joint venture with Yanfeng Automotive Trim Systems Co., Ltd. and acquisition of a subsidiary of the joint 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 rece...

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

tem being the mainstream at this time. Region OEM Model Model year Segment Natural air cooling Liquid cooling Air conditioning refrigerant Europe Audi Q8 e-tron 2023 E 〇 BMW I5 / i5 Touring 2023 E 〇 BMW MINI Aceman 2024 B 〇 Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV 2023 E 〇 Renault 5 / 4 E-TECH Electric 2024 B 〇 Stellantis Peugeot E-3008 / E-5008 2024 C 〇 Stellantis Fiat 600e 2023 B 〇 Stellantis Citroen E-C3 2024 B 〇 ...

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

Toyota Business Fair 2025: Hydrogen, Carbon Neutrality Lightweighting, plastic materials, recycling, production technology Summary Special Exhibit: FCEV Crown, fuel cell module, hydrogen engine (Toyota) Hydrogen-related components, electrification components (FTS, Kyoho Machine Works) Various technologies contributing to carbon neutrality (Aisin, Kojima Industries) Lightweight technology, component manufacturing technology (Toyoda Iron Works, Toy...

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

Fast Charging Everywhere Thanks to Battery Buffering High-power charging systems for any location Summary Introduction FLEXIBLE SYSTEM DESIGN EASY GRID CONNECTION UTILIZING USED EV BATTERIES PROTOTYPE FOR MEGAWATT CHARGING   This report contains a Spotlight article from Springer's automotive technical magazine "ATZ" www.atz-magazine.com. and "MTZ" www.mtz-magazine.com. Springer is a German company affiliated with MarkLines. About Springer Fachm...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/05

le (in Germany, MTs account for more than 30% of passenger cars and the majority of commercial vehicles). Other than MTs and ATs, the majority of transmissions are DCTs (mostly in small cars) and BEVs with a single reduction gear. AMTs (automated manual transmissions) are now few, but the Renault E-TEC and SAIC's HEVs (brand name MG), which entered the market in 2024, are still going strong and are technologically unique.   The AT ratio of passe...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/04/15

Automotive Interiors Expo 2024 Europe Sustainable materials for environmentally friendly car interiors: latest film and coating tech Summary Toppan: Transparent decorative film and liquid crystal light control film DNP: Functional decorative film, light control film, mono-material PP decoration film FIM-SlimLIGHT project (BöLa, MacDermid Alpha and Kunststoff-Institut Lüdenscheid) MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions: XtraForm™ 3D Matt Stahl:...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/01/22

and one KD plant, as well as manufacturing sites for its suppliers and sales networks. SAIC’s Anji Logistics owns the largest fleet of car carriers in China, and plans to add 14 more overseas carriers over the next three years. In addition, the “IM” premium electric vehicle brand Zhiji Motor Technology Co., Ltd. (IM Motors) has developed a global strategy and entered many markets in 2024. In 2025, the company plans to further increase the...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/12/20

Analysis Report: EV/HV Drive Motor (European Market) Increased investments and cost reductions List of Suppliers Introduction I. Overview Ⅱ. Motor technology trends III. List of European OEMs that manufacture drive motors in-house Ⅳ. Sales and strategies of major drive motor suppliers (overall trends) Ⅴ. Drive motor suppliers by vehicle model Bosch Valeo Continental Vitesco Technologies ZF Magna Denso BorgWarner Mitsubishi El...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/09/05

ey supply seats (vehicles produced in Japan) IV. Product supply information of major seat suppliers (Complete Seats only) Ⅴ. Sales figures of major seat suppliers VI. Suppliers global footprints (Detail) Toyota Boshoku Cowerk NHK Spring / Faurecia-NHK Tachi-S Fuji Seat Delta Kogyo SNIC TS Tech Toyo Seat Houwa Kogyo Adient (formerly Johnson Controls Japan) Marutaka Marubishi Industry Kinryo Kogyo Shigeru Click here for Analysis Re...

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

joint venture with Yanfeng Automotive Trim Systems Co., Ltd. and acquisition of a subsidiary of the joint venture. Faurecia: 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 recen...

