Automotive Interior Lighting Conference 2025 Advancing Digitalization, Functional Safety, and User-Centric Design in Next-Gen Lighting Summary DVN (Keynote): Interior Lighting Trends Audi (Keynote): Audi.Digital.Light - Safety.Communication.Personalization ZKW (Presentation ): Challenges of complex Headlamps - Modules and Lighting-Concepts FORVIA HELLA (Presentation): Innovation under pressure - Meeting market demands with advanced lighting techn...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/12/23

a combination of a visor-mounted meter and an IVI display embedded in the instrument panel (Fig. 1a), but gradually the IVI display became a separate unit mounted on the instrument panel (Fig. 1b) to improve display visibility. Furthermore, some models have removed the meter visor to emphasize the digitalization of information (Fig. 1c), while others have combined the meter with the IVI display to create an integrated information display (Fig. 1...

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

ons.   In 2022, ZF started the Commercial Vehicle Solutions Division, focusing on Next Generation Mobility for passenger cars, commercial vehicles and industrial applications in “4 plus 1” technology fields: Automated Driving, Electric Mobility, Vehicle Motion Control, Integrated Safey, and +1 Digitalization Networking and Software. In 2022, ZF continued working on the volume production implementation of the e-Drive platform for electrified ...

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

p systematically describes the overall development levels and definition of smart manufacturing. Hierarchy definitions are given in the table below. The table can be scrolled left and right. Overall hierarchical definition of smart manufacturing iM-n (iM: intelligent Manufacturing) iM-1↓ [Digitalization] Establishing processes for data generation, collection, processing, and application, and enabling the processing of various informatio...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/11/27

s that is designed in such a way that they do not need to be recharged during the tour. The management consulting firm Arthur D. Little predicts that almost 600,000 electric trucks will be in operation in Europe by 2030. It assumes that 80 % of these will use depot charging [3]. Dirk Braun from the digitalization service provider fastahead is also convinced of the great amount of leverage that depot charging can provide as a starting point for th...

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

d from the same period last year at 2.1 million units.   On September 8, Mercedes-Benz announced its largest-ever new product offensive, revealing plans to launch more than 40 models on three continents over the next three years. Under the "Next Level Production" strategy, the company will utilize digitalization, AI, and automation to increase the flexibility and efficiency of its production network, and will begin mass production of the new GLC...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/09/26

t approximately EUR 1.5 billion from 2019 to 2021. The company plans to open a new manufacturing site in China, expand its headquarters in Coburg, Germany, its plants in Bamberg and Wurzburg, and start the next phase of construction at its Prievidza Plant in Slovakia, activities that are focused on digitalization and product innovation to ensure the profitability of the company. Development technology In April 2023, the company announced that...

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

ip for HSD. Horizon's HSD will be unveiled to the world for the first time under the Exeed brand, along with the computing solution Journey 6P, as one of the advanced solutions for Chery's intelligent advanced driver assistance system, Falcon. Mass production will begin in September 2025. GAC Digitalization alliance (Huawei) Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Ltd. (GAC Group) announced in May 2025 that it will partner with Huawei on digitizati...

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

ng plant in Shanghai, China. The plant will produce airbags. The expanded site area is 26,448.32 square meters with a total building area of 24,132.44 square meters. The second phase of the expansion project will introduce advanced production equipment and technology, and through the integration of digitalization and automation, will significantly improve production efficiency and continuously optimize product quality. In September 2023, the Chub...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/04/24

fuel efficiency by analyzing upcoming road topography, adjusting speed before hills and descents, anticipating curves, speed limits, and roundabouts (CAR IT Symposium 2025 organized by CAR – Center Automotive Research, Duisburg; Slide: © Daimler Truck AG)   Daimler's 25-year journey in truck digitalization has evolved from basic connectivity to sophisticated predictive systems. Mr. Mink highlighted "Predictive Powertrain Control" as a brea...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/04/22

various mobility services, thus allowing residents to flexibly choose between different means of transportation.   Frank Urbansky   OPINION “The future of mobility will be characterized by a combination of individual transportation and collective mobility solutions. The basis for this is the digitalization of traffic flows. While a reduction in the use of private cars can be achieved through innovative concepts such as car sharing, bike sh...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/03/28

logies. This year, the event focused on Software-Defined Vehicles (SDVs), emphasizing the transformative role of software in shaping the future of mobility.     Tarun Aggarwal, Head of Engineering, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.   Mr. Aggarwal started his speech by highlighting the rapid shift towards digitalization in the Indian automotive industry and explained Maruti's approach towards SDVs.   Mr. Aggarwal underscored the rapidly evolving nature...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/02/26

ctronics, Generative AI in Automotive Development, IN THE SPOTLIGHT article from ATZ worldwide [12/2024] [the websites of Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, which are available at www.springerfachmedien-wiesbaden.de] reproduced with permission of Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH.         Digitalization has fundamentally changed the way vehicles are developed and manufactured. The traditional drawing board has long since given way to 3-...

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

ndustry is about to enter the era of AIDV (AI Defined Vehicle) from the era of SDV (Software Defined Vehicle). AIDV refers to vehicles with SDV-based features that provide proactive intelligent services to users, centered around an AI OS. SDVs mainly solve the problems of automobile information and digitalization. Middleware and multi-layer decoupling allows hardware resources to be released. AI will become an important medium for future automobi...

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

ment of intelligent cockpits. According to data from 2024, the penetration of intelligent functions among luxury New Energy Vehicle brands has significantly surpassed that of traditionally fueled vehicles, demonstrating strong market competitiveness. With the popularity of electric vehicles, in-car digitalization and intelligent feature configurations, including real-time navigation, voice assistants, digital keys and more, have already become pr...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/12/19

platform). Thermal management technology Thermal management module: Toward smart integrated management of engines, generators, drive motors, motor controllers, batteries, on-board chargers, DC-DC converters, etc. Control technology Electrification control: Upgrade from intelligentization to AI digitalization. This includes intelligent connected fusion control technology, adaptive energy management and torque cooperative control, and dynamic ...

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

p (TCO) can be achieved over the life cycle, which more than compensates for the initially high investment costs.   EDAG Production Solutions supports battery manufacturers to establish competitive business models in Europe by ensuring the implementation of relevant European directives, creating a digitalization concept covering both the project management processes and the production technologies, and identifying and evaluating innovative produ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/12/10

ity in the industry makes it difficult to achieve this target.   The (EU) taxonomy plays a crucial role in understanding and dealing with emissions generated during the use of products.   To achieve its ultimate goal, ZF is making great efforts in the areas of electrification, remanufacturing and digitalization.   Electrification   ZF is focusing on the electrification offering tailored solutions for all vehicle segments, from bicycles to pas...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/12/02

the automotive industry, while the recycling and refurbishment of batteries and other components expands the value stream as part of the circular economy [4]. Not least for this reason, a number of projects have already been launched in the automotive industry that have precisely this in mind. The digitalization of processes plays a key role in all of these projects. This makes it possible to digitally reproduce a physical product throughout its...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/11/19

Araquari ・Increasing the production capacity by 10% starting in 2024.・The production of the PHV version of the X5 will begin in Q4 2024.・The production of the world’s first “turboflex” model will soon start.・Investing BRL 1.1 billion from 2025 to 2028 to produce new models and enhance digitalization and connectivity. South Africa Rosslyn The production of the new X3 including the PHV version began in October 2024. The electrified...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/11/18