ounding mechanism that has a brush placed on the outer circumference of the shaft. With technology developed for friction materials, the oil film on the conductive paper can be eliminated, so it can be used in oily environments. It can stably contact the inner ring of the bearing and conduct electricity even at high rotation speeds, suppressing electrolytic corrosion.   The electrical bypass plate can also be used as an EMC countermeasure, but s...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/12/17

on of products/services as well as "camaraderie" that transcends industry sectors. Isuzu Motors Limited (Isuzu) / UD Trucks Corporation (UD Trucks)   According to the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT), the country is facing a 34% shortage of transportation capacity by 2030, and the problems will be solved by using multi-pathways. The key to this lies in connected and autonomous driving technologies, but simp...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/12/16

tablet. The IVI display is horizontally long and its vertical dimension is small, making it difficult to display touch switches for climate climate control, etc. at all times, so the main switches for these controls are located outside the IVI display. These switches are capacitive for visual simplicity. Figure 5: Nissan Leaf(Photo by MarkLines @ 2025JMS) The 14.3-inch IVI display and 12.3-inch meter display are combined to look like a...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/12/15

nd the proportion of integrated products is expected to reach around 50%. The efficiency of electric drive systems using wide bandgap SiC devices is increasing significantly, with penetration rates expected to exceed 30% by 2025. In terms of industrial regional distribution in China, production capacity remains concentrated in the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta, accounting for more than 70% of China's total. West central cities suc...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/12/11

ing mild hybrids) in the first half of 2024 rose to 29.9% from 25.8% the previous year. Furthermore, the share of hybrid vehicles for the full year 2024 was 31%. These hybrid vehicles are mainly MHV (mild hybrid) vehicles. Mild hybrids use the energy generated during deceleration to generate electricity and store that electricity in a dedicated battery. The motor then uses the power to assist the engine during launch and acceleration, thereby imp...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/12/09

Netherlands. 1987 SUBARU Rex Minicar First CVT for minicar 1995 Honda Civic 1.6L engine Honda's first CVT 1997 Nissan Primera 2L engine Nissan's first CVT, JATCO [F06A] With torque converter 2002 Nissan Murano 3.5L engine JATCO “JF010E”, the first CVT for large vehicles (Torque capacity: 330Nm) 2002 Toyota Vitz 1.3L engine Toyota's first CVT, made by Aisin 2006 Daihatsu Sonica Minicar The world's first input reduction type 3-...

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

800kW, a maximum current of 800A, and millisecond-level overcurrent protection, making it safe and highly efficient. In addition, the lightweight charging cable design allows one-handed operation. According to the data, XPeng's high-voltage compatible models have a significantly higher charging capacity ratio at ultra-fast charging stations than regular models, and user satisfaction is also higher.   In the usage scenario at charging stations, t...

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

approved for exemption from EPA federal regulations) CAFE Corporate Average Fuel Economy (established by EPA) CBG Compressed bio gas CFP Carbon footprint of product CNG Compressed natural gas CO2 Used to refer to all greenhouse gases GHG Greenhouse gas GWh Annual production capacity of cell plants, gigawatt-hours; “/year” omitted IRA Inflation Reduction Act (USA) LLC Limited Liability Company NACS North American ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/12/01

centivize potential investors to set up Giga-scale ACC manufacturing facilities. It has a budgetary outlay of INR 181 billion.    During the 1st round of bidding, three companies signed the Program Agreement to implement the PLI ACC scheme for setting up manufacturing facilities of 30 GWh ACC capacity. The companies are ACC Energy Storage, Ola Cell Technologies, and Reliance New Energy Battery Storage Ltd. The total estimated investment to be m...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/11/19

ost always depot charging. In some cases, this can then be combined with fast charging at public charging stations in order to cover unforeseeable events in delivery operations.” Compared to fast charging, depot charging tends to require lower charging power, which helps to reduce the load on the city’s power grid. The concept is characterized by longer charging phases, which can often last the whole night, as well as the need for a large num...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/11/19

a, as well as in the United States, Italy, Brazil, Sweden, India, Russia, and other countries. The Group's core businesses cover areas such as steering system components, automotive electronic systems, automotive lightweight products, NEVs, and intelligent driving. The Group's annual production capacity for steering system components exceeds 7.5 million units, its annual sales exceed CNY 5 billion, and its share ranks among the top in China's aut...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/11/18

