he company sold 475GWh of lithium-ion batteries in the drive battery business, up 21.79% from the previous year. Launched the "Xiaoyao Battery" for hybrid vehicles. 7 7 Aisin Corporation 31,291 33,021 ・Sales to the Toyota Group increased 3.93% year-over-year (y/y), while sales to Stellantis, VW/Audi and Volvo decreased.・ Regarding e-axles, the company is considering using them for rear-wheel drive (RWD) in hybrid vehicles (HVs) as well as g...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/07/02

e been used in the Toyota Highlander-HV, Prius α, Aqua, and Lexus CT200h, and its third-generation products in the new Prius. In addition to Toyota, the products are also installed on the Kia "Niro." In March 2017, the Lexus LC500 high-end sports car adopted a sound generator that uses exhaust gas flow control. The development concepts are "static and dynamic sound design" and "improved output by reducing back pressure". It is an exhaust system ...

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

ience in F1 racing and its adoption in the McLaren P1 in 2013. Akebono Brake also has extensive vehicle testing facilities, including dynamometer test evaluations, and Akebono Brake brake calipers and pads have been adopted for vehicles including Porsche, Bentley Continental, Volvo Cars Polestar 1, Audi RS4, and SEAT of the Volkswagen Group. Some products, such as those for Porsche, may be produced in Japan. China business In the fiscal year e...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/05/29

ion price of approximately USD 7 billion. The merger was approved by the European Commission in March 2020 and the acquisition was completed in May 2020. In August 2020, Veoneer completed the transfer of its US brake control business to ZF. Veoneer, Inc. sold this business to mitigate negative cash flow, which resulted in the US brake control business being sold for USD 1. On January 1, 2024, ZF announced that it will integrate its Chassis Techno...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/03/21

through 2030. The four technology platforms that support the strategy (Architecture, Software, Battery, and Group Mobility) will be shared among the Core, Progressive, and Sport Luxury passenger car brand groups and the truck division.   Regarding architectures, J1 was co-developed by Porsche and Audi and is used in their high-performance electric vehicles (EVs). The MEB (Modular Electric Drive Matrix) focuses on high volume EVs such as the ID....

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/02/10

land-Palatinate:   FEV.io vehicle on on-ramp area   FEV.io vehicle on highway without lane change   FEV.io vehicle on highway with lane change   The tests were carried out with and without V2V communication in order to determine the improvement of the functionalities and their impact on traffic flow.   Mr. Kremer explained that there is a small concrete wall between the area of the on-ramp and the highway that blocks the line of sight for th...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/12/02

gh the Shanghai Gigafactory. Tesla is strengthening its management of the local supply chain to better serve local markets. They are also personalizing products and services for Chinese consumers. Cost optimization and price adjustment: Tesla is constantly optimizing its supply chain and production flow to reduce vehicle production costs and maintain price competitiveness on a global scale. Specifically, Tesla has repeatedly adjusted the prices o...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/11/28

t 60%; in other words, 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 swappi...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/11/21

an Co., Ltd. of Japan October 2023, All-solid-state battery solid electrolyte Honda Material procurement Asahi Kasei Corporation of Japan April 2024, Contract for separators contract (production in Canada) Hanwa Co., Ltd. of Japan September 2022, Nickel-cobalt and lithium procurement Emulsion Flow Technologies Ltd. of Japan September 2022, Rare metal recovery and recycling Next-generation battery SES AI Corporation of the U.S. January 202...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/10/18

ets built into the rotor using neodymium-iron-boron (Nd-Fe-B) magnets is the de facto standard. Products not otherwise described in this report shall be understood to have this configuration. Cooling Method   The cooling methods are usually liquid-cooled or oil-cooled. Liquid cooling: The coolant flows around the stator circumference in a water jacket in the motor case. There are also types in which the coolant is circulated through a hollow po...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/09/05

