ared completely in this Panoramic iDrive, and the only input device is the touch panel. To achieve this, the 17.9-inch touch panel has been positioned closer to the steering wheel than before, drastically improving the operability of the touch panel. The display is ergonomically designed to fit the shape of the steering wheel, since the lower part of the screen is obstructed by the steering wheel when set close to the steering wheel, making it di...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/10/24

ction lampsThe vehicle's travel direction is projected onto the ground by a lamp, which has the same role as Koito's road surface drawing lamps. When turning or reversing, the ground in the direction of travel is illuminated with a light to notify traffic participants. The company will work out the shape of the lamps that illuminate the road surface, with the aim of applying them for vehicle use, after the regulations are revised. e-FaceThis syst...

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

m. The drive power supply voltage is boosted from 540 to 600V to improve motor output efficiency and reduce power loss.   Like the U8, the BYD Sung Plus DM-i's generator and motor are hairpin type (SC winding) flat-wire wave wound, embedded magnet synchronous motors (IPMSM) with an 8-pole double V-shaped magnetic circuit. Maximum motor output is160kW and maximum torque is 260Nm.   The core shapes of the generator and motor are the same, but the...

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

energy suppliers, and start-ups are all part of the discussion.   Mobility drives innovation and promotes progress in the fields of artificial intelligence, electrification, digital connectivity, and sustainable solutions.   Last but not least, the motto encourages all stakeholders to design and shape a smarter, greener, and more inclusive future.   For the second time in a row, the World New Energy Vehicle Congress (WNEVC) played a prominent...

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

energy suppliers, and start-ups are all part of the discussion.   Mobility drives innovation and promotes progress in the fields of artificial intelligence, electrification, digital connectivity, and sustainable solutions.   Last but not least, the motto encourages all stakeholders to design and shape a smarter, greener, and more inclusive future.   For the second time in a row, the World New Energy Vehicle Congress (WNEVC) played a prominent...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/10/02

automated driving. Seat modules and seat components can be detached and replaced to meet diverse user needs, allowing the spatial layout to be changed and functions to be updated in a short amount of time. Also on display for the first time was "VODY2.0," a concept model of a seat that changes its shape to best suit the user's body shape, posture, and movements while traveling. The seat's control technology allows the shape and seat surface hard...

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

energy suppliers, and start-ups are all part of the discussion.   Mobility drives innovation and promotes progress in the fields of artificial intelligence, electrification, digital connectivity, and sustainable solutions.   Last but not least, the motto encourages all stakeholders to design and shape a smarter, greener, and more inclusive future.   For the second time in a row, the World New Energy Vehicle Congress (WNEVC) played a prominent...

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

combination of optimized nozzle holes, low-pressure direct injection, a spark plug with an annular ground electrode that does not protrude into the combustion chamber, and EGR, which increases the indicated mean effective pressure to 23 bar.   In the lean burn example mentioned above [181], the J-shaped ground electrode of the spark plug was identified as the source of abnormal combustion and was addressed, but there are also two other cases wh...

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

ly used embedded magnet synchronous motor. ABB Ltd., Toshiba Industrial Products and Systems Corporation (TIPS), Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, and others exhibited products equivalent to general-purpose motors.   The induction synchronous reluctance motor (SynRA) exhibited by Nidec has a unique shape in which aluminum is cast into multiple arc-shaped air gaps (flux barriers) in the rotor of a synchronous reluctance motor, allowing it to funct...

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

ovation and optimization in material design and conditioning processes are needed to achieve industrial breakthroughs in all-solid-state batteries. Pouch-type packaging solutions   Pouch-type batteries use aluminum plastic film as the encapsulating material and have the advantages of light weight, shape flexibility, and high energy density. Farasis Energy believes that pouches are the optimum encapsulation method for solid-state batteries. Pouch...

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

the windings, but this has been eliminated in the Tesla Cybertruck. Rotor   The shaft of the rotor of the rear unit on display was hollow, and the rotor core was fixed to the shaft by a ring.   The rotor core is a 6-pole embedded magnet type rotor with neodymium magnets arranged in a V-shape and oil channels for shaft-core cooling. Magnets are fixed to the core with ribs and no adhesive or resin is used.   The front induction motor ...

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

h-reduced neodymium sintered magnets High torque Rare earth-free, high-performance ferrite magnets NMF-12, 15 series Higher rotation speed Daido Steel Co., Ltd.(Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture) Heavy rare earth-free anisotropic NdFeB hot-formed magnet Process: Hot extrusion 8-pole, 3-layer, crescent-shaped magnet rotor Magnet used: Anisotropic NdFeB hot-formed magnet 16-pole Halbach array magnet rotor (Note)Neodymium magnets and ferrite mag...

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

unit installed in hybrid and PHEV vehicles has a voltage booster (reactor) that increases the output (voltage) to the motor, and this is the core of that device. Cores manufactured by powder metallurgy are made by molding soft magnetic powder coated with an insulating film into a three-dimensional shape using a die, followed by heat treatment and post-processing. Compared to conventional electromagnetic steel sheet laminated cores, these cores c...

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

intelligent systems, multimodal sensing, and adaptive design enable smarter, safer, and more personalized in-vehicle user experiences. Seatbelt as an HMI Autoliv NEXT-GEN INTERFACES & INTELLIGENT DESIGN TRACKThis track explores current advancements where UX, AI, and interface design converge to shape the future of intelligent, immersive, and sustainable automotive experiences Improving the Sustainability of LED Backlights with Air-Based Lig...

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

ces a large amount of magnets for wind turbines, so they already have 10 years of experience. The company is capable of both solvent extraction (chemical recovery), which uses a solvent to extract magnet sludge, and dry processing (physical recovery), which involves carbonizing the surface of plate-shaped magnets with heat treatment (450°C) and barrel polishing.   NPR-Riken Corporation: Powder core Display of axial gap motors and powder c...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/07/11

ith current sensing and temperature sensing.   SiC is also possible, but in that case, the efficiency of heat dissipation in the vertical direction decreases when the chip is made smaller, so the benefits are reduced.   To support users in designing heat sinks, the company is also able to provide shape data and thermal analysis data for reference model heat sink prototypes. Double-sided heat dissipation power module (DSC package and heat...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/26

he easily dismantled structures of wire harness parts and fuel tanks were introduced.   For wire harnesses, light green tape is set as a removal point at the location that is easiest to retrieve, making the dismantled parts easily visible from heavy machinery. In addition, by installing a pull-tab-shaped ground terminal part in the harness, like a canned food lid, the harness has been improved to facilitate separation when force is applied in th...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/25

arts, functional parts, electronic parts, and plastic parts, and has global operations in North America, Turkey, India, China, and Asia. The exhibits are a center pillar outer reinforcement and front bumper reinforcement manufactured with cold-formed 1470 high tensile steel. The former is a pillar-shaped part located between the front and rear doors and connecting the floor to the roof. Because it is an important part that protects occupants whe...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/24

tion control.   For exhaust gas purification, it is necessary to improve the performance of the catalytic converter, as well as to design the optimum catalyst effect and back pressure (exhaust side pressure) for each engine. The exhaust pipes and tubes including the muffler and silencer, the shell shape of the catalytic converter, the pipe length, branching shape, inner wall condition of the exhaust manifold, and the heat capacity of the exhaust...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/19

ng forward with development. In addition, public transportation and transportation applications in closed and restricted areas have clear needs for automated driving, so implementation is much more advanced than in passenger cars, where HD map-free systems are also used.   It seems that the future shape will depend on the vehicle's purpose and driving area, whether a fully equipped autonomous driving system using expensive LiDAR and high-perform...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/17