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

siness of NHK Spring (Nippatsu). Sales for the seating business in the fiscal year ending March 2024 reached JPY 324.1 billion (42.3% of the total business), with the impact of reduced production volumes due to semiconductor shortages being largely resolved, and volumes recovering mainly at Subaru, Nissan, and Toyota. The weak yen led to an increase in the yen-equivalent value of overseas subsidiaries, resulting in a significant increase in both ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/08/01

Battery Technologies: Battery life extension, safety components, etc. From coverage of the JSAE 2024 in Yokohama exhibition Summary Battery storage system for electric vehicles (Nissan, Toyota, Mazda, Honda, Hino, Isuzu) Battery modules (WAE, Toshiba, Nissan ARC) Battery cells (JTEKT, Kobelco Research Institute) Battery packs (Kautex, Mitsubishi Chemical, Valeo, Ryobi, Martinrea) Fire protection measures for batteries (Fujikura Composites, Henkel...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/07/10

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. In February 2024, the company announced the launch of EU-FORWARD, a five-year project to strengthen the competi...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/07/04

E-Axles and motor technologies such as EESM (magnet-free motors) explained Automotive World 2024 Technical Conference: Nissan, Vitesco Summary Latest Technology Trends in E-axle (Vitesco Technologies Japan) Motor development to reduce rare earth usage (Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.)   Special technical conference sessions were held (January 24-26, 2024) in conjunction with the exhibitions at Automotive World 2024 at the Tokyo Big Sight international ex...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/04/03

nese OEMs. The company is the dominant supplier of lighting systems to Toyota, its largest shareholder, as well as to Daihatsu, Subaru, and Suzuki, but its business with Honda and Mazda, where Stanley is strong, is limited to certain models. In the past, Koito was positioned as a second supplier to Nissan, for which Ichikoh had a high market share, and received orders mainly for the D segment and above, but in recent years, the company has been e...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/02/29

assist functions, it has a large liquid crystal display for the gages to convey a variety of information to the driver. However, the speedometer is a mechanical analog meter. Nissan / Leaf (2017~)Type 4-1(Note the meters are mechanical) (Source: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.) Figure 5   Nissan Ariya   Announced in July 2020, the Nissan Ariya is being developed as the flagship model for Nissan’s new era. While the Leaf has a conventional c...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/12/21

nched at the Yokohama Plant in 2024, pilot trials of full-size laminated cells will begin, and mass production is targeted for 2028, as initially announced. At present, the company is testing a 100mm square 3-5Ah class laminated cell in the lab. During the past year, BEVs launched by Nissan are the Ariya globally, the Sakura in Japan, the Townstar BEV (Renault Kangoo sibling) in Europe, and the Venucia D60EV PLUS in China. As for PHEVs, Nissan in...

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

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: 2023/10/19

ons. In response to the ADR failure, Marelli moved to simplified rehabilitation proceedings, and the proposed rehabilitation plan was approved by the Tokyo District Court in August 2022 with the consent of creditors and the approval of the Tokyo District Court. The company produces various ECUs for Nissan, but for airbag ECUs Marelli trails behinds Bosch of Germany in the supply of products to Nissan. Currently, Marelli continues to maintain airb...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/09/21

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: 2023/09/07

electromagnet, and is a common type of generator (large generators, alternators, etc.) with a long history. It is necessary to provide a slip ring & 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, etc.   As for the motor type used in electric vehicles by OEMs, IPMSM are used for both HEVs in Japan and overseas, and many BEVs als...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/08/02

he occupant's body centered on the shape of the headrest, it has become possible to reduce car sickness by 50% compared to conventional models.   Tachi-S Co., Ltd. ▶Recent developments Although Tachi-S Co., Ltd. (Tachi-S) is an independent company, its sales had been to mainly Mitsubishi and Nissan, with which it previously had a capital relationship, but looking at recent sales trends, its proportion of sales to Honda exceeds 40% (43% in ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/07/13