’s performance in 2024 and the trend continued in 2025, especially with the policy support of “NEVs going to the countryside”. More personalized and newer designs of Mini Cars have attracted many young consumers, with the implementation of NEVs within the policy to stimulate sales in non-tier city areas continuing in 2025. How this segment will perform is still questionable—although the price war is gradually weakening, regional policies ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/11/14

ad agreed to set up a biogas production plant in the Banaskantha region of Gujarat, India in 2024. A joint project with the Indian government agency National Dairy Development Board and major dairy company Banas Dairy, the plant is due to be in the trial operation stage in 2025. The plant has a capacity to process around 100 tons of cow dung per day, and also has a CBG filling station on-site. Achieving carbon neutrality with CBG fuel A m...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/11/14

more than 5,000 mu (about 333 hectares) of land in Zhengzhou for about CNY 1.1 billion. The site will be used as a production base for finished vehicles and will be expanded from Phase 5 to Phase 8 in the future. The total area after completion will be over 3,200 hectares, and annual production capacity is expected to exceed 2 million units. Zhejiang Geely Holding Group    In the first half of the year, Geely’s operating revenues reached CNY ...

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

: Shinkansen N700S Approximately 65 kg  Wheel side disc (material: forged steel) Sled-mounted type Hydraulic floating caliper With automatic clearance adjustment mechanism Material: Copper-based sintered alloy Material: Cast steel Maximum speed: Tokaido line 285km/h, Sanyo line 300km/h. Capacity: 1,323 people. Super sports car Lexus LFA exhaust system and F1 sound (Sango)   Sango Co., Ltd. (Sango) is a manufacturer of automotive part...

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

iver from the vehicle has increased dramatically. One of the elements for constructing such a system is the improvement of information processing speed.   In the Internet world, cloud-based back-end processing systems have been used to compensate for the limitations of terminal-side processing capacity. The Internet connection speed is becoming a bottleneck for processing capacity, and this is changing to edge computing, a system that improves t...

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

established motor plant in Zhejiang Province. The company has revised its plans downward due to intensifying price competition and has suspended its expansion plans, but has announced that its products will be used in Toyota's BEVs for China. As the shift to EVs continue to change, the battery capacity of BEVs is becoming larger and the motors are becoming more powerful. The first generation Nissan Leaf launched in 2010 had a maximum output of 8...

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

to its sites in China and Southeast Asia to increase its cost competitiveness. According to its 2025 business plan (mid- to long-term management plan), the company is positioning safety system products, mainly airbags, as a priority business, and planned to increase its global airbag production capacity to 100 million units per year in 2023, approximately 1.6 times the FY2018 level. (Achievement or non-achievement not disclosed.) Its “2030 Busi...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/10/27

13% increase over the previous record number of visitors in 2023. The number of exhibitors also increased by 17% compared to 2023, with 57% of the exhibitors coming from outside Germany. As in previous years, the venue was the exhibition hall (Messe München) as well as a free open space using the city center. Exhibition hall (Messe München) Open space venue   Most of the major German and Chinese brands were present, but other not...

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

25 that it will dissolve and liquidate Fuzhou Koito Tayih Automotive Lamp Co., Ltd. The liquidation is scheduled to be completed in the first quarter of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2027. Now, the company will review its three-base organization in China, aiming to optimize excess production capacity and concentrate and streamline management resources. 1996: Fuzhou Koito Tayih Automotive Lamp Co., Ltd. (Fuzhou Koito) was established in Fuzho...

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