nt venture. Forvia SE joint venture with BYD expanded with the opening of its seventh plant and the construction of a seat assembly plant in Thailand. Magna: Acquisition of Chongqing Honglizhixin Technology Development Group Co., Ltd. Establishment of joint venture with Guangdong Huatie Tongda High-Speed Railway Equipment Corporation. In recent years, efforts to reduce CO2 emissions in the manufacturing process and to use recyclable materials h...

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

omings of CNN (Convolutional Neural Network) in terms of acquiring global context information. It surpasses the visual network models DeiT/ViT (Data-efficient Image Transformers/Vision Transformers) on multiple standard vision tasks such as object detection and instance segmentation, achieving 2.8x speed improvement and 87% GPU memory savings. Horizon Senna architecture The Horizon Senna architecture is a multimodal large-scale model and integr...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/08/05

C, Ltd. provides a suite of tools to transform the development and operation processes of next-generation in-vehicle software, and also support data-driven development environments. Vector (exhibit) Vector Informatik GmbH (Vector) provides solutions and products, including base layer software, to speed up the entire SDV development cycle. VicOne (exhibit) Based on its automotive-specific expertise and knowledge, VicOne Inc. supports cybersecu...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/08/01

ribution, and a "thermal management system module" that selects the operating mode of the thermal management system according to the engine and battery temperatures and operates the actuators based on optimized control parameters. This method collects real-time condition information such as vehicle speed, temperature, and SOC, and builds dynamic equations that include thermal models of the engine and battery. Next, the vehicle's current driving c...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/07/30

es the CMF-B platform supplied by alliance partner Renault S.A. (Renault) on an OEM basis. Both MHEV and HEV models will be available. The MHEV (mild hybrid) model is equipped with a 1.3L direct-injection gasoline turbocharged engine with a maximum output of 105 kW, and is available with either a 6-speed manual or 7-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission. The HEV model combines a 1.8L naturally aspirated four-cylinder gasoline engine with a max...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/07/30

range, and compared to PHEVs (driven by an engine and motor), EREVs can downsize the engine, simplify the drive system, and reduce overall system costs, but system configuration issues make application to compact vehicles difficult.   As an electric powertrain that suits user requirements (driving speed, infrastructure environment, driving range, vehicle size), it is highly likely that many manufacturers will continue to adopt EREVs in the futur...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/07/28

n the market, making it one of the top-selling BEVs for joint venture (JV) manufacturers in April and May 2025. The second model under the RCE system, bZ7, was unveiled at the Auto Shanghai 2025. Furthermore, development teams have been initiated for two new models. The RCE system has increased the speed of research and development response while consistently maintaining Toyota's safety and quality standards. In the future, K-platform models such...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/07/22

combustion-powered range extender more noticeable. To preserve comfort, it's essential to isolate both structure-borne and airborne noise from the range extender. Since a range extender only generates electricity and doesn't drive the wheels directly, it can be mounted differently, operate at fixed speeds, and be built compactly—allowing for flexible placement and better noise mitigation like acoustic encapsulation.   The above slide shows how...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/07/17

ensive Strategy”).   Local business plans and demonstration tests are also synchronized with this government target, with more than 10 operations taking place this year and around 100 funding applications for fiscal 2024 being approved (although the majority of these are for remote areas and low-speed mobility).   Infrastructure and regulatory support   However, the more populated an area is, the higher the hurdles to conducting L4 field tes...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/07/16

d cabin and cockpit with integrated central domain control The domain controllers for three areas (cockpit, intelligent driving, and vehicle body) are merged into one comprehensive domain controller. The wiring harness was shortened to 996m, the number of ECUs increased to 22, and the communication speed was increased from the millisecond to microsecond level. The system response is four times faster, stability is improved by 50%, and the electri...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/07/14

to metal separators, the fuel cell separator made of carbon resin composite material is expected to be lighter.   In addition to the carbon separator for the GX CONCEPT, an ultra-compact separator for drones was also on display at the expo.  The company is also developing production technology to speed up the molding time of resin composite materials.   Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.: High pressure hydrogen tank   Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) is...

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

ry session was Dr. Klein, CEO of the ZF Group, who spoke about how ZF is looking to the future and how the company is currently facing the automotive industry. In his opinion, innovation is the key to overcoming these challenges.   He explained that technology is advancing in an increasingly rapid speed. Whereas a few decades ago mechanical drivetrains were state-of-the-art, we are now developing software-defined vehicles. Whereas the technologi...

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

er is a software platform for driving multiple AV segments—including robotaxis and robotrucks. It controls all computer platforms and sensors and with specific differences between robotaxis and robotrucks. Robotrucks need higher sensor capabilities due to the need for longer range sensors in high-speed driving.   The Virtual Driver can be deployed across multiple vehicle platforms and applications to bring a customized autonomous driving exper...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/07/03

he system first uses deep learning to detect and track vehicles with high accuracy from roadside camera footage, and obtains basic information such as location coordinates, category, and ID. Next, this information is converted into a bird's-eye view and multi-dimensional information such as vehicle speed and direction is analyzed in detail to obtain a clear picture of the traffic situation. Furthermore, the analyzed visual and multidimensional in...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/30

cle dimensions are: Overall length 4,763mm x width 1,856mm x height 1,469mm with a wheelbase of 2,830mm. The long wheelbase version is 40mm longer than the standard version. This model will be produced at Beijing Benz Automotive Co., Ltd. (BBAC) in 2025.   The powertrain features a rear motor, two-speed transmission, and 800V high-voltage architecture. Driving range (CLTC mode) is 866km. Electric power consumption is 10.9kWh/100km. The 85kWh hig...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/30

Automotive semiconductors   Denso Corporation (Denso) exhibited 8-inch SiC wafers, double-sided cooling power modules incorporating SiC devices, and gate drive ICs as "in-vehicle semiconductors."   The SiC wafers are made using a new process that uses high-temperature gas to grow crystals at high speed, which takes 1/15th the time required for crystal growth compared to conventional sublimation processes, and is said to be able to reduce CO2 em...

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

session was Dr. Heyn, Member of the Board of Management of Robert Bosch GmbH and Chairman of Bosch Mobility, who talked about the new role of Asia in the automotive industry and in particular about the dynamic development in China and India.   He started his lecture by comparing the difference of speed in transformation between Europe, North America and China.   The chart on the right shows that the production targets for BEVs set to be achiev...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/20

0, the industry's first omni-directional collision avoidance system, in 2024. According to Huawei, over 2 million potential collisions have been averted through this system. CAS 4.0, an upgraded version of this system, offers enhanced active safety features for the entire vehicle in a wide range of speeds (1-150km/h), in all directions (front/rear/sides), for all objects (vehicles, motorcycles, pedestrians), in all weather conditions, and in all ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/20

nents, with its main businesses being seat systems, interior systems and exhaust systems. In April 2019, the company announced the establishment of a new business group, Faurecia Clarion Electronics, based in Saitama, Japan. The new business group will focus on cockpit electronic components and low-speed ADAS products businesses. In October 2018, Faurecia announced the acquisition of Clarion from Hitachi, Ltd. and others; Clarion became a wholly ...

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

and cost.   Bosch and Arbe Robotics have outsourced chip production to GlobalFoundries Inc. in the U.S. As for radar devices, high-performance versions are also beginning to show signs of being heavily concentrated. The common key to high performance is the signal processor, which both offers high speed calculations and low power consumption, achieving both cost and performance. There are also new initiatives such as the optimal design of the pa...

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