lopment sites China: In December 2021, Marelli Automotive Lighting Xiaogan (Xiaogan City, Hubei Province) announced a contract to establish a joint innovation center with Changan Automobile Co., Ltd. It will be located within the Changan Automotive R&D Center in Chongqing, and the company plans to focus on developing new technologies for automotive lighting and measurement. India: In September 2022, the company announced the opening of a new tec...

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

ertise among industry associations, including ACEA and CLEPA.” María Vera Durán, Senior Technical Manager, European Recycling Industry Confederation (EuRIC)   Ms. Durán has delivered a comprehensive presentation addressing the current challenges and opportunities in plastics recycling, with a focus on the new End-of-Life Vehicle Regulation (ELVR). The presentation emphasized how this regulation can serve as a powerful driver for advancing p...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/09/04

ty Policy 2025-2030 aims to make it Asia's top destination for clean mobility.   To attract investment and industrial growth of the state, the state government organized the Invest Karnataka 2025 – Global Investors Meet. It secured over INR 10.27 trillion in investment commitments, with a strong focus on manufacturing, automotive, EV, aerospace, and advanced technology sectors. The event also saw a good participation of Japanese automotive com...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/08/27

and drive battery industries are developing rapidly, stimulating the rapid growth of the battery swap industry.   Leveraging its strengths in product technology, service innovation and zero-emission demonstration, CATL is gradually building integrated zero-emission solutions across all scenarios, focusing on the Chinese dual carbon strategy. The company is actively exploring six areas: green power production, electric power transmission, electr...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/08/22

e steering wheel. In recent years, steering system architectures are evolving to a high level of functionality with system redundancy (to ensure fail-safe operation) and are becoming one of the critical functional components in the CASE (Connected, Autonomous, Shared, and Electric) era. This report focuses on four European and American power steering system suppliers (Robert Bosch GmbH (Bosch), Nexteer Automotive Group Ltd. (Nexteer), thyssenkrup...

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

Z-One Galaxy's full-stack architecture. Zero carbon revolutionBy leveraging the architecture for hydrogen fuel cell passenger vehicles, SAIC will actively support the realization of China's "dual carbon (carbon peaking and carbon neutrality)" goal. Through technological innovation, the company will focus on reducing the overall cost of the green hydrogen energy value chain by 40%. The large-scale application of hydrogen energy in the automotive s...

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

pinions in interactive workshops and visit 27 booths in the exhibition area.   This short event report summarizes a selection of the conference presentations as shown in the table below. CONNECTED INTERACTION & IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES TRACKThis track explores the future of in-vehicle interaction, focusing on seamless HMI integration, immersive entertainment, and innovative UX tools powered by connected technologies and AI. Redefining Vehicle ...

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

(Lear, Adient, and Forvia SE (formerly Faurecia)), which are common to the European and U.S. markets, are the main suppliers. In contrast, Japanese and Korean OEMs and some European OEMs, such as Volkswagen (VW) are supplied by their affiliated or closely related seat suppliers. This report mainly focuses on the three major Western companies (Lear, Adient, Forvia) and Magna. Magna does not make it into the list of top five suppliers, but it supp...

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

tions related to SDVs (Software Defined Vehicles） by Valeo, Canon IT Solutions, Siemens, NTT Data ARC, Vector, VicOne, and JASPAR, as well as the presentations by PlaxidityX and Bosch.     *vOS: Vehicle OS 2. Cloud-native development (Source: Photo by MarkLines)   Valeo had an exhibit focusing on its SDV ecosystem. The company provides a cloud-native development environment for software that utilizes virtual ECUs and digital twins, ...

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

Chinese Market Q2 2025 Foreign OEMs strengthen local R&D and production; government focuses on auto semiconductor standards Summary Trends of Chinese manufacturers (Q2 2025) Trends of major non-Chinese manufacturers (Q2 2025) Policies related to China's automotive 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 vehicl...