, FCEV Remarks Toyota IPMSM, IM (part of e4WD) IPMSM Rear motor of Prius E-Four is IM Honda IPMSM IPMSM   Nissan IPMSM IPMSM, EESM EESM for Ariya Mitsubishi IPMSM IPMSM   Mazda IPMSM IPMSM   Suzuki IPMSM IPMSM   Subaru IPMSM IPMSM   GM IPMSM IPMSM   Ford IPMSM IPMSM   VW, Audi IPMSM IPMSM, IM IM for e-tron Mercedes-Benz IPMSM IPMSM, IM, EESM IM for EQC BMW IPMSM IPMSM, EESM EESM for iX, i7 Renault IPMSM EESM, IM ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/08/22

g on the German electricity market.   However, the idea of employing used traction batteries as stationary power storage devices has already been taken up by other car manufacturers. For example, BMW has been using around 700 BMW i3 batteries as an electricity storage farm in Leipzig since 2017. Audi has been using lithium-ion batteries from test vehicles to stabilize the fast charging stations at its charging hub since the end of 2021. And Da...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/07/30

els to reduce the turning radius, improving maneuverability, comfort and safety in tight spaces, such as parking in crowded urban environments. Systems and software provided by Bosch have security features. In June 2021, participation in the 2021 season of the German Touring Car Championship (DTM) Audi, BMW, Mercedes AMG: Three race cars were equipped with Schaeffler’s steer-by-wire technology “Space Drive”. The maturity of the technology ...

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

e been used in the Toyota Highlander-HV, Prius α, Aqua, and Lexus CT200h, and its third-generation products in the new Prius. In addition to Toyota, the products are also installed on the Kia "Niro." In March 2017, the Lexus LC500 high-end sports car adopted a sound generator that uses exhaust gas flow control. The development concepts are "static and dynamic sound design" and "improved output by reducing back pressure". It is an exhaust system ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/05/30

and a spark arrester to quickly vent gas while containing a fire during thermal runaway.   Another change in the Cybertruck is the use of rear induction motors. Previous Tesla induction motors were positioned in the front of the vehicle. The new induction motors use an overcast aluminum rotor like Audi's, while the original use a billet of machined copper for the rotor. The Cybertruck's front permanent magnet motor has similarities to older desi...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/05/21

ience in F1 racing and its adoption in the McLaren P1 in 2013. Akebono Brake also has extensive vehicle testing facilities, including dynamometer test evaluations, and Akebono Brake brake calipers and pads have been adopted for vehicles including Porsche, Bentley Continental, Volvo Cars Polestar 1, Audi RS4, and SEAT of the Volkswagen Group. Some products, such as those for Porsche, may be produced in Japan. China business In the fiscal year e...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/04/11

ion price of approximately USD 7 billion. The merger was approved by the European Commission in March 2020 and the acquisition was completed in May 2020. In August 2020, Veoneer completed the transfer of its US brake control business to ZF. Veoneer, Inc. sold this business to mitigate negative cash flow, which resulted in the US brake control business being sold for USD 1. On January 1, 2024, ZF announced that it will integrate its Chassis Techno...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/03/14

sources Limited of Australia Annual supply of 6,000-17,000 tons of lithium compounds from 2026 Honda Next-generation battery SES AI Corporation of the U.S. Joint development of lithium metal batteries, 2% investment Material procurement Hanwa Co., Ltd. of Japan Rare metal procurement Emulsion Flow Technologies Ltd. of Japan Rare metal recovery Hyundai Next-generation battery UBATT of Korea Polymer-based all-solid-state lithium metal batte...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/11/01

IAA Mobility 2023: European OEMs (2) VW, Audi, Cupra, Lucid, Ford Summary VW: New models from ID. family, ID. GTI Concept and ID.7 Audi: Premiere of the Q6 e-tron Cupra: Tavascan, Raval and DarkRebel concept, high-performance with full-electric sustainability Lucid: Unveiling the exclusive Lucid Air Midnight Dream Edition Ford: German premiere of the Mustang Mach-E Rally, newly unveiled electrified models for the European market IAA Mobil...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/10/18

, PHEVs (plug-in hybrids), and FCEVs (fuel cell vehicles)). In 2025, FAW Group is aiming for sales of 1.45 million NEVs and a proportion of own-brand vehicle sales of more than 50%.   Regarding its own-brands, Hongqi launched three sub-brands at the Auto Shanghai 2023 motor show: "Hongqi Golden Sunflower”, "Hongqi New Energy," and "Hongqi Energy-saving Vehicles," while promoting the electrification of all its vehicles. The company aims to sell...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/09/13