report will be released every quarter.  * Sales data for Thailand and Malaysia include revisions from past periods. 2025 Q4 ASEAN Countries Sales Comparison (units) Country Dec. 2025 Dec. 2024 Y-o-Y Oct.-Dec.2025 Oct.-Dec.2024 Y-o-Y Jan.-Dec.2025 Jan.-Dec.2024 Y-o-Y Thailand 75,121 54,016 39.1% 173,197 134,016 29.2% 621,166 572,675 8.5% Indonesia 94,100 79,806 17.9% 242,282 232,063 4.4% 803,687 865,723 -7.2% Malaysia 90,716 82,215...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2026/02/20

There are significant benefits in reducing the number of parts and improving the rigidity of the body. Tesla Inc.'s (Tesla’s) introduction of this in the underbody of the Model Y has garnered significant attention, leading many manufacturers, not only Tesla but also Chinese manufacturers, Toyota, Mazda, Honda, and many others to consider and implement it.  Taking this background into consideration, this report investigates the trends of major ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2026/02/12

Thailand International Motor Expo 2025 (2) Japanese OEMs and Others Mitsubishi, Mazda, Suzuki, Nissan, Toyota, Honda, Isuzu, Hyundai, NEX Point, etc. Summary Mitsubishi：XFORCE HEV, Xpander HEV, Xpander Cross HEV Mazda: Mazda6e (mass-production BEV) Suzuki: Fronx, Swift Nissan: X-TRAIL e-POWER x e-4ORCE Toyota: Hilux Travo (pickup truck), Hilux Travo-e (BEV) Lexus: Lexus RZ, Lexus LX 500d Honda: CR-V e:HEV (HuNT Series) Isuzu: D-MAX X-SERIES BMW...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2026/01/27

Thailand International Motor Expo 2025 (1) Chinese Manufacturers Changan, BYD, Chery, DFSK, GAC, Geely, GWM, Leapmotor, SAIC, XPeng Summary Changan: Premium SUV "AVATR 07," "DEEPAL S05 Max Long Range" BYD: Off-road SUV "Denza B5," Urban SUV "BYD TI7" Chery: Electric SUV "Chery V23 Retrocube Edition," 7-seater SUV "TIGGO 8 CSH PHEV" Omoda & Jaecoo: Multi-purpose SUV "Jaecoo 6T EV," Humanoid Robot "Mornine" DFSK (Seres Group): Mid-size SUV "E5 Plus...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2026/01/16

ydrogen into the turbocharged three-cylinder power unit. In the meantime, the hydrogen tank system of the Corolla Sport has even been converted from gaseous to liquid hydrogen [3].   Toyota is also part of a Japanese consortium that was founded in 2021 together with the companies Kawasaki, Subaru, Mazda, and Yamaha to carry out research into combustion engines powered by alternative fuels such as hydrogen. In the context of this cooperation, it ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2026/01/07

llion units in November. It was up 3.5% from the previous month and 5.3% from the same month last year. The share of electric vehicles in November was 31.9%, up 1.4 points from the previous month and 2.8 points from the same month last year. This was 0.3 percentage points higher than September's 31.6% and the highest market share ever. 2025 cumulative sales of electric vehicles in the January through November period increased 20.7% y/y to 16.346 ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/12/26

tioning suppliers Supplier global footprint: By plant, location, and customer Valeo Mahle Behr Hanon Systems Modine Manufacturing Air International Eberspaecher Webasto Air Conditioners (Japan Market)   Automotive air conditioners have been installed as car coolers in the U.S. market since the 1960s, and their popularity began to expand in the 1980s. On the other hand, in the European market, with the exception of some areas, the relatively lo...

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

rmation (Fig. 1c), while others have combined the meter with the IVI display to create an integrated information display (Fig. 1d). While most overseas markets have shifted to c or d, b is still more prevalent in the Japanese market. Regarding the size of IVI displays, in overseas markets, 14 to 15.6 inch displays are becoming the norm for vehicles in the C segment and above, whereas in the Japanese market, there are few vehicles with displays la...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/12/15

cable automatic transmission Non-large vehicle production volume※ CVT Electric CVT AT (multi-step) DCT AMT Japan 7.5 million units 2 98 ◎ ○Toyota HV ○ ｘ ▲Suzuki Americas 18.5 million units 3 97 ○Japanese vehicles △Toyota HV ◎ ○European vehicles Europe 15.0 million units 60 40 ｘ △Toyota HV ◎ ◎ China 27.0 million units 5 95 ○Japanese vehicles △Toyota HV ◎ ◎European vehicles [Figure 1. 2024 actual...

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

utral fuels (eFuel, hydrogen, biofuels, etc.) consistent with EU regulations.   For heavy-duty vehicles, in February 2023, the European Commission announced a revised proposal, changing the reduction after 2030 compared to 2019 from the original 30% → 45%, and after 2035 and 2040, reductions of 65% and 90%, respectively, compared to 2019. Subsequently, an exception was made, allowing new car sales after 2035 for vehicles equipped with a dedic...

