Automotive World Autumn 2025: Chinese electric vehicles teardown exhibit BYD U8, Song Plus, Changan Avatr: traction motor, inverter, reduction gear and more Summary BYD Yangwang U8, BYD Song Plus DM-i teardown exhibit (MarkLines) Changan Avatr 12 teardown exhibit (Blue Sky Technology)   The Automotive World Autumn and Smart Energy Week Autumn exhibitions were held together at Makuhari Messe in Japan from September 17 to 19, 2025. Automotive Worl...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/10/14

LITY 2025 organized by Verband der Automobilindustrie e. V., Photo: Copyright © VDA) Event venue at Messe Munich, Germany (IAA MOBILITY 2025 organized by Verband der Automobilindustrie e. V., Photo: Copyright © MarkLines Co., Ltd. All rights reserved)   The IAA has evolved from a traditional motor show into a global platform for all forms of mobility – from electric cars and autonomous vehicles to bicycles, buses, and smart city infrastr...

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

from the air around the evaporator. The cool air generated at this time is blown by a blower fan to cool the inside of the vehicle. Like the condenser, the evaporator is made of aluminum with fins affixed to remove heat efficiently. For heating, heated engine coolant is circulated through a heater core, which is a separate heat exchanger from the evaporator, via a separate circuit, and the warm air generated at this time is blown into the vehicl...

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

ly owned subsidiary. In 2019, AKI USA Corporation (AKI USA), a U.S. joint venture between Delta Kogyo and Toyo Seats, and Toyota Boshoku established a new JV, Toyota Boshoku AKI USA, LLC, with plans underway to supply seats to Mazda Toyota Manufacturing, U.S.A., Inc., a U.S. joint venture of Toyota Motor Corporation and Mazda Motor Corporation. In October 2021, the new JV began production of seat components for Toyota's Corolla Cross compact cros...

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

LITY 2025 organized by Verband der Automobilindustrie e. V., Photo: Copyright © VDA) Event venue at Messe Munich, Germany (IAA MOBILITY 2025 organized by Verband der Automobilindustrie e. V., Photo: Copyright © MarkLines Co., Ltd. All rights reserved)   The IAA has evolved from a traditional motor show into a global platform for all forms of mobility – from electric cars and autonomous vehicles to bicycles, buses, and smart city infrastr...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/09/22

AGL) open-source project sponsored by the non-profit Linux Foundation began as collaborative development, involving automakers, suppliers, and technology companies to promote the development and introduction of a fully open software stack for connected cars. Leveraging the strengths of Linux at its core, AGL is developing an open platform from scratch as the industry's de facto standard, enabling new features and rapid development. Initially, it ...

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

TECHNO-FRONTIER 2025: e-Axle, Motors Nidec 7-in-1 e-Axle, motor materials, power electronics parts and more Summary e-Axles, motors: Nidec, EXEDY, IE5 Motor Project - Organizer's exhibit Motor material-related: Daido Steel, Höganäs, Next Core Technologies, Komaki Kouzai Power electronics: STMicroelectronics, Toshiba, Alps Alpine, Sumida Process and test equipment: Tanaka Engineering, CHK Spring Industry, Myway Plus, SMACH, AMDT   TECHNO-FRONTI...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/08/29

thanol-hydrogen electric commercial vehicle (Source: Farizon Auto's official WeChat) “Methanol-Hydrogen-Electric” architecture   Farizon Auto has developed a "methanol-hydrogen-electric" architecture with a mature green methanol powertrain system. The architecture has electric drive at its core, and efficiently utilizes green methanol fuel through on-board power generation. The company offers a lineup of powertrain systems for commercial...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/08/29

Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program on August 11. The program suspended in February will be revived to provide about USD 5 billion in funding to help states build charging infrastructure and networks, giving states more flexibility and eliminating administrative delays.   Ford Motor Company has complained that agreements with Japan, South Korea, the EU, and other countries on 15% auto import tariffs and sector-specific tarif...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/08/26

2025 China Auto Forum: Drive Batteries CATL, Farasis Energy, and Dongfeng Motor Summary CATL: Building 10,000 battery swap stations by 2030 Farasis Energy: Plans to complete construction of an all-solid-state battery pilot line by the end of 2025 Dongfeng Motor Corp.: Promoting modularization of drive batteries and main product strategy   The 2025 China Auto Forum was held in July in Jiading District, Shanghai. Hosted by the China Association of...

