capital, technology, and human resources through business retrenchment and corporate integration.   Examples include Bosch of Germany, which dissolved its power steering joint venture (JV) with ZF of Germany and made it a wholly owned subsidiary; Nexteer of the U.S., which acquired the steering division of the former GM/Delphi; and ZF, which absorbed TRW of the US. ZF is strengthening its steering business in India through a JV with the Rane Gr...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/08/21

ce a competitive system of position selection. SAIC has adopted a "position application system" (active employee participation in projects). By drawing on the development philosophy of Internet companies, the company will optimize the product development process and shorten the sales cycle. Future Vision: Becoming a "Technology conglomerate" Intelligent drivingSAIC aims to commercialize L4 autonomous driving in 2026, and realize deep interactio...

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

elli Germany GmbH   Mr. Bez held a presentation about the evolving role of exterior human-machine interfaces.   Based on technological advancements and rising consumer expectations, gesture, voice and lighting are expected to play an increasingly important role.   The speaker explained Marelli's vision of a future exterior HMI, that is bidirectional and touchless and uses light cues, gesture recognition and voice control. The system enables in...

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

Great Wall Motor Company Limited. Forvia: JV with NHK Spring. JV with Chery Automobile. Major seating suppliers were actively making acquisitions of seating and seat component businesses until early 2012, but that activity has slowed down since 2013. However, between 2015 and 2016, the seating division of Adient (formerly Johnson Controls) of the U.S., once the largest seating supplier in the world, underwent a major transformation. It transf...

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

pabilities to commercialize these technologies while reducing costs. Horizon Robotics’ latest research results   Horizon Robotics presented its latest research results in terms of algorithms, modeling, computing power, and engineering capabilities. The table can be scrolled left and right. Vision Mamba model The next-generation Vision Mamba model, jointly developed by Horizon Robotics and research institutes, is the first architecture in...

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

t snow regardless of the driving condition and is able to react quickly to wet road conditions. Combined software and hardware-based road perception technology solutions   The combined software and hardware-based solutions include camera based estimators, optical sensors and tire-mounted sensors. Vision Language Models (VLMs) provide a state-independent surface estimation method for road surface classification that needs to be optimized for rea...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/08/04

ntegration/ Delivery & Deployment   It illustrates the state of AI-assisted development across the entire Xcelerator digital platform. In particular, the application of large-scale language models has been shown to provide industrial-grade AI in machine learning, planning/decision-making, computer vision, and agent functions (Figure 11). 10. Next-generation vehicle development (Source: Photo by MarkLines) 11. Utilizing AI in Xcelerator (S...

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

MarkLines based on presentation materials)   "World model" Smart driving assistance  In 2026-2027, GAC Toyota will jointly develop smart driving assistance systems based on a "World model" with industry-leading partners. The World model builds a virtual world in the cloud and integrates language vision and action perception to improve learning efficiency by 1,000 times and empower learning-driven systems. It performs billions of self-plays to ...

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

g accelerated, with a target deployment date of 2027, to address the immediate issue of stagnation in logistics and human transportation. For this reason, external support is being received from various sectors, not only for technology development but also for infrastructure construction and the provision of evaluation facilities.   This report outlines the current state of external support, primarily from the public, as well as the latest techn...

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

China’s Emerging EV Automakers: Leapmotor, Li Auto, XPeng Leapmotor’s partnership with FAW, Li Auto’s first BEV, XPeng-developed in-vehicle semiconductors Summary Sales volume by model - January to May 2025 Leapmotor: Developing its architecture in-house, expanding international markets with Stellantis Li Auto: First BEV model equipped with the VLA(Vision-Language-Action model) autonomous driving architecture XPeng: Developing E/E architect...

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

saction was completed on June 30, 2024 and the selling price was EUR 212 million. In February 2024, the Valeo Group announced new cost reduction measures to improve the operational efficiency of its powertrain and thermal systems businesses. The company plans to reorganize and integrate these two divisions to provide a comprehensive and competitive technology offering. The Valeo Group will consolidate its management, administrative, and support a...

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

trengthen the competitiveness and agility of the Group's operations in Europe. 9 9 Continental AG 26,654 28,664 ・Revenue decreased due to the impact of a decrease in European vehicle production. Sales of brake systems, airbag control devices, and display solutions decreased.・ The Automotive Division, which aims to cut costs by EUR 400 million per year, is scheduled to be spun off into a separate company in September 2025. 10 11 Lear Corpo...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/07/02

s a "roadside sensing method based on a visual language multimodal model" that enables advanced understanding of road conditions and traffic flow, as well as human interaction, in monitoring from the traffic infrastructure side. This method aims to complement the limitations of traditional computer vision for individual tasks (single-task support) and the weakness of large-scale language models (LLMs) in understanding scene details. Specifically,...

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

European and American OEMs' Strategies and Their Progress in China BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and GM exhibits at the Auto Shanghai 2025 Summary BMW: Next-generation concept car, intelligent cockpit system for China Mercedes-Benz: Vision V concept car and all-new BEV CLA L GM: Cadillac Lyriq-V, Buick new super fusion architecture and NEV sub-brand Mercedes-Benz's Vision V luxury MPV concept car   Major European and American automakers are furth...

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

speaker concluded his speech by emphasizing the importance of collaboration and diverse solutions on the road to a sustainable future, stressing that the planet needs collective efforts like an orchestra and not individual soloists.     To illustrate the ways in which the company is bringing its vision of a more sustainable future to life with flexible, integrated solutions, it showcased its modular gasoline engine and range extender at its ex...

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

inimum identification accuracy of 3cm. In addition to concave obstacles (steps and ditches), complex obstacles such as convex objects (water pipes and fire extinguisher containment boxes) and foreign objects (stones, barriers) can be detected. Detection unit The company introduced Limera, a laser vision integrated detection unit that can be installed in the cabin. It integrates LiDAR and a forward-facing camera inside the cabin. Its compact siz...

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

a new product lineup consisting of the sub-brands Golden Sunflower, Tiangong Family, and Hongqi H Family. Bestune exhibited the first three models in its Yueyi NEV series under the theme of "Add Joy to Life". Dongfeng Group exhibited all of its affiliated brands under the theme of "A New Dongfeng Envisioned with Intelligence" and officially launched a new technology brand, Tianyuan Intelligence. BAIC Group exhibited its own brand vehicles, the Ar...

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

wide range of powertrains FAW-Audi / FAW-VW: Announces CMP's first EV concept car, the ID.AURA VW (Anhui): Developing locally produced connected cars Porsche: World premiere of the “911 Spirit 70” and China premiere of the “911 GT3” Exclusive logo for the new AUDI brand   With its vision of becoming a global automotive technology pioneer by 2035, the VW Group continues to focus on technology development for its customers, accele...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/11

lude options for high- and low-voltage ePTO ports to power equipment. Interior features include a 15-inch digital touchscreen and the Kenworth SmartWheel, a steering wheel with integrated controls for audio and driver assistance functions. Available ADAS features include Lane Keeping Assist, DigitalVision Mirrors with integrated cameras to improve visibility, and the Bendix Fusion suite with emergency braking functions. Orders for the T880E began...

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

-style smart driving multi-stage reinforcement learning end-to-end technology solution, the 4D world model “SenseAuto Kaiwu World Model 2.0”, and the “SenseAuto Qianji” in-vehicle OS support system.   R-UniAD" combines global modeling and learning reinforcement technologies, with the VLAR (Vision-Language and Reinforcement Learning) technology framework at its core, and is capable of closed-loop learning in a simulation environment, enab...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/05/28