odel, the controlling company can clearly define the role and responsibilities of its partners to create a curated experience. The second model is an aggregator model, used by Uber, essentially where the partnerships are the product. Uber has made numerous investments with OEMs, software providers, fleet operators and other companies to deploy robotaxis. In the aggregator model, the controlling company faces a much larger challenge in managing it...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2026/05/14

grew 2.1 times to 109,000 units.   By powertrain, the sales proportions of ICE (46.9%) and HEV models (46.7%) are at the same level, while BEV sales (6.4%) are still low but, on the rise.   At the Auto Guangzhou 2025, GAC Toyota announced targets for the proportion of NEVs (PHEV/BEV/FCEV) in its fleet: 20% by 2026 and 40% by 2027. Sales volume trend of Toyota in China(Source: MarkLines China retail registrations)   Toyota's best-se...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2026/05/12

cusing on mapping existing connected-vehicle use cases to satellite networks rather than defining new services. These use cases are clustered by bandwidth: Narrowband NTN (NB-NTN): Emergency calls, emergency messaging, and teleservices. Wideband NTN (5G NR-NTN): Digital twin functions, navigation, fleet monitoring, diagnostics, and tele-operated assistance. Broadband NTN: High-data-rate services such as video streaming and conferencing.   BMW...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2026/04/13

, such as Southeast Asia and South America, automakers are actively introducing P/U-EVs. While passenger-oriented P/U-EVs can be made practical by offering charging infrastructure and driving range comparable to passenger cars and SUVs, it will be interesting to see how well P/U-EVs are received in fleet sales for mining operations in Southeast Asia and South America, where there is demand. Electric P/U Total sales volume and launch timing...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2026/04/13

cloud-native DevOps (development and operations integration) platform. It includes development tools, CI/CD pipelines, simulation functions, and data management functions to streamline the development of autonomous driving software based on Pilot.Auto. It also provides operational functions such as fleet management system (FMS), over-the-air (OTA) updates, and remote control and monitoring. Edge.Auto: A reference platform for autonomous driving s...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2026/03/30

can be remotely controlled using a smartphone app. It is also possible to check driving and charging histories. Smartphone apps   The interior design of AFEELA 1 is extremely innovative among current Japanese cars. However, compared to the recent rapid advances being made in China's EV fleet, it does not feel particularly new, apart from the yoke-type steering. Rather, it is noticeable that they have taken a more conservative approac...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2026/03/12

de tire health information. Sonatus informational panel on Moter demonstration Sonatus demonstration of Michelin tire health models  Sonatus and Nissan also showed how the Collector AI and AI Technician solutions could assist vehicle pre-SOP testing. Traditionally, testing involves a fleet of test vehicles booked across engineering groups such that each team has a set time to collect data. Sonatus' Collector AI solution improves ef...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2026/02/20

h, but a significant increase of 58.3% compared to the same month last year. For the full year, sales increased 48.3% y/y (847,000 units), recovering from the previous year's decline caused by the termination of subsidies. The top sellers are high-priced models such as the ID.7, driven by increased fleet sales, with increased purchases by general consumers expected to be limited. On January 19th, the German Federal Ministry for the Environment an...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2026/01/26

ers will remain indispensable for first- and last-mile operations, with autonomous driving positioned as a complementary technology focused on hub-to-hub transportation. Daimler Truck North America is delivering its new Fifth-Gen Freightliner Cascadia to Torc Robotics’ autonomous testing fleet. The autonomous-ready trucks include redundant braking and steering and are built for series production. Source © Daimler Truck AG   With ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2026/01/22

f the global fuel cell vehicle market has been steadily increasing, with sales in the first half (H1) of 2025 accounting for approximately 55.3% of total global sales.   Looking at the market structure, China's fuel cell vehicle market is dominated by trucks. As of Q2 2025, China's fuel cell truck fleet reached 22,000 units, accounting for 72% of the total fuel cell vehicle fleet (25% for buses and 3% for passenger cars). The sales ratio of fuel...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2026/01/21