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

teering) is widely used in passenger cars. On the other hand, SBW (steer-by-wire) is adopted only in a few cases at present.   From the perspective of the passenger car steering system market, the penetration rate of EPS in the Chinese passenger car market has been increasing year by year, from 81.6% in 2016 to 98.4% in 2023, while the number of passenger cars adopting HPS and EHPS is decreasing.   EPS is also the first choice for New Energy Ve...

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

creen CN-CA01WD 7-inch 200mm wide October 2024 CN-CA01D 180mm Kenwood (JVCKenwood Corporation) Saisoku Navi MDV-M911HDF 9-inch 2DIN floating screen MDV-M911HDL 2DIN MDV-S811HDF 8-inch 2DIN floating screen May 2024 MDV-S811HDL 2DIN MDV-S711HDW 7-inch 200mm wide MDV-S711HD 2DIN MDR-L612W 200mm wide February 2025 MDR-L612 180mm Alpine (Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.) Big XExclusive for Suzuki Jimny/Jimny Sierra EX10NX2-JI-64 10-inch Lar...

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

ation Tokokosen Corporation Toyota Tsusho Corporation and Group companies Matsuya R&D Co., Ltd. Cushion base fabric Japanese Toyobo Co., Ltd. Toray Industries, Inc. Teijin Limited / Asahi Kasei Corporation Marui Orimono Co., Ltd. Airbag (U.S. and European Markets)   The airbag was invented in 1963 by the Japanese Yasusaburo Kobori as a passenger protection device for aircraft. Later, in 1967, the American company Eaton came up with the idea o...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/10/27

extent. Since it was installed on the Lexus RX, installation has been expanded to include Toyota models. High-definition ADBIn October 2023, Koito announced the development of a high-definition ADB at the Japan Mobility Show. This high-definition ADB subdivides the number of LEDs it controls into 16,000 units and controls whether each LED is turned on or off to minimize the area where the lights are turned off. Compared to conventional ADB, whic...

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

suspension of sales due to certification fraud, and were 4,415,000 units for mini- and non-mini vehicles, reflecting a decrease of 359,000 units, or 7.5%, compared to 2023. The proportion of sales of electrified vehicles (BEV, PHEV, and HEV) among this Japan domestic total increased slightly to 53.6%. The shift to electrified vehicles (xEVs) is progressing in Japan, albeit more gradually than in Europe, the U.S., and China.  Correspondingly, th...

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

. (Toyota Auto Body) and Toyota Body Seiko have signed an acquisition agreement. Toyota Boshoku announced that it acquired the shares of Toyota Auto Body Seiko held by Toyota Auto Body effective October 1, 2023. As a result, Toyota Boshoku's shareholding in Toyota Auto Body Seiko was raised from 33.6% to 66.4%, making it a subsidiary of Toyota Boshoku. In addition, the company name of Toyota Auto Body Seiko was changed to "Toyota Boshoku Seiko Co...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/09/27

exity of electrical and electronic components in recent years, it is required that those systems function safely without failure or malfunction, so the automobile can run safely. To achieve this, the concept of functional safety was introduced to the automotive industry with the parent standard IEC 61508. ISO 26262, which was adopted in 2011, is an adaptation of the international IEC 61508 functional safety standard for the automotive industry, e...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/09/18

tool for automating tasks in software development, such as building (making source code executable), testing, and deployment.PipeWire: A multimedia framework that improves audio and video processing for Linux.   Until now, in-vehicle systems have used dedicated processors for each function, with 60 to 100 ECUs or more in each car, requiring tens of millions of lines of code to realize many functions, making management/upgrades difficult and mo...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/09/10

AN report will be released every quarter.  * Sales data for Thailand and Malaysia include revisions from past periods. 2025 Q2 ASEAN Countries Sales Comparison (units) Country Jun. 2025 Jun. 2024 Y-o-Y Apr.-Jun.2025 Apr.-Jun.2024 Y-o-Y Jan.-Jun.2025 Jan.-Jun.2024 Y-o-Y Thailand 50,079 47,662 5.1% 149,501 144,271 3.6% 302,694 308,027 -1.7% Indonesia 57,760 74,615 -22.6% 169,577 194,770 -12.9% 374,740 410,020 -8.6% Malaysia 54,832 58...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/08/28

nality and complexity of electrical and electronic components, it is required that those systems function safely without failure or malfunction, so the automobile can run safely. To achieve this, the concept of functional safety was introduced to the automotive industry with the parent standard IEC 61508. ISO 26262, which was adopted in 2011, is an adaptation of the international IEC 61508 functional safety standard for the automotive industry, e...

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