CES 2025 Overview and Perspectives Autonomous Vehicles, Robotaxis, Radar and Lidar Introduction CES Overview AV overview Robotaxis Other AVs Radar and lidar Auto OEMs Summary Perspectives About This Report   This report was written by VSI AV Insight for MarkLines' portal users. VSI AV Insight provides industry with deep insight and analysis on the enabling technologies used for active safety and automated driving.   Introduction   CES 2025 co...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/02/19

Bangkok International Motor Show 2022 (2): Keep Moving Forward Together Flagship models from Japanese manufacturers, SUVs and pickup trucks lineup Summary Toyota: bZ4X Concept EV, e-Palette for Autono-MaaS, and Veloz 7-seater MPV crossover Lexus: all-new NX 450h+ PHEV, and UX 300e crossover EV Honda: e:HEV model lineup Nissan: new Almera, KICKS e-POWER, Terra premium SUV and Navara pickup truck Mitsubishi Motors: new Xpander, Triton Ralliart, and...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2022/04/11

Bangkok International Motor Show 2022 (1): Keep Moving Forward Together Foxconn's MIH Platform, EVs from Chinese and European manufacturers Summary Arun Plus: Foxconn's MIH Platform, Foxtron and Hozon's BEV models Great Wall Motor: HEV & BEV models highlighted TANK 300 HEV Concept Car, and ORA Good Cat GT MG ZS EV and MG HS PHEV Volvo Cars: C40 and XC40 Recharge pure electric BMW i4 M50 Electric and X4 M Competition Mercedes-Benz EQS, new C-C...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2022/04/06

Toyota: Transformation into a Mobility Company From the presentation given at the 1st Automotive World Digital Edition 2021 Summary Recent environmental changes and the issue of "Carbon Neutrality" Mobility for People: Autonomous driving in which people and cars work together under the Mobility Teammate Concept Mobility of Things: Using and combining BEVs and FCEVs to reduce CO2 emissions Mobility of Information: From location information/CAN dat...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2021/10/27

Toyota: Strengthening development for AD and connected, and collaborating on CASE for CVs Unveiled advanced e-Palette, started construction of Woven City, and established Woven Planet Summary Announced an operations management system to support the providing of services that will enable practical use of the e-Palette Started construction of the Woven City Established Woven Planet Holdings Group, strengthening software development structure Expan...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2021/05/26

The Nature and Strategy of MaaS Platforms From a product-centric business model to an online services business model Summary The Nature of MaaS platforms The possibility that MaaS may constrain growth in car sales Cab x MaaS: Predicting demand from user actions Healthcare x MaaS: Connected medicine through IoT adoption leads to MaaS Changes in business and industry structure: From a product-centric business model to an online services business mo...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2021/02/24

China Market: Changan Group healthy, but a few midsized automakers insolvent Market recovers in October 2020 with production up 11.0% and sales up 12.5% Summary Trends of major Chinese manufacturers from July to the end of October Trends among major foreign-equity automakers from July to the end of October Major automakers' production and sales volumes in China from January to October 2020 (ex-factory)   According to a November 11, 2020 a...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2020/12/18

The Role of Big Tech in AV Development What Amazon, Apple, Google, and the Like are Doing to Advance the Industry Summary Introduction Amazon Apple Google Facebook Microsoft Conclusion About This Report   This report was written by VSI Labs (VSI) for MarkLines' portal users. VSI is a technology research company that provides industry with deep insight and analysis on the enabling technologies used for active safety and automated driving. Conten...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2020/12/15

Tokyo Motor Show 2019: Toyota Exhibits an Array of EVs, FCVs, and Mobility Solutions Ultra-compact EVs, next-gen Mirai, LQ, e-Palette, Gran Ace, new Yaris, Lexus LF-30, etc. Summary Toyota: Hosting a “mobility theme park” at its main booth Autono-MaaS-specific EV “e-Palette (Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games Spec)” Introduction of Ultra-Compact BEVs and Walking Area EVs Announcement of the LQ, which realizes the emotional bond bet...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2019/11/14

NVIDIA's GPU: Toyota widely adopting for the development of autonomous vehicles Monozukuri: Musashi Seimitsu Industry commercializes AI systems for automated visual inspection Summary Configuration and role of NVIDIA DRIVE Constellation Toyota: Widely adopting NVIDIA's GPU for the development to commercialization of autonomous vehicles Musashi Seimitsu Industry: Aiming to automate visual inspection and logistics using AI Established Musashi AI Lt...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2019/05/08