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

Japan Mobility Show 2023: High performance parts, new technologies, weight reduction Highly designed brakes, acoustically designed mufflers, insulated roofs, e-Latch, etc. Summary High performance components: endurance racing brakes, acoustically designed mufflers, insulated panoramic roofs, etc. New technologies: Wheel generators, pistons for hydrogen combustion engines, selectable one-way clutches, etc. Lightweight technology: EV frame, lightwe...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/11/08

tems such as air conditioning and automatic transmissions. Similar to these systems, power steering is an enhanced version of the basic system that helps drivers to steer a vehicle more easily and comfortably by augmenting steering effort of the steering wheel. In recent years, steering system architectures are evolving to a high level of functionality with system redundancy (to ensure fail-safe operation) and are becoming one of the critical fun...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/09/07

they supply seats (vehicles produced in Japan) IV. List of components by supplier, OEM, and model (complete seats only) Ⅴ. Sales figures of major seat suppliers VI. Suppliers global footprints (Detail) Toyota Boshoku Cowerk NHK Spring / Faurecia-NHK Tachi-S Fuji Seat Delta Kogyo SNIC TS Tech Toyo Seat Houwa Kogyo Adient (formerly Johnson Controls Japan) Marutaka Marubishi Industry Kinryo Kogyo Shigeru Click here for Analysis Re...

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

Analysis Report: EV/HV Drive Motor (European Market) Business trends of major suppliers List of Suppliers Introduction I. Overview II. List of OEMs in Europe that produce traction motors/parts in-house III. Sales and strategies of major drive motor suppliers (overall trends) IV. Motor market trends V. Motor technology trends VI. Drive motor suppliers by vehicle model Bosch Valeo Continental and its spin-off Vitesco ZF Schaeffler Ma...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/06/15

nt: End of joint venture with Yanfeng Automotive Trim Systems Co., Ltd. and acquisition of a subsidiary of the joint venture Faurecia: Established a joint venture with BAIC Motor Corporation Limited. A joint venture with BYD Auto established a subsidiary Magna: Acquisition of Chongqing Honglizhixin Technology Development Group Co., Ltd.. Establishment of joint venture with Guangdong Huatie Tongda High-Speed Railway Equipment Corporation In rece...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/04/27

the COVID-19 crisis has not yet reached an end in Japan and in other countries around the world and it is a situation affecting the automobile industry as a whole. No special mention will be made of the impact and trends on individual suppliers, as there are many transitional and unsettled aspects. Technical trends:   While the sales of DCTs (dual clutch transmissions) and CVTs (continuously variable transmissions) are expanding in the automatic...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/03/09

luminum die-castings from China   The 2022 Japan Die Casting Congress & Exposition (Dates: November 10 to 12, 2022; Venue: Pacifico Yokohama) was organized by the Japan Die Casting Association. The purpose is to contribute to the development of die casting and related industries by introducing new technologies, new products, facilities, equipment, and auxiliary materials by die casting and die casting related companies to a broad range of people...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2022/12/14

tems such as air conditioning and automatic transmissions. Similar to these systems, power steering is an enhanced version of the basic system that helps drivers to steer a vehicle more easily and comfortably by augmenting steering effort of the steering wheel. In recent years, steering system architectures are evolving to a high level of functionality with system redundancy (to ensure fail-safe operation) and are becoming one of the critical fun...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2022/11/24

they supply seats (vehicles produced in Japan) IV. List of components by supplier, OEM, and model (complete seats only) Ⅴ. Sales figures of major seat suppliers VI. Suppliers global footprints (Detail) Toyota Boshoku Cowerk NHK Spring / Faurecia-NHK Tachi-S Fuji Seat Delta Kogyo SNIC TS Tech Toyo Seat Houwa Kogyo Adient (formerly Johnson Controls Japan) Marutaka Marubishi Industry Kinryo Kogyo Shigeru Click here for Analysis R...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2022/09/22

nt: End of joint venture with Yanfeng Automotive Trim Systems Co., Ltd. and acquisition of a subsidiary of the joint venture Faurecia: Established a joint venture with BAIC Motor Corporation Limited. A joint venture with BYD Auto established a subsidiary Magna: Acquisition of Chongqing Honglizhixin Technology Development Group Co., Ltd.   Manufacturing sites and R&D locations Adient Lear Faurecia Magna Seating Asia/Pacific China Manuf...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2022/06/30