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

systems involves many risks for automakers, but few benefits for drivers, and automakers are cautious about adopting them for mass production.   In the power steering business, the following technology trends are underway. Electromechanical integrationElectric power steering requires an electric motor and control equipment (ECU and motor driver) as well as a steering gearbox for the moving parts. These system components have been developed as ...

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

TECHNO-FRONTIER 2025: BEV Teardown Exhibits Tesla Cybertruck and Xiaomi SU7: traction motor, thermal management system Summary Tesla Cybertruck teardown exhibit Xiaomi SU7 teardown exhibit Teardown analysis of power electronics products (LTEC)   TECHNO-FRONTIER 2025, organized by the Japan Management Association, was held July 23-25, 2025, at the Tokyo Big Sight international exhibition center. TECHNO-FRONTIER is an exhibition that started in 19...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/08/19

TECHNO-FRONTIER 2025: EV Components BEV torque limiters, rare earth-free magnets, high-performance cores and more Summary Paper friction material for BEV torque limiter Permanent magnets for EV motors Core materials for EV motors EV components: High space factor coils, drawn busbars, electromagnetic shielding, heat dissipation plating Small motor parts   TECHNO-FRONTIER 2025, organized by the Japan Management Association (JMA), was held July 23-...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/08/15

nce metal-based component technology (Chuo Spring, Fine Sinter, Ito Kinzoku Kogyo) Thermal management technology (Taiho Kogyo, Sekisui Polymatech) Technologies supporting electrification (Hitachi High-Tech, Hirose Electric, Daido Metal Industry) Safety and security technology using mobility (Toyota Motor Corporation) The 2025 Nagoya Automotive Engineering Exposition (JSAE 2025 in Nagoya) was held at the Aichi International Exhibition Center (Aic...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/08/14

2025 China Auto Forum: SAIC Group and Great Wall Motor Electrification, intelligent technology, and globalization Summary SAIC Group: Implementing technological transformation in electrification and intelligence Great Wall Motor: Strategic choices facing China’s auto exports  Amid the trends toward electrification and intelligentization, the SAIC Group is transforming itself from a traditional manufacturing company to a smart mobility company....

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

al suppliers to supply products for the Asian markets, especially in Japan, China and Southeast Asia. (The following examples are for the Asian market.) Adient: Joint venture with Tachi-S in Japan. Lear: JV with Tachi-S. Signed a memorandum of understanding for a strategic alliance with Great Wall Motor Company Limited. Forvia: JV with NHK Spring. JV with Chery Automobile. Major seating suppliers were actively making acquisitions of seating an...

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

is report presents significant trends and activities of Chinese and foreign automakers in the Chinese market in the second quarter (Q2) of 2025.   Chinese automakers are deepening their efforts in integrated vehicle intelligence. BYD Auto Co. Ltd. (BYD) announced that it will focus on implementing core autonomous driving technologies into its products over the next three to five years. The SAIC Group and Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei) jo...

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

12.5%. Passenger cars exported from Japan to the U.S. are subject to a total tariff of 15%, including the basic tariff rate of 2.5%. President Trump also announced that reciprocal tariffs with Japan would be set at 15%. Under U.S. leadership, Japan will invest USD 550 billion to rebuild and expand core U.S. industries, "creating hundreds of thousands of American jobs, expanding domestic manufacturing, and contributing to American prosperity for ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/07/28

Toyota China Strategy and Progress Integration of locally-led product development with intelligent technology Summary Research and development by Toyota China Four major local development policies GAC Toyota's vehicle development technology path and current approach to AI-equipped products Partnerships with Huawei, Momenta, and Xiaomi bZ7  Toyota China (Toyota Motor (China) Investment Co., Ltd.) is accelerating its localization and inte...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/07/22

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