an market trends of BYD, Geely, SAIC, and Chery   According to MarkLines production and sales data, new vehicle sales in major European countries totaled 8,962,000 units in the first half of 2025 (January-June), down 4.6% year-over-year (y/y). Of this total, Chinese OEMs sold 872,000 units, down 2.3% y/y, accounting for 9.7% of the total market. Russia remains the largest export destination for Chinese OEMs, and although sales volume fell compar...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/09/16

xcluding minivans) for August 2025.   Retail August retail sales volumes of passenger cars totaled 1.995 million units, reflecting a year-over-year (y/y) increase of 4.6%. New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) In August, wholesale volumes of New Energy passenger cars totaled 1.282 million units, up 22.3% y/y. Retail August retail sales volumes of passenger cars totaled 1.995 million units, reflecting a year-over-year (y/y) increase of 4.6%. Yea...

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

D headlamps ○ ○ Marelli h-Digi® microLED ○ ○ ZKW Group microZ-LED headlight ○ ○ OPmobility Digital rear system ○ Valeo Group All-in-one ○ ○ ○ Hella SSL / HD headlamps   Solid State Lighting / High Definition (SSL / HD) high-resolution headlamps have over 32,000 individually controllable pixels. Two LED chips generate more than 32,000 pixels, controlled by a single ECU. As a result, the space required f...

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

hina Passenger Car Association (CPCA) announced the production and sales volumes of passenger cars (including sedans, SUVs, and MPVs, excluding minivans) for July 2025.   Retail July retail sales volumes of passenger cars totaled 1.826 million units, reflecting a year-over-year (y/y) increase of 6.3%. New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) In July, wholesale volumes of New Energy passenger cars totaled 1.147 million units, up 22.3% y/y. Retail July retail s...

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

bilize), and the circular economy (The Future is NEUTRAL).   On December 9, 2024, the Renault Group announced how far the Group will still have to go to achieve its goal of being net zero-carbon in Europe by 2040 and worldwide by 2050. The Group reduced its CO2 emissions by 28% between 2010 and 2023. It is advancing electrification to reach a goal of cutting CO2 emissions by 35% by 2030.   In its EV strategy, the Group collaborates with Ampere ...

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

bal expansion of OEMs. North America-based Adient, Lear, and Magna Seating have been expanding globally for some time now, and their production systems are being upgraded. In the past, the European supplier Forvia SE was primarily focused on the European market, but in the two years from 2012 to 2013, the company aggressively expanded its capital investments, establishing a number of manufacturing sites and R&D facilities in the Americas and Asia...

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

totaled 1.241 million units, up 27.0% y/y. Retail June retail sales volumes of passenger cars totaled 2.084 million units, reflecting a year-over-year (y/y) increase of 18.1%. Year-to-date (YTD) retail sales volume totaled 10.901 million units, up 10.8% y/y. Luxury car retail sales volumes totaled 230,000 units, down 7% y/y. Retail sales volumes of domestic brands totaled 1.34 million units, up 30% y/y. Domestic brands had a market share of 64.2%...

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

ina, where BEV sales are growing, while information on Japan is for reference only.   According to the MarkLines survey, annual BEV sales in 2024 in a total of 14 countries (11 major countries and the three Nordic countries of Norway, Sweden, and Finland) were up 10.2% from the previous year to 10.3 million units. BEV sales have increased, as shown in the table below, but the rate of growth has slowed.   This breakdown shows a trade-off between...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/07/08

ther, reflecting the advances made in drive battery technology over the past year.   Chapter 1 of this report provides an overview of the Chinese market and part of the global market for new energy drive batteries; Chapter 2 summarizes the technological development of drive batteries; and Chapters 3 through 5 provide a detailed description of the current status of major battery manufacturers.   Unless otherwise noted, all content in this report...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/12

utlook Top 10 Chinese Passenger Car Makers by Retail Sales The China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) announced the production and sales volumes of passenger cars (including sedans, SUVs, and MPVs, excluding minivans) for May 2025.   Retail May retail sales volumes of passenger cars totaled 1.932 million units, reflecting a year-over-year (y/y) increase of 13.3%. New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) In May, wholesale volumes of New Energy passenger...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/10

hare has changed significantly, so parking brakes have been added to this report. As for commercial vehicles, the explanation will be limited to the types of drum brakes and the vehicle models to which they apply.   In general, the braking force ratio in four-wheeled vehicles is distributed at a 7:3 ratio, 7 at the front and 3 at the rear. Since most vehicles have a front-wheel-drive (FWD) layout, disc brakes are adopted for nearly 100% of all F...

