Japan Mobility Show 2025: AD/ADAS Related Technologies Camera and radar installations Summary Japanese passenger cars (Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Mitsubishi Motors, Suzuki, Daihatsu) Japanese trucks (Fuso, Hino) Non-Japanese passenger cars (BMW, BYD, Hyundai, Mercedes-Benz) Autonomous driving-related technologies (AGC, Mobileye)   At the Japan Mobility Show 2025 (organizer: Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA), period: Wednesday, Octob...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/12/19

agoya, Aichi Prefecture, Inoac Corporation (Inoac) is an unlisted, independent supplier. A pioneer in polyurethane foam, the company is a leading manufacturer of interior and exterior components based on urethane, plastic, rubber and composite materials. Inoac supplies products primarily to Toyota, Nissan, and Mitsubishi. Sales for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 were JPY 196.2 billion. The company manufactures mainly interior parts such...

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

sonville Plant, Ohio, USA 40GWh 2025 Total investment of USD 4.4 billion, Honda 49%, LG 51%Construction start in 2023 In-house production Joint with GS Yuasa Undecided 20GWh 2027 Investment JPY 400 billion Nissan Finished product AESC Japan Zama Gigafactory, Japan - 2024 For BEVs, 20% funded by Nissan, 80% by Envision Group VEJ Made in Japan - - Acquired for HEVs with 47% stake in September 2022 AESC USA Smyna Gigafactory, Tennessee, USA ...

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

aim to achieve autonomous driving. Beijing Momenta Technology Co., Ltd. (Momenta) Wayve Technologies Ltd. (Wayve) Helm.ai Inc. (Helm AI) Momenta   Momenta was founded in China in 2016. The company has already announced technology partnerships with a number of OEMs, including GAC Toyota, Dongfeng Nissan, SAIC-VW, and SAIC-GM, which have begun developing automated driving systems using Momenta's technology. Wayve   Wayve was founded in London, ...

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

ectromagnet, and is a common type of generator (large generators, alternators, etc.) with a long history. It is necessary to provide a slip ring and brush mechanism to supply current to the rotor coil. It was used only by Renault (ZOE, etc.) as a drive motor, but from 2020, it has also been used by Nissan, BMW, and others. The motor types used in electric vehicles by OEMs are IPMSM for all HEVs, both in Japan and overseas, and many BEVs also...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/11/04

ness worldwide as a division of ZF. Regarding airbag ECUs in the Japanese market, ZF supplies products to Honda and Mitsubishi Motors. Other overseas ECU suppliers Visteon Corporation: As the former components division of Ford, it still has business with Mazda. Continental AG: Supplied to Suzuki, Nissan, and Honda. Veoneer Inc.: The electronics division of Autoliv was spun off to form Veoneer. The company delivers its products to Mitsubishi Mot...

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

he site area is 121,076 square meters with a building area of 25,000 square meters. The additional annual production capacity will be 1.2 million units for headlights and 600,000 units for signal lights. Production is scheduled to begin in April 2026, and products will be supplied mainly to Toyota, Nissan, Honda, Mazda, Ford, and GM. Brazil: In November 2016, the company opened its first production site in the South America region with a wholly...

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

Guanajuato state and create 450 new jobs. This is the fourth expansion of the Silao plant, which will employ more than 2,200 people once the expansion is complete. Denso supplies components such as air conditioning systems, radiators, alternators, and wiper systems to Toyota, Ford, GM, Stellantis, Nissan, and Volkswagen from the plant. On October 24, 2024, Denso announced the expansion of its Athens, Tennessee manufacturing facility. Denso will ...

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

livery quality in Japan, China, and other countries In FY2024, the company received many quality-related awards in China. Lear DFM TACHI-S Automotive Seating (Dalian) Co., Ltd. received the “Best Supplier Partner Award” and “Nissan Supplier Quality Award/China Regional Award” from Dongfeng Nissan, Zhengzhou Dongfeng Lear Taixin Automotive Seating Co., Ltd. received the “Best Supply Security Award” and “Mass Production Quality Award...

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

the new supplier for Mitsubishi's Outlander PHEV launched in December 2023 with a minor model change. In-house production is also progressing behind the scenes, and in addition to Astemo and KYB, whose products have been used for some time, JTEKT's in-house ECU has been newly adopted in the Nissan Ariya, which was released in November 2021.  Management activities   Due to the above-mentioned changes in the market and the need to respond to inc...

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

rman OEMs such as PSA (Stellantis), Renault, and VW/Audi. However, in recent years, Faurecia has been putting increasing emphasis expanding its manufacturing and development presence in the Asian market in countries such as China and India. The company has a particularly strong business presence at Nissan, which is aligned with Renault. Sales for the three main regions in 2024 reached EUR 12,607 million in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), E...