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

25.   MMC is also actively promoting the introduction of BEVs, and has announced that it will launch the Eclipse Cross BEV model in Europe around the fall of 2025, as well as a new BEV based on the next-generation Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (Nissan) Leaf model in the second half of 2026.  This report focuses on Mitsubishi Motors Corporation’s production and sales and also presents a detailed explanation of the company’s electric and hybrid vehi...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/07/30

tant emissions.   By scaling existing platforms and components and ensuring their compatibility with each other, IAV could easily develop a concept, which can be brought to market quickly and without high additional costs.   To accomplish the BEV to REEV transition across different scenarios, IAV focused on two series-production battery electric vehicles that exemplify distinct market segments: C-segment SUV and E-segment sedan. Battery capacit...

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

ion is planned from the second half of 2026. BEVs and range extender EVs will be developed. Target markets are Europe, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and the Middle East.   Component-related projects   Over the past year, Leapmotor has developed an industrial chain for core NEV components and is focusing on in-house development and production. In October 2024, the company signed a strategic partnership with Zhejiang Huzhou Industrial Group for...

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

tainability, investing in alternative fuel technologies such as hydrogen, ethanol, and methanol to reduce carbon emissions.   PHINIA was formed as a separate publicly traded company after BorgWarner spun off its Fuel Systems and Aftermarket segments in July 2023. The spin-off allowed BorgWarner to focus on electrification while PHINIA continued its work in combustion-related technologies.   With over 100 years of manufacturing expertise and ind...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/07/08

ysis Report: Air Conditioning System (Japanese Market) Valeo S.A., Mahle Behr GmbH & Co. KG / Mahle GmbH, Hanon Systems Co., Ltd., Modine Manufacturing Company →  Analysis Report: Air Conditioning System (U.S. and European Markets) In this report, the above companies are described with a special focus on trends related to thermal management systems for BEVs, while TI Automotive Limited and FinDreams Technology, which do not have overlap with t...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/07/08

0.8 million miles in October 2024 to 24.4 million miles in April 2025. In October 2024: 3.9M miles were driverless, which is 19% of total AV miles. PonyPilot, its app for requesting robotaxi service had 220,000 registered users in June 2024 with 70% having used the app more than once.   Pony AI is focused on deploying robotaxis in the four largest and most important cities in China, which are called Tier-1 cities. Tier-1 cities are Beijing, Guan...

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

ily GL8, the Electra sub-brand concept car, and the ”Xiao Yao” architecture technology, which showed the direction of the overall strategy to accelerate transformation.   This report summarizes the progress of the China strategies of BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and GM as well as technology highlights, focusing on their exhibits at the Auto Shanghai 2025.     Related Reports: VW China: Accelerating Local Development and Launch of New Vehicles (Jun....

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

and Uzbekistan held talks on joint exploration for rare earths and important minerals.   To attract investment from global EV manufacturers and position India as a major EV production base, the Indian government approved a system on June 2 to promote domestic production of passenger cars, with a focus on electric vehicles (EVs). Approved applicants must invest a minimum of INR 41.5 billion (approximately USD 483 million) over three years and w...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/25

ision fatalities" by 2050.   The exhibit that attracted particular attention at the booth was the introduction of the next-generation Honda SENSING, which is scheduled to be installed in the Honda 0, separated within a "black frame model” (the "Thin, Light, and Wise" design philosophy suggests a focus on sleek, minimalist aesthetics, which could translate to a black frame design in some configurations). Risks are recognized by combining differ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/25

e Engineers (ÖVK) and the Institute for Powertrains and Automotive Technology (IFA), Vienna University of Technology, Slide: Copyright © Bosch)   Dr. Heyn mentioned the Bosch rigid eAxle as an example of local technological innovation.   Bosch has a research and development center in Suzhou, focused on electric drive systems, including the eAxle. The second-generation eAxle will be build in the new plant in Taicang, near Shanghai.   The r...

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