not believe that all drivers throughout Europe will be able to switch to a BEV by 2035, simply because the charging infrastructure will still be underdeveloped in some regions. At the same time, he also considers it unrealistic that sufficient quantities of e-fuels will be available for the new car fleet by then. Initially meeting just of 1 % of demand, as is predicted by FEV, they will remain a niche solution at first. He also considers fuels wi...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2026/01/19

in 16 months in December, with sales down just over 2% YoY to 103k units. The selling rate still rose by over 1% to 1.31 mn units/year, a strong performance. Full-year 2025 PV sales reached 1.15 mn units, up about 13% against 2024. Growth was driven by various factors including stronger private and fleet demand, MOVES-backed EV registrations, one-off replacement demand after the DANA storm in Valencia, regional scrappage/renewal schemes, and comp...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2026/01/08

et comparable to the refueling rate of gasoline-powered vehicles.   In terms of charging infrastructure, the number of public charging stands in China has increased from 1.149 million in 2021 to 4.316 million in 2025 (through August). However, due to the rapid increase in the number of NEVs in the fleet, the number of vehicles per charging stand now exceeds 6.8 since 2021, making significant additional improvements difficult in the short term. ...

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

in China, following transport vehicles and private passenger cars to promote advanced transformation in the convergence of transportation and energy.   For example, the current annual electricity consumption of passenger cars is approximately 100 billion kWh. By 2030, the electric heavy-duty truck fleet is expected to reach 2 million units. The electricity demand per electric heavy-duty truck is equivalent to that of 200 passenger cars. If the b...

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

rable policies for the adoption of electric mobility in India Higher fuel prices encourage the shift toward electric mobility. Improvement in charging infrastructure, especially in Tier-1 and Tier-2 cities  Growing concern about sustainability and clean mobility Adoption of EVs by ride-sharing and fleet operators Entry of new OEMs and high-end electric car launch by luxury vehicles OEMs Challenges of electric car adoption in India Charging inf...

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

the regulation, after a driving period of 4.5 h behind the wheel, drivers must take an uninterrupted break of not less than 45 min. In the future, the aim is to use this rest period for the purpose of fast charging long-haul trucks. According to the “E-Bus Radar 2025” report [2], out of a total fleet of around 35,000 urban buses in Germany, approximately 3000 are battery-electric. For this application case for electrification, the obligatory ...

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

ed the Embodied AI Lab. Geely announced its AI Smart Cockpit OS. Chery established a new company for AI and automotive components research and development. SAIC is promoting the practical application of semi-solid-state batteries and robotaxi technology, while GAC is promoting the construction of a fleet of robotaxis and operation and maintenance facilities. Among the emerging companies, XPeng and Li Auto have strengthened their AI research and d...

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

d created a new integrated group "Forvia". The integration of the two companies' electronics businesses through this acquisition is expected to strengthen the Cockpit of the Future strategy. For example, FCE is considering partnering with Hella to launch a new platform to provide commercial vehicle fleet management and safe driving services. JVCKenwood Corporation (JVCKenwood) In 2008, the acoustic equipment competitors JVC and Kenwood merged, ...

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

f the year on a seasonally adjusted basis. South America Brazilian Light Vehicle sales totaled 231k units in September, up by 4.0% YoY. The selling rate accelerated to 2.60 mn units/year in September, from 2.44 mn units/year in August. This was the strongest selling rate of the year to date, with fleet sales appearing to play a major part in supporting total volumes. While there is some evidence that reductions to the IPI tax on certain domesti...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/10/21

3th consecutive month in September. Sales totalled 85k units as registrations were up 16% YoY. PV sales in Spain showed strong performance, surpassing pre-pandemic levels for the first time since the pandemic, driven by significant promotional efforts from brands and dealerships, as well as ongoing fleet renewal plans supported by the MOVES initiatives. The UK PV market sold 313k units, a 14% YoY increase and the best September since 2020, with Y...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/10/08