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

JSAE 2025 in Yokohama: e-Axles, Motors, xEVs Subaru: Strong hybrid, Aisin: FR1 1-motor hybrid transmission, etc. Summary OEM electric powertrains and electrified vehicles (Nissan, Subaru, Yamaha, AIM) Japanese suppliers of ePT (Aisin, Jatco, Meidensha, IJTT, TOP) Electric PTs from US and European suppliers (Valeo, BorgWarner, Schaeffler, Bosch, AAM) Unique electric PT and teardown exhibits (Exedy, Astemo, MarkLines)   The Automotive Engineering ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/16

Japan Mobility Show Bizweek / CEATEC 2024: Electrification Technologies Hydrogen utilization, electrified vehicles, motors, batteries, charging related exhibits Summary FCV, Hydrogen utilization: Honda, Toyota BEV, PHEV: Nissan, Mitsubishi, Honda, Yamaha, Isuzu, Toyota Small mobility: Honda, Suzuki, Nishikawa Seiki Energy storage system utilizing electric vehicle batteries: Toyota, Mitsubishi, Nissan Electric powertrain-related technologies: Vale...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/11/14

(Japanese market) Toyota Noah / Voxy January 2022 bZ4X May 2022 Sienta August 2022 Crown (Crossover, Sport, Sedan) September 2022November 2023 Prius January 2023 Alphard June 2023 Lexus LX January 2022 RX November 2022 RZ March 2023 LM December 2023 LBX December 2023 Nissan Ariya January 2022 X-Trail July 2022 Serena December 2022 Honda Stepwgn May 2022 ZR-V April 2023 WR-V March 2024 Accord March 2024 Suzuk...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/10/25

HEV HEV Japan Saitama Factory 2022 Blue Energy LiB 1.3kW Prismatic NMC 72 cells 259.2 5.0 Honda Vezel e:HEV HEV Japan Suzuka Factory 2021 Blue Energy LiB 1.1kWh Prismatic NMC 60 cells 216 5.0 Honda ZR-V e:HEV HEV Japan Saitama Factory 2023 Blue Energy LiB 1.3kW Prismatic NMC 72 cells Nissan Ariya B6 / B9 BEV Japan / China Tochigi Plant / Dongfeng, Wuhan Plant 2022 CATL LiB 66 / 91kWh Prismatic NMC 352 Nissan Clipper EV BEV Japan Mitsu...

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

Guanajuato state and create 450 new jobs. This is the fourth expansion of the Silao plant, which will employ more than 2,200 people once the expansion is complete. Denso supplies components such as air conditioning systems, radiators, alternators, and wiper systems to Toyota, Ford, GM, Stellantis, Nissan, and Volkswagen from the plant.   Highly Marelli Japan Corporation (formerly Calsonic Kansei Corporation) [Company and Business Overview] Th...

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

, changing the company name to JVCKenwood Corporation in 2011. The Kenwood division manufactures and sells car audio, home audio, and radio equipment, in addition to car navigation equipment. The car navigation business is mainly in the aftermarket, but the company's OEM business includes supplying Nissan, Honda, Mazda, Subaru, Mitsubishi Motors, Suzuki, and Daihatsu with products for installation as dealer options. The company manufactures the A...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/10/03

teon Corporation: As the former components division of Ford, it still has business with Mazda. Continental AG: Products equipped on some models for Suzuki. Veoneer Inc.: The electronics division of Autoliv was spun off to form Veoneer. The company delivers its products to Mitsubishi Motors, Suzuki, Nissan, and Mazda.   Inflators Daicel Corporation The company was established in September 1919 as Dainippon Celluloid Co., Ltd. by a joint venture...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/09/12

magnet, and is a common type of generator (large generators, alternators, etc.) with a long history. It is necessary to provide a slip ring and brush mechanism to supply current to the rotor coil. It had been used only by Renault (ZOE, etc.) as a drive motor, but from 2020, it has also been used by Nissan, BMW, and others.     As for the motor type used in electric vehicles by OEMs, IPMSM is used in all HEVs in Japan and overseas, and IPMSM ...

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

anged to an electronic type that produces the same effect with the practical application of steer-by-wire.   Based on these characteristics, design considerations may vary by OEM. For example, in looking at the front-engine rear-wheel drive layout of the luxury cars and sports models of Toyota and Nissan, one can see that Toyota is using the R-EPS made by JTEKT, whereas Nissan is using the HPS or EHPS made by Hitachi Astemo. Toyota’s decision ...

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