units, accounting for 71.9% of total demand.   India's motorcycle production grew 11.3% y/y to 23.88 million units, while sales volumes rose 9.1% to 19.6 million units, marking the third consecutive year of growth. Sales of electric motorcycles totaled 1.211 million units, up 17.3% y/y. Suzuki and Honda are building new motorcycle production lines and plants in India. Honda has opened a research and development center in Bengaluru as electrifica...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/12/25

displays are also becoming more common. The visorless meters are not significant in terms of functionality, but they are a design symbol of the digitized cockpit and are significant in terms of design. The cockpits of the following representative vehicles were analyzed from an HMI perspective. (1) Honda Prelude This is the first two-door coupe to appear in the Japanese market in a long time, but the display configuration follows the configuratio...

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

nd the proportion of integrated products is expected to reach around 50%. The efficiency of electric drive systems using wide bandgap SiC devices is increasing significantly, with penetration rates expected to exceed 30% by 2025. In terms of industrial regional distribution in China, production capacity remains concentrated in the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta, accounting for more than 70% of China's total. West central cities suc...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/12/11

f EVs (nanoFlowcell) 100 Possible to use small motor and battery. Cost effective in practical terms. Modal fuel economy is slightly inferior to 250V or more 250 – 450 Can be applied with on-board battery voltage as it is No boost circuit required 650 High voltage motor adopted by Toyota and Honda High power density and efficiency due to high voltage ≥800 Requires technology to automatically assemble interphase insulating paper (see Hi...

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

metal belt type) in a Japanese car It was the world's first electronically controlled electromagnetic clutch continuously variable transmission (CVT). Metal belts were purchased from the former Van Doorne (now Bosch Group) in the Netherlands. 1987 SUBARU Rex Minicar First CVT for minicar 1995 Honda Civic 1.6L engine Honda's first CVT 1997 Nissan Primera 2L engine Nissan's first CVT, JATCO [F06A] With torque converter 2002 Nissan Muran...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/12/08

800kW, a maximum current of 800A, and millisecond-level overcurrent protection, making it safe and highly efficient. In addition, the lightweight charging cable design allows one-handed operation. According to the data, XPeng's high-voltage compatible models have a significantly higher charging capacity ratio at ultra-fast charging stations than regular models, and user satisfaction is also higher.   In the usage scenario at charging stations, t...

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

approved for exemption from EPA federal regulations) CAFE Corporate Average Fuel Economy (established by EPA) CBG Compressed bio gas CFP Carbon footprint of product CNG Compressed natural gas CO2 Used to refer to all greenhouse gases GHG Greenhouse gas GWh Annual production capacity of cell plants, gigawatt-hours; “/year” omitted IRA Inflation Reduction Act (USA) LLC Limited Liability Company NACS North American ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/12/01

a, as well as in the United States, Italy, Brazil, Sweden, India, Russia, and other countries. The Group's core businesses cover areas such as steering system components, automotive electronic systems, automotive lightweight products, NEVs, and intelligent driving. The Group's annual production capacity for steering system components exceeds 7.5 million units, its annual sales exceed CNY 5 billion, and its share ranks among the top in China's aut...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/11/18

’s performance in 2024 and the trend continued in 2025, especially with the policy support of “NEVs going to the countryside”. More personalized and newer designs of Mini Cars have attracted many young consumers, with the implementation of NEVs within the policy to stimulate sales in non-tier city areas continuing in 2025. How this segment will perform is still questionable—although the price war is gradually weakening, regional policies ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/11/14

more than 5,000 mu (about 333 hectares) of land in Zhengzhou for about CNY 1.1 billion. The site will be used as a production base for finished vehicles and will be expanded from Phase 5 to Phase 8 in the future. The total area after completion will be over 3,200 hectares, and annual production capacity is expected to exceed 2 million units. Zhejiang Geely Holding Group    In the first half of the year, Geely’s operating revenues reached CNY ...

