show, and two technology advances were also unveil...

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

s debuted at the Auto Shanghai 2025 Summary VW Group: VW releasing approximately 40 models by 2027, of which more than 20 will be NEVs SAIC Audi / SAIC VW: Huawei technology and China-exclusive electric models, covering a wide range of powertrains FAW-Audi / FAW-VW: Announces CMP's first EV concept car, the ID.AURA VW (Anhui): Developing locally produced connected cars Porsche: World premiere of the “911 Spirit 70” and China premiere of the ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/11

erman, the English edition has been available since 2001.   Fast Charging EverywhereThanks to Battery Buffering Fast charging for battery-electric vehicles can significantly improve the everyday usability and acceptance of this drive system, which, on a local level, offers zero emissions and is carbon neutral. To ensure that fast charging is possible even if the existing electricity grid does not provide enough power, manufacturers of chargin...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/05

tive Engineering Exposition: Archives of past exhibits reports 2024 JSAE Automotive Engineering Exposition: Archives of past exhibits reports   Gigacast* is the name of a technology that uses ultra-large, 6,500 to 8,000 ton aluminum die-casting machines, which are about the size of a single train car, to form ultra-large parts such as automobile frames. It was a newly adopted streamlined process for the Tesla Model Y that enabled cost reduction...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/03

Auto Shanghai 2025: SAIC Pearl concept car, Cyber X, G50 Hybrid, AI cockpit concept, and more Summary Announcement of overseas strategy "Glocal 3.0" to launch 17 new models overseas in 3 years Roewe: "Pearl" concept car and Roewe D6 MG: Cyber X world premiere, 2026 Cyberster Maxus: G50 hybrid version IM: Exhibiting the L6, digital chassis-by-wire technology and AI cockpit concept Baojun: A flagship sedan for families equipped with intelligent tec...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/03

d for the first time and more than 150 press conferences were held.   This report introduces the new NEV models exhibited by Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd. (Geely) and Chery Holding Group Co., Ltd. (Chery) at the Auto Shanghai 2025 motor show.   The Geely Group exhibited total of 34 smart car models at the booths of Geely, Zeekr, and Lynk&Co brands, all of which are part of the Geely Group. The Geely Galaxy brand unveiled prototypes of ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/05/30