Great Wall Motor's CES 2025 exhibit displayed various technologies and vehicles including the Hi4 hybrid technology platform, Coffee Pilot Ultra intelligent driving system, SOUO S2000 motorcycle and Wey Lanshan flagship SUV.   Wey Lanshan SUV   The Wey Lanshan is a plug-in hybrid SUV which originally launched in China in April 2023. A different version for overseas markets called the Wey 07 launched in October 2024. Both models are six-s...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/01/24

ure of Google in the Car: ADAS, HD Maps, & SDVs! (Nov. 2023)Robotaxi Deployments Grow Despite Negative Setbacks (Aug. 2023)   Tesla has developed a good ADAS portfolio with the Autopilot family of products. Base Autopilot is standard on all vehicles, which includes lane centering and traffic-aware cruise control. Enhanced Autopilot (EAP) was an updated package, offering Summon, Auto Lane Change, Navigate on Autopilot and Autopark. EAP has been d...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/11/25

art-ups have been announced.   Conversely, the company has also shown a more pragmatic and cost-oriented direction by integrating BrightDrop, which was launched as a subsidiary dedicated to commercial vehicles for production investment, into the Chevrolet brand and discontinuing the development of Origin, a dedicated self-driving vehicle.   While it is partially revising its joint development with Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda), it has also anno...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/10/08

d. Ford's Model e Division, which handles EVs, still expects a full-year loss of USD 5~5.5 billion.   During the company's second-quarter earnings announcement, General Motors CEO Mary Barra said the company will use Chevrolet's new Bolt EV for future autonomous vehicle development, instead of the Cruise Origin self-driving car, which is being discontinued.   The U.S. Department of Commerce is reportedly planning to propose a ban on the use of ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/08/29

oon produce the Chevrolet Silverado EV pickup truck and the GMC Sierra EV. GM has invested over USD 2.2 billion to move production of the Hummer EV to the Factory Zero Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center. Going forward, there are plans to assemble the Silverado, Sierra EV and the self-driving vehicle Cruise Origin at Factory Zero. In November 2022, the company announced a USD 526.4 million investment in three Southeast Michigan locations to expand ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/07/04

of new AD/ADAS (Autonomous Driving / Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems)-related technologies because the main focus of the event was on concept cars and new models by automakers. Honda Motor Co., Ltd. exhibited its driverless taxi service business in central Tokyo starting from early 2026, and the Cruise Origin vehicle that will be used for this business among General Motors, its self-driving unit, Cruise, and Honda. In addition, efforts to cond...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/11/10

dels and concept cars one after another. It will be interesting to see if the BEV models will appeal to consumers through this exhibition and influence future market expansion. Also, Honda announced that it will introduce self-driving taxis in Tokyo in 2026 in collaboration with General Motors. The Cruise Origin, which was jointly developed by Honda, GM and Cruise, an autonomous driving technology development company under GM, will also be exhibi...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/10/25

tion by stating, "We met our target to produce 50,000 EVs in North America in the first half of the year (Jan.-Jun.) and will continue to target production of roughly 100,000 EVs in the second half of this year." However, the pace of EV production increase in North America has been delayed from the original plan due to factors such as battery supply constraints and the Bolt recall issue (the target of 400,000 EV production during the 2022-23 time...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/09/06

Robotaxi Deployments Grow Despite Negative Setbacks Automated driving tests and commercial services of Aurora, Cruise, Mobileye, Motional, Waymo etc. Summary Robotaxi testing in the U.S. Robotaxi testing outside U.S. Summary and perspectives About This Report   This report was written by VSI Labs (VSI) for MarkLines' portal users. VSI is a technology research company that provides industry with deep insight and analysis on the enabling technolo...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/08/29

ntries have yet to fully align themselves in terms of economic cooperation.   Three North American countries agree on interpretation of USMCA intra-regional procurement requirements   On January 11, 2023, the USMCA's Dispute Resolution Committee accepted Mexico's and Canada's claims over rules of origin for zero tariffs on auto exports to the United States.   In response to the U.S., which emphasized the protection of its own industry and soug...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/04/24

egulation has led to the rapid spread of EPBs. By adopting EPBs, convenience is increased, such as a switch for the parking brake, increased interior space, and an automatic parking ON/OFF function. In addition, in terms of function expansion of advanced driver assistance system (ADAS), in adaptive cruise control with all speed tracking function (all vehicle speed ACC) and automated parking, braking involves a certain amount of stop-and-go brakin...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/03/31

