JSAE 2025 in Yokohama: Metal Processing Technology Giga-cast in Japan, integrally formed high-tensile frames, uncoated steel sheets, adhesives and more Summary Weight reduction with aluminum using Gigacast, etc. Integrally formed high-tensile frame (automotive parts supplier) Integrally formed high-tensile frames (proposed by steelmakers and equipment manufacturers) Environmental friendliness of body and chassis: Paintless steel sheet, hard coat ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/03

oved under the “Champion OEM Incentive Scheme”   PLI for Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC)   In May 2021, the Indian government approved the technology-agnostic PLI Scheme on 'National Programme on Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC) Battery Storage' for achieving a manufacturing capacity of Fifty (50) Giga Watt hours (GWh) of ACC with an outlay of INR 181 billion. The first round of the ACC PLI bidding was concluded in March 2022, and three companie...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/07/31

Gigacastings to Modular Structures Huge die casting machines and the unboxed manufacturing process Summary List of Gigacast adoption plans by automaker Gigacastings to Modular Structures Tesla Geely (including Zeekr, Geely-Baidu and Volvo) NIO (NIO, Inc.) XPeng (Xiaopeng Motors) Xiaomi Huawei-AITO Toyota (Supplement) What is clamping force?   Tesla has announced that it can significantly reduce assembly costs by modularizing the car body based o...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/06/27

a 48-V low-voltage system instead of a 12-V system, improving electrical efficiency, cost, and weight. Learning Lab session “Insights on the Tesla Cybertruck”. Speaker: Sandy Munro, Munro & Associates Inc.; Munro-branded Tesla Cybertruck   Sandy Munro also showcased the Cybertruck's giga castings. The castings were developed with a new computer-aided design system to use less material. The process to form the castings takes less t...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/05/21

focus on solid-state technology, next-gen electrolytes, bipolar electrodes, dry coating, and direct recycling processes. It has secured Tata Motors and Jaguar Land Rover as its first customer.   Investment for battery in the UK and India   In July 2023, Tata Group announced a global battery cell gigafactory in the UK with a capacity to produce 40 GWh of cells annually. This GBP 4 billion gigafactory will start operations in 2026, having JLR an...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/12/28

rts Analysis report: Lithium-Ion Battery   Lexus: Next-generation battery - performance version (prismatic) Lexus technology exhibit   There was no technology exhibit in the Toyota booth, but the Lexus booth at the Japan Mobility Show had a next-generation battery performance version and gigacast body technology display area behind the BEV (battery electric vehicle) concept car exhibit.   The battery technology exhibit consisted of a ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/11/30

work variations Bodywork by multiple companies eCanter Garbage truck No.6 Reference display of bodywork manufacturer products Under field testing eCanter Aluminum van Other section Battery exchange demo with module jointly developed by Ample Inc. FCEV Isuzu Heavy-duty truck Scheduled for 2027 Giga Fuel Cell Aluminum van No.1 Prototype to be tested on public roads by the end of FY2023 Hino Heavy-duty truck Under field testing Profia Z FCV ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/11/29

Toyota's Electrification Strategy: Cutting Next-Generation BEV Production Processes in Half BEV with 1,000km range to be launched in 2026, expanding battery options Summary Toyota's electrification strategy: 30 BEV models to be rolled out by 2030, aiming for sales of 3.5 million units Next-generation BEV production technology: All solid-state batteries, giga cast, self-driving assembly line BEV initiatives in each region: Expanding the bZ series ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/07/14

ed a 50:50 global joint venture, which will be operational under the brand name, with Symbio, a Faurecia and Michelin hydrogen company, in June 2022, and plans to produce fuel cell bipolar plates (separators) in 2024.   In addition, Schaeffler is the consortium leader of the German government's "H2Giga" hydrogen flagship project, a subproject to develop a PEM-low temperature electrolysis stack to produce hydrogen by water electrolysis using gree...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/07/13