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

iver from the vehicle has increased dramatically. One of the elements for constructing such a system is the improvement of information processing speed.   In the Internet world, cloud-based back-end processing systems have been used to compensate for the limitations of terminal-side processing capacity. The Internet connection speed is becoming a bottleneck for processing capacity, and this is changing to edge computing, a system that improves t...

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

rs List of Suppliers Introduction I. Overall trend of drive motors II. Drive motor technology trends III. Matrix of major motor suppliers and their OEM customers IV. Sales and strategies of major drive motor suppliers V. Drive motor suppliers by vehicle model Toyota in-house BluE Nexus Denso Aisin Honda in-house Astemo Nissan in-house JATCO Meidensha Toshiba Mitsubishi Electric (Mitsubishi Electric Mobility) Nidec Yaskawa Electric Sawafuji Elect...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/11/04

in 1967, the American company Eaton came up with the idea of using the airbag as a passenger protection device for automobiles. In 1973, U.S.-based General Motors Corporation (now General Motors Company) first adopted airbags as an option. In Japan, they were first used in the driver's seat of the Honda Legend in 1985, and later, their use spread to the front passenger seat as well as the driver's seat. In the 1990’s, there were a number of in...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/10/27

25 that it will dissolve and liquidate Fuzhou Koito Tayih Automotive Lamp Co., Ltd. The liquidation is scheduled to be completed in the first quarter of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2027. Now, the company will review its three-base organization in China, aiming to optimize excess production capacity and concentrate and streamline management resources. 1996: Fuzhou Koito Tayih Automotive Lamp Co., Ltd. (Fuzhou Koito) was established in Fuzho...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/10/20

trified vehicles (xEVs) is bringing about two changes to air conditioning systems. The first is the increased adoption of electric compressors. The compressor in ICE vehicles is powered by engine rotational power via belts and pulleys, while in BEVs and PHEVs the compressor is now powered by electricity. For HEVs, the engine is stopped when the vehicle is driven by the electric motor, so electricity is still required as a power source for the com...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/10/07

.   In FY2024, in addition to Toyota Boshoku's continued efforts in India and Indonesia, there were efforts by Tachi-S and TS Tech to strengthen competitiveness. (Details below) Amidst the activities, including overseas expansion, of Japanese seat suppliers, Namba Press Works Co., Ltd. (Kurashiki city, Okayama Prefecture) withdrew from the seat business at the end of 2017. As Mitsubishi Motors, one of its major customers, had been shifting its ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/09/27

The vehicle that was unveiled for the first time at this show was the Rocky e-smart Hybrid, with three units on display. Only 580 units were sold during the GIIAS. The breakdown is 147 Rocky e-smart Hybrid, 134 Gran Max, and 123 Sigra models. Rocky e-smart Hybrid e- Hijet Concept Gran Max City Pop Honda    At the product launch presentation, Honda declared that it has introduced four e:HEV models (HR-V, CR-V, Civic, and Accord) to...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/09/19

ent Mitsubishi Outlander (launched in October 2012), Delica 6375 June 4, 2013; August 8, 2013 9,443 Manufacturing Defective electronic parts on the ECU board, malfunction of the power supply voltage monitoring circuit.Products manufactured between December 2012 and February 2013 ECU replacement Honda Fit (launched September 2013) 3798 April 4, 2016 118,715 Development(Electronics) Improper ECU programming, low battery voltage causes power ste...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/09/18

D module individually controls 19,200 pixels. Based on the EVIYOS 2.0 light source from ams-OSRAM AG, this is Marelli's second generation high-resolution projection system, following the h-Digi launched in 2018. The product enables light distribution control suitable for various driving conditions (city streets, country roads, highways, and in bad weather) and light distribution can be controlled 10 times more accurately than conventional LED gla...

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

Honda's Electrification Strategy Restructuring of xEV production system and strengthening HEVs Summary 2025 Business Briefing: Realignment of Honda's electrification strategy EVs for the North American market: Cooperation with GM to launch the "Prologue" and "Acura ZDX" NEVs for the Chinese market: Joint development of advanced driver assistance technology with Momenta EVs for the Japanese market: Launch of two N-series light passenger EV models ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/09/03