cket is installed in the motor housing for combined internal oil cooling, and an oil cooler is installed for the inverter, which circulates oil cooled by the coolant within the unit.   The next-generation E-Axle (magnet-free) is being developed by Nidec using the Green Innovation Fund of NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization). It is called "magnet-free” because it uses an induction motor (IM) instead of the interi...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/08/29

China Auto Forum 2025: Methanol-powered Commercial Vehicles From presentations by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and Geely Farizon Summary MIIT: China's energy structure and current status of methanol applications Farizon Auto: Practical exploration and planning in the process of building a methanol-hydrogen-electric ecosystem   To alleviate the pressures of China's energy structure, which is characterized by a high proporti...

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artered in Kyoto, Japan, and the world's leading electric motor manufacturer, announced an additional INR 1.5 billion investment and a 20-acre expansion within the Hubli-Dharwad industrial area. Nidec had previously invested INR 4.5 billion in Karnataka. The entire project, part of Nidec's Motion & Energy segment, will cover a total of 50 acres.   It will generate 800 jobs. The state-of-the-art facility will comprise six factories that manufactu...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/08/27

2025 China Auto Forum: Drive Batteries CATL, Farasis Energy, and Dongfeng Motor Summary CATL: Building 10,000 battery swap stations by 2030 Farasis Energy: Plans to complete construction of an all-solid-state battery pilot line by the end of 2025 Dongfeng Motor Corp.: Promoting modularization of drive batteries and main product strategy   The 2025 China Auto Forum was held in July in Jiading District, Shanghai. Hosted by the China Association of...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/08/22

. Batteries, high voltage units   Only a mock-up of the battery cell and electrode components were exhibited.   The Tesla Cybertruck uses large 4680-type cylindrical cells, but by making the cells larger, elements other than the active material can be reduced, increasing capacity and increasing energy density.   Although the actual battery pack was not on display, there was a display panel showing the appearance of the battery pack, which fu...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/08/19

nted at the rear of the vehicle, which can store 1kg of hydrogen. By improving the structure and production process of the pressure-resistant layer, the thickest of the three layers, has been minimized to increase the internal volume while maintaining pressure resistance, thereby improving hydrogen storage efficiency (the ratio of hydrogen storage volume to tank weight (20kg)) by approximately 10%. In addition, production of large tanks with a st...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/08/14

new industrial competition. Restructuring strategies: Technological equality and ecosystem symbiosis 1. SAIC will build a technological foundation and manage core technologies in-house. Over the past decade, SAIC has invested a total of CNY 150 billion to build systems for BEVs, HEVs, and hydrogen energy technologies. Platform Technology The table can be scrolled left and right. EV Modular Scalable Platform"Nebula" The Nebula dedicated elec...

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t electric SUV (Source: Renault Group)   The Renault S.A. (Renault Group) aims to be a next-generation automotive company focused on five business areas, promoting EVs and software (Ampere), internal combustion engines (ICE) and hybrids (HORSE Powertrain), High-end vehicles (Alpine), financing, energy, and mobility (Mobilize), and the circular economy (The Future is NEUTRAL).   On December 9, 2024, the Renault Group announced how far the Gro...

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

green steel. Through this partnership, Adient aims to promote the reduction of CO2 emissions in the seat system manufacturing process. H2 Green Steel will supply green steel for Adient's metal products beginning in 2026. The green steel production process uses green hydrogen instead of coal as the energy source for material processing, which generates mainly only waste heat and water. In March 2021, the company announced the signing of a contrac...

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

Manufacturers (CAAM) announced on July 10, 2025, that vehicle sales volumes in China rose 11.4% year-over-year (y/y) to 15.653 million units. Of this total, passenger car sales grew 13.0% y/y to 13.531 million units, while commercial vehicles increased 2.6% y/y to 2.122 million units. Sales of New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) grew 40.3% y/y to 6.937 million units, accounting for 44.3% of all new vehicles.   This report presents significant trends and...