.   Similar attempts are being made by other companies, and it is expected that various proposals will be made for EV cooling systems, including batteries, in the next five years.   Tesla is taking on the challenge of integrating and increasing the size of body parts by casting aluminum, known as giga-pressing (giga-casting), and has reduced the number of welding points from 171 parts in the Model 3 to 2 parts in the Model Y, reflecting a reduc...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/06/22

td. (Seino Transportation), and Yamato Transport Co., Ltd. (Yamato Transport). In addition, in March 2022, at the 18th FC EXPO Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Exhibition, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda) and Isuzu Motors Ltd. (Isuzu) presented a driving demonstration video of a 25-ton truck based on the Isuzu “Giga”, which was jointly developed by the two companies. Various companies are actively developing fuel cell commercial vehicles with the aim of ful...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/01/16

to bring in Japan-made Ativa Hybrid to study market sentiment, available via subscription only (Aug 8, 2022)https://www.marklines.com/en/news/273806 EVE Energy sets up subsidiary in Malaysia (July 26, 2022)https://www.marklines.com/en/news/272853 Isuzu Malaysia officially introduces next generation GIGA truck range, first in Southeast Asia (July 25, 2022)https://www.marklines.com/en/news/273005 Malaysia’s first comprehensive EV showcase to run ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2022/11/10

Differences of Tesla Model Y made in U.S. and China (2) Megacasts Chinese-made Model Y teardown analysis by Kobelco Research Institute Summary Scale expansion of megacasting the rear skeleton of the vehicle Ultra-large scale high pressure die-casting equipment Giga Press Car interior (between A and C pillars) Front section (to bulkhead) Front suspension Rear suspension Disassembly work at the Kobelco Research Institute Almost all components...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2022/07/04

can be recycled.   As technology evolves, new materials might be used in 10 years. Northvolt says that it is preparing for this, but for the time being NMC cathodes will be state-of-the-art, making the recycling of lithium very important.   To secure this, Northvolt has started building its first giga-scale recycling plant, the Revolt Ett, in Skelleftea, Sweden. Operation is expected to begin in 2023. The incoming material for recycling will co...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2022/01/27

s have been sold in Portugal. In Spain, several buses are being tested by bus companies. Toyota fuel cell light-duty truck 3 ton load capacity. Field testing is scheduled to start this year in cooperation with three convenience store companies and Hino. Groups that use the Honda FC system Isuzu Giga Fuel Cell According to the announcement made in February 2021, monitored driving will begin in FY2022. Daimler Group GenH2 (Fig. 6) Customer tr...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2021/08/24

w players, like for example Northvolt and Italvolt. Summing up all the announced capacities, a European production capacity for cells of about 650 GWh per year in 2030 will be reached. In 2030 the number of 40GWh can be recognized as standard and as minimum capacity for each supplier or each single gigafactory.   Where to play? Planned (giga-)factory locations(The Battery Show & EV Tech Digital Days, organized by Informa Markets - Engineer...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2021/07/16

e body side panels, which are integrally pressed and molded from tailor welded blanks, but the most striking feature is the structure of the rear section, which consists of two large aluminum rear castings called a “mega castings”. The castings can now be manufactured using the newly introduced Giga Press high-pressure die casting equipment (manufactured by IDRA Group, Ltd., Italy).   This report describes the characteristic parts of the bod...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2021/06/03

e second site is "Northvolt Labs" with 20,000 sqm, also at Vaesteras. It is in the last stages of commissioning and already started battery production. With an own manufacturing line products are qualified and industrialized under fully process-representative conditions, which are replicated at the giga factories and their volume production. Also aspects of the vertical integration are looked at here, e.g. in-house production of cathode materials...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2020/12/23

ious financial return potential.   Quoted from VSI-Labs Tech Brief "2020 Tesla Round-up:Recap of VSI Tesla Research and Latest Development in Tesla"     In April 2019 Elon Musk said that battery production had become a constraint on the output of Tesla’s Model 3 sedans. That said, their Nevada Gigafactory manufactured battery packs to power more than 365,000 new Tesla vehicles last year, most of them for Model 3. During Tesla’s 4Q 2019 ear...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2020/11/13

er Cross (2019-) Mitsubishi Fuso PT. Krama Yudha Ratu Motors (KRM) Jakarta 160,000 71,158 Fuso Colt Diesel (Canter), Fighter PT. Trijaya Union Tangerang 840 1,576 Fuso bus chassis Isuzu P.T. Isuzu Astra Motor Indonesia (IAMI) Karawang 52,000 24,446 Panther, Elf (N-Series), Forward (F-Series), Giga, Traga (D-MAX based) Wuling PT. SGMW Motor Indonesia Cikarang 120,000 24,980 Wuling Confero S, Cortez, Formo,Almaz/Chevrolet Captiva (2019-) ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2020/08/25