Driverless Rides on Cruise First-hand Experience on the Progress of the Robotaxi Summary Driving in The Operational Design Domain (ODD) - Chaotic and Complex San Francisco Pickup and Drop-off Experience HMI & Others About This Report Email from Cruise Automation - Cruise Rider Community Acceptance (Source: Matthew Linder)   This report was written by VSI Labs (VSI) for MarkLines' portal users. VSI is a technology research company that p...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2022/08/30

lower tooling costs, are more likely to be adopted. By adopting EPBs, convenience will be increased, such as a switch for the parking brake, increased interior space, and an automatic parking ON/OFF function. In terms of functional expansion of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), in adaptive cruise control (ACC) and automatic parking, braking involves stopping and braking for a certain period of time. At this time, there is a concern that ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2022/06/08

k trucks (WT) for the majority of its customers and the RST for its retail customers. The RST will be available in a powerful model with a maximum output of 664 hp and a maximum torque of over 780lb-ft. The first delivery of the RST First Edition will be a fully-loaded model that includes the Super Cruise function that enables hands-free driving on highways, with prices starting at USD 105,000.Both the WT and RST have an estimated range of 400 mi...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2022/06/03

sion-S 01 (left) and Sony Vision-S 02 (right) (Exhibited at "EV:Life Futako Tamagawa 2022" held in March 2022)     Honda announced in September 2021 that it will start technical demonstrations of autonomous driving technology in Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture, in collaboration with GM and Cruise (GM Cruise Holdings LLC) in preparation for the Level 4 autonomous driving mobility business they plan to develop in Japan. The first step is t...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2022/03/11

lectric models. In January 2020, GM announced an investment of USD 2.2 billion in the Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center, later renamed Factory Zero, located in Detroit, Michigan. The retooling of Factory Zero restructured it to produce electric vehicles, including the GMC Hummer EV pickup truck and Cruise Origin electric self-driving vehicle. In October 2020, GM invested USD 2 billion to transition its Spring Hill Assembly Plant in Tennessee for ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2021/12/02

ts by 60%.   In the area of mobility services, GM announced at CES 2021 its BrightDrop delivery system, which combines an EV (EV600) with an electrically assisted pallet (EP1). FedEx Express will be the first customer, and commercialization is planned in the second half of 2021.  In January 2021, Cruise LLC (Cruise), GM and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda) agreed to collaborate on autonomous driving mobility services in Japan. By the end of 2021, ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2021/03/25

9, Subaru (then Fuji Heavy Industries) was developing a technology to measure the flow in the combustion chamber of an engine using a stereo camera. This stereo camera was taken out of the laboratory and attached to the car's front camera to start the development of ADA (Active Driving Assist), the origin of EyeSight. Because Subaru developed everything from scratch in-house, they were able to develop the world's first driver assistance system th...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2021/03/08

e standard, which shows a different trend from that of the Japanese market. EPBs will increase convenience with parking brake switches, more interior space, and an ON/OFF automatic parking function. In terms of functional expansion of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), in all-speed tracking cruise control (ACC) and automatic parking, braking involves stopping and braking for a certain period of time. At this time, there is a concern that ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2021/03/02

ification saying that “We will continue progressing to an all-electric future.” The company also plans to launch 20 EV models by 2023.   The Hummer brand SUV and SUT (sport-utility truck) EVs are scheduled to be manufactured from September 2021. Afterwards, GM will also start manufacturing the Cruise Origin autonomous driving EV for ridesharing by its majority-owned subsidiary Cruise LLC, an autonomous driving development company. Also, as p...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2020/05/20