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e cycle of a vehicle from raw material extraction to production and disposal must be taken into account.   "The goal would be better described as ‘defossilization' rather than ‘decarbonization'. To achieve this goal, we need a concerted effort and the full physical diversity of climate-neutral energy sources, including the corresponding drive technologies," he said.   He also emphasized the importance of a reliable legal framework not only ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/07/17

g international markets with Stellantis Li Auto: First BEV model equipped with the VLA(Vision-Language-Action model) autonomous driving architecture XPeng: Developing E/E architecture with Volkswagen, installing in-house developed semiconductors   According to MarkLines data, China NEV (New Energy Vehicles: BEVs, PHEVs, and FCEVs) sales in 2024 reached 12.866million units. Of these, the emerging automakers Li Auto, Leapmotor, and XPeng ha...

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th a body made from recycled waste materials and is equipped with a fuel cell (FC) stack that uses a carbon resin separator that Toyota Auto Body is currently developing.   At the rear of the vehicle is a cutaway model of a fuel cell stack, and in this concept, hydrogen is supplied from a hydrogen storage alloy rather than a high-pressure hydrogen tank. The electric powertrain was not presented. GX CONCEPT GX CONCEPT (rear)GX CONCEPT disp...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/07/11

ut the entire cycle of a vehicle from raw material extraction and production to disposal.   “The goal should be more accurately referred to as ‘defossilisation’ instead of ‘decarbonisation’. To achieve this goal, we need a concerted effort and the full physical variety of climate-neutral energy sources, including the appropriate drive technologies.”, he said.   This is part two of the event report, which covers an outline of the ple...

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

JSAE 2025 in Yokohama: Battery Technologies Battery life extension, safety components, etc. Summary Battery storage systems for electrified vehicles (Nissan, Mitsubishi, Honda, Suzuki, Hino, Isuzu) Battery cells and modules (ElringKlinger, Yazaki, Toshiba, JTEKT, Kobelco Research) Battery packs (Mitsubishi Chemical, Kautex, Martinrea, Nippon Steel, TDS) Battery cooling system (Futaba Industrial, Valeo) Measures to prevent battery fires (Henkel, O...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/27

uits for BEVs, enabling centralized control of the electric powertrain and battery temperature control as well as cabin air conditioning.   Toshiba Group: Power modules, bare dies, semiconductors for 48V-12V bidirectional DC-DC converters   At the Toshiba Group booth, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation exhibited "power semiconductors for xEV traction inverters," including power modules for use in inverters and semiconductors for 4...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/26

alloying materials required in the past has been reduced, leading to a decrease in CO2 emissions and manufacturing costs.   Horizontal recycling technology for Nylon 6   Processing of waste nylon resin for recycling is considered difficult, and up until now, recovery has been limited to the heat energy recovered during incineration. Honda is working with Toray Industries, Inc. (Toray) to develop horizontal recycling technology for Nylon 6 resi...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/25

rtners' A-class vehicles have already surpassed the "1kWh range of 12km" milestone.  Huawei DriveONE has made three major advances in "1kWh driving range." Phase 1 (2018-2022): Increased range through all-in-one powertrain and high-voltage SiC technology. Phase 2 (2022-2025): By systematizing the energy efficiency of vehicles, a 10km cruising range per kWh was achieved for A-class vehicles. In the third phase (from 2025 onwards): All models wil...

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

of Ultramid® - Cylindrical cell holders made of Ultramid® Expand - Top covers made of Ultramid® composite - Elastoflex® insulation pads - Elastan® filling material (side beam cavities) - HED™ cathode material, etc.   This is a next-generation battery that significantly improves safety, energy density, and charging efficiency. By using a solid electrolyte, "solid-state batteries" significantly reduce the risk of leakage and fire that ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/19

ature. Exhaust pipe: The exhaust pipe connects the exhaust manifold and the muffler. Aluminum-plated steel tubing was often used in the past, but the use of stainless steel tubing is increasing to reduce weight and improve corrosion resistance. Muffler: The muffler is a device that attenuates sound energy in the exhaust passage through acoustic effects such as resonance and dampening, and it reduces exhaust noise by using sound-absorbing material...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/19