Auto Shanghai 2019：Eco-friendly cars from Japanese and Korean automakers Toyota's first EV, Honda's second China EV, Hyundai's EVs and PHVs, and Infiniti EV Sports Sedan Summary Toyota： Launching EVs in 2020, emphasizing its transformation to a mobility company Honda：Unveiled its second China-exclusive EV model Nissan：Unveiled the new Sylphy, and held the world premiere of the Qs Inspiration Mitsubishi ：Launching 3 NEV models within 5 y...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2019/05/08

Toyota’s CASE Strategy: Seminars from Automotive World and CES 2019 Guardian system acting as a redundant check for level 4-5 autonomous driving Summary A once-in-a-century evolution for the automotive industry: An era where car sharing becomes popular Toyota to deliver just-in-time mobility services Initiatives for autonomous driving The importance of the Guardian system (from CES 2019) TRI: Unveiled the new TRI-P4 autonomous driving test veh...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2019/02/20

CES 2019: State of the Autonomous Vehicle Industry Back to Safety and Consumer Acceptance Summary Introduction Key Theme of the AV Industry - Safety and Consumer Acceptance Major OEMs' AV Development and Deployment Strategy Chipset Makers’ AV Development and Deployment Strategy Tier One Suppliers’ AV Development and Deployment Strategy AV and MaaS Development and Deployment by Other Companies Conclusion About This Report   This report was ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2019/01/29

Toyota: Accelerating Transition to Becoming a Mobility Company Leading the Mobility AI revolution by forming a joint venture with SoftBank Summary Toyota: Laying the groundwork for a shift to mobility Forms joint investment company with SoftBank to lead the mobility AI revolution The events leading to this collaboration, based on the two presidents’ speeches Joint-development of an autonomously driving rideshare-exclusive vehicle with Uber Refo...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2018/12/12

NVIDIA’s DRIVE AGX AI platform for autonomous driving Adopted by 450 companies including Toyota, Isuzu, Subaru, Audi, Daimler/Bosch Summary Announcement of the NVIDIA DRIVE AGX for autonomous driving systems NVIDIA DRIVE’s composition NVIDIA DRIVE Constellation and DRIVE Sim conducts simulations Ensuring the safety of autonomous driving vehicles through redundancy and diversity (CEO Jensen Huang) Toyota, Audi, and Daimler adopt NVIDIA DRIVE ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2018/10/24

Toyota's Mobility Strategy: Introducing DCM as standard equipment Initiatives to include collaborating on ride and car sharing, taxis Summary The first generation of connected cars: New Crown and New Corolla Sport released Toyota to support the mobility of athletes at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games with the Concept-i and e-Palette Toyota's Connected strategy Cooperation with ride-share operators Collaboration with car sharing and rental car operato...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2018/08/24

OEM Electrification Strategies: Strengthening HVs and diversifying into EVs, PHVs, and FCVs Toyota, Honda, Hyundai-Kia, GM, and Ford trends Summary OEM plans to strengthen HV and diversify electric models such as EVs, PHVs, and FCVs Toyota: Aims for 5.5 million electrified vehicles and 1 million EV and FCV in 2030 Honda: Clarity series introduced, with plans to electrify two-thirds of Honda vehicles sold globally in 2030 Hyundai-Kia: Expanded lin...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2018/05/01

Toyota's Electrified Vehicle Strategy: Sales of 5.5 million units and 1 million ZEV vehicles by 2030 Investment of 1.5 trillion yen by 2030 in battery R&D and manufacture Summary Toyota plans to sell 5.5 million electrified vehicles Providing EV for various segments and applications Investing JPY 1.5 trillion until 2030 for the R&D and manufacture of batteries Toyota's vision of an EV society Using EVs to transform society Innovation of the EV bu...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2018/04/02

The Mobility Services Business in Japan and Automated Driving Technology Relief for people without access to transportation and advances in commercial mobility services Summary Mobility services business progress in the public and private sectors National and local government initiatives: Creating mobility service businesses to give relief to people without access to transportation Activities of mobility service companies: Responding to changes i...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2018/03/15

Toyota Automated Driving: The Guardian and Chauffeur approaches Mobility "e-Palette" and automated driving research vehicle Platform 3.0 announced at CES 2018 Summary Toyota Automated Driving: The Guardian and Chauffeur approaches EV "e-Palette Concept" for mobility services announced at CES 2018 Next-generation automated driving research vehicle Platform 3.0 introduced at CES 2018 Toyota's approach to automated driving development (from the Auto...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2018/03/09