sc brakes. All Mazda models, with the exception of the Mazda 2, are equipped with four-wheel disc brakes.   On the other hand, Daihatsu and Suzuki, whose main production models are mini-vehicles and small cars in the B segment and below, have many models with drum brakes.   In between are Toyota, Nissan, Honda, and Mitsubishi. Many of Mitsubishi's mini-cars and small commercial vehicles for the Japanese domestic market are equipped with drum br...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/05/29

orner radar has a FOV of 150° × 30° and a detection range of 210/36m. Figure 1: Bosch front radar: Radar 6th generation (Source: Bosch) Figure 2: Bosch front radar Premium: Radar Premium 5th generation (Source: Bosch)   Continental Continental AG’s main customers are Toyota, Subaru, Nissan, Mitsubishi, and Mazda. The standard long-range product is the ARS510, which has been in use since 2022, and its successor is the ARS620. The A...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/01/16

n Motor Co., Ltd. (Nissan), Mazda Motor Corporation (Mazda), and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (Mitsubishi). The Smart Camera 4.8 uses the EyeQ4-Mid with 1.7 megapixels to achieve an FOV of 100° and a vehicle recognition distance of 170m. Tri-cam, the high-performance trinocular camera supplied to Nissan, uses the EyeQ4-High and has an FOV of 28° / 52° / 150°. Figures 1 and 2: ZF Tri-cam (Source: ZF)     The next generation Smart ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/01/09

iB 1.57kWh Prismatic NMC 80 cells 296 Nissan Leaf BEV Japan /U.S. / England Oppama / Smyrna / Sunderland 2022 AESC LiB 40kWh Pouch NMC 192 cells 350 112.6 Nissan Leaf e+ BEV Japan /U.S. /England Oppama / Smyrna / Sunderland 2022 AESC LiB 60kWh Pouch NMC 288 cells 350 171.4 Nissan Note / Note Aura e-POWER HEV Japan Oppama Plant 2020 VEJ LiB 1.54kWh Prismatic NMC 80 cells/4M 296 Nissan Qashqai e-Power (for Europe) HEV UK Sunderland Plant ...

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

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

easily produced and supplied locally, mainly by Japanese suppliers. Excluding suppliers of catalyst substrates and coating, the major Japanese suppliers of exhaust systems include suppliers such as Futaba and Sango for the Toyota group, Marelli Corporation (formerly Calsonic Kansei Corporation) for Nissan, and Yutaka Giken and Sankei Giken for Honda. Because larger parts are often included as exhaust system components, the manufacturing facilitie...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/05/30

except for the Mazda 2 and the small commercial vehicle Bongo, are all equipped with 4-wheel disc brakes.   On the other hand, Daihatsu and Suzuki, whose main production models are mini-vehicles and small cars in the B segment and below, have many models with drum brakes.   In between are Toyota, Nissan, Honda, and Mitsubishi. Many of Mitsubishi's mini-cars and small commercial vehicles for the Japanese domestic market are equipped with drum br...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/04/11

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

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

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

uced and supplied locally, mainly by Japanese suppliers. Excluding suppliers of catalyst substrates and coating, the major Japanese suppliers of exhaust systems include suppliers such as Futaba Industrial and Sango for the Toyota group, Marelli Corporation (formerly Calsonic Kansei Corporation) for Nissan, and Yutaka Giken and Sankei Giken for Honda. Because larger parts are often included as exhaust system components, the manufacturing facilitie...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/07/27

JSAE 2023 in Yokohama: Electric Powertrain Technologies Electrified powertrains - electric vehicles, e-Axle, motors, and more Summary Electric vehicles, OEMs’ electric powertrains (Toyota, Nissan, Mazda, Hino, Mitsubishi Motors, Toyota Auto Body, Yamaha Motor) Electric powertrains: Japanese domestic suppliers (Meidensha, Aisin, Hitachi Astemo, JATCO, IJTT, TBK) Electric powertrains: Suppliers outside Japan (Magna, Valeo, ZF, Schaeffler, BorgWar...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/06/29

, construction information, etc.) from outside the vehicle is excellent.   Due to the above advantages/disadvantages, it is likely that more and more users are using both smartphones and car navigation systems.   The act of using a smartphone's search function to look up a new place (e.g., a restaurant) and then setting the location information in the car navigation system is an example of how both the convenience of a smartphone and the relia...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/06/08

issan (19.6% of sales in the same period) and is more than that of other automobile manufacturers. Lamp Business Overview Ichikoh delivers lamp products to all Japanese OEMs except Mazda. (Lamp products have been delivered to Mazda in the past.) The main customers are Toyota (including Lexus) and Nissan, in that order. As mentioned above, Toyota Motor Corporation was the second largest shareholder after Valeo until May 2019, and Toyota’s high...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/03/16

in Systems, Mobility Systems, Electrification Systems (electrical components), Electronic Systems (Sensors and Semiconductors), and Non-Automotive Businesses Divisions. Since it belongs to the Toyota Group, its main customers are Toyota and Daihatsu, but it also supplies air-conditioning systems to Nissan, Honda, Mazda, Subaru, and Suzuki outside the group and Denso's air conditioner deliveries are estimated to account for a majority of the Japan...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2022/10/27

uced and supplied locally, mainly by Japanese suppliers. Excluding suppliers of catalyst substrates and coating, the major Japanese suppliers of exhaust systems include suppliers such as Futaba Industrial and Sango for the Toyota group, Marelli Corporation (formerly Calsonic Kansei Corporation) for Nissan, and Yutaka Giken and Sankei Giken for Honda. Because larger parts are often included as exhaust system components, the manufacturing facilitie...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2022/09/29

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 al...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2022/09/02