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

Electric Vehicle (BEV/PHV/FCV) Sales Monthly Report (April 2025) Electric vehicle sales in April increase 31.6% y/y to 1,341,000 units Share of electric vehicles (BEV/PHV/FCV) Electric vehicle (BEV/PHV/FCV) share and trends in each country Electric vehicles (BEV/PHV/FCV) sales trends of major manufacturers and sales composition by powertrain Passenger car sales trends in 12 major countries (including ICE and all other powertrains)   This report ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/05/26

ars (including sedans, SUVs, MPVs but not minivans) for April 2025.   Retail April retail sales volumes of passenger cars totaled 1.755 million units, reflecting a year-over-year (y/y) increase of 14.5%. New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) In April, wholesale volumes of New Energy passenger cars totaled 1.133 million units, up 40.2% y/y. Retail April retail sales volumes of passenger cars totaled 1.755 million units, reflecting a year-over-year (y/y) ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/05/14

, SUVs, MPVs but not minivans) for March 2025.   Retail March retail sales volumes of passenger cars totaled 1.940 million units, reflecting a year-over-year (y/y) increase of 14.4%. New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) In March, wholesale volumes of New Energy passenger cars totaled 1.128 million units, up 35.5% y/y. Retail March retail sales volumes of passenger cars totaled 1.940 million units, reflecting a year-over-year (y/y) increase of 14.4%. Ye...

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

wheel parking was used for FWD vehicles. However, due to the elimination of drive axle parking under U.S. state regulations, rear-wheel parking is now easier to lay out, even for front-wheel drive vehicles. Regulations in the U.S. are the strictest, with static performance regulated at an unmanned 30% gradient, assuming a slope in San Francisco, and dynamic performance regulated at a 30km/h stopping distance of 27m (approx. 0.15 G).   Electric ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/03/21

utlook Top 10 Chinese Passenger Car Makers by Retail Sales The China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) announced the production and sales volumes of passenger cars (including sedans, SUVs, MPVs but not minivans) for February 2025.   Retail February retail sales volumes of passenger cars totaled 1.386 million units, reflecting a year-over-year (y/y) increase of 26.0%. New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) In February, wholesale volumes of New Energy passen...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/03/12

4.2%, respectively) from the previous year.   The growth of electric vehicles (EVs), which had grown rapidly over the past two to three years, has slowed, and the combined sales share of zero-emission vehicles (battery EVs(BEVs)/plug-in hybrids(PHEVs)/fuel cell vehicles(FCEVs)) was 9.5%, up just 0.3points from the previous year.   As the recognition that the widespread adoption of EVs will take longer than expected, many OEMs, while stating tha...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/02/21

esale sales, local brands occupied a market share of 69%, up 8 percentage points y/y. Retail sales volumes of mainstream joint venture brands totaled 490,000 units, down 27% y/y. Specifically, German brands had a retail share of 18.4%, down 0.7 percentage points y/y; Japanese brands had a share of 13.4%, down 3.3 percentage points y/y; and American brands had a share of 5.3%, down 1.1 percentage points y/y. Wholesale In January, wholesale volumes...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/02/13

© CTI Symposium Germany 2024)   The CTI symposium is an annual two-days event organized by Car Training Institute-A division of Euroforum Deutschland GmbH. The symposium was held in Berlin, Germany. The theme was “Navigating the transition towards sustainable mobility”. The event (December 3 - 4, 2024) began with keynote presentations in the plenary, followed in parallel by Deep Dive sessions in six venues by experts in the field on the ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/02/12

tlook Top 10 Chinese Passenger Car Makers by Retail Sales The China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) announced the production and sales volumes of passenger cars (including sedans, SUVs, MPVs but not minivans) for December 2024.   Retail December retail sales volumes of passenger cars totaled 2.635 million units, reflecting a year-over-year (y/y) increase of 12.0%. New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) In December, wholesale volumes of New Energy passeng...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/01/10