Park in Guangzhou, China. The groundbreaking ceremony was held on September 6. In preparation for future increases in production capacity, a new plant with a site area of approximately 82,000 square meters will be built. The company aims to improve its competitiveness by improving the efficiency of logistics for auto parts in the Guangzhou area. Construction is scheduled to be completed in September 2024, and production of seats and door trims wi...

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

nderneath, and the cover is screwed rather than glued, allowing targeted repairs without dismantling the entire unit.   This battery is built on a modular, scalable architecture first introduced with the CLA. It supports flexible deployment across various vehicle types, streamlines development and logistics, and enables shared production lines for future models—making it both cost-effective and fleet-friendly. Battery with highly inte...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/09/22

., and has also begun production of the Omoda brand at the same plant, thereby improving the speed of its response to the market as well as the strength of its brand.   To cope with the increased after-sales service load that comes with increased sales, BYD and Chery have already established parts logistics centers in Spain and are working to strengthen their support organizations. Sales volume of Chinese OEMs in Spain (Units: thousan...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/09/16

ng equipment except as noted below. Austria: In March 2022, Hella announced an investment to expand the storage capacity of the Großpetersdorf plant to meet the growing demand for headlamp covers. The new building will be a three-story tool / jig warehouse of approximately 450 square meters and a logistics warehouse of 600 square meters. This is to accommodate the increase in dies, jigs and tools due to the addition of injection molding machine...

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

f Global Supply Chain Integration and International Cooperation   In the automotive industry, under the strong interdependence between EU and U.S. suppliers, companies are addressing globally shared challenges such as reporting of Scope 1 and 2 emissions—and Scope 3 (supply chain Scope 1 & 2 and logistics/transit)—as well as compliance with chemical and material regulations (such as IMDS, REACH, TSCA, and Prop 65).   Addressing these challe...

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known as the Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung) show at the end of 2024 is scheduled to start mass production by KEYOU GmbH, a major diesel engine hydrogen conversion company, at the beginning of 2026 (the 18t model is already in production), and is scheduled to be delivered to chemical-related logistics companies in Germany. KEYOU has also developed a prototype 92-ton (payload capacity) dump truck powered by a 100% hydrogen engine, and Komat...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/09/01

ommercial vehicle sector   Farizon Auto offers a wide range of NEV commercial vehicles, from multi-functional light-duty commercial vehicles to medium- and heavy-duty trucks, to suit a variety of use scenarios such as express delivery, urban environmental sanitation, urban construction, cold chain logistics, mobile energy replenishment, urban passenger transport, and official vehicles.   Farizon Auto's Homtruck H, a methanol-hydrogen-electric h...

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

  The new hub in Hosakote will serve as a key node in Volvo's global operations, joining its existing manufacturing units in Peenya, Hosakote, and Dharwad. The Bengaluru region is also home to Volvo's Global Competence Center (GCC), employing over 3,500 people in areas such as R&D, IT, procurement, logistics, and finance, making it the company's 4th-largest global site. With annual revenue of over USD 50 billion, Volvo's investment highlights it...

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

for heavy-duty commercial vehicles and buses. The electro-hydraulic rear axle steering has also been redesigned to enable small turns in long vehicles such as large commercial vehicles and buses. In March 2022, MAN Truck & Bus announced that it had joined the ATLAS-L 4 (Automated Transport between Logistics centers on highways, Level 4) research and development project jointly with Knorr-Bremse, Leoni and Bosch. The project will focus on automat...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/08/21

ure.   MABI exhibited a wide variety of vehicles: the SF TO1 commercial vehicle, the Arganta pickup truck, the Birawa jeep-type vehicle, the MT 8 NF truck, and the SF BO2, a van-type vehicle. At the press conference, a partnership with TIKI JNE (PT. Tiki Jalur Nugraha Ekakurir), a major Indonesian logistics company, was announced. SF TO1 Arganta, a pickup truck Birawa MT 8 NF medium-duty truck SF BO2 Partnership w...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/08/20

nault’s next-generation electric commercial vehicles   On April 29, 2025, Renault released some details of its new range of electric commercial vehicles. These three models have been developed by Flexis SAS (Flexis), a joint venture company that the Renault Group, the Volvo Group, and the French logistics company CMA CGM established, and will be produced at Renault’s Sandouville Plant in France. All models are based on an all-electric skateb...

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

sed in Iasi, Romania. Thagora's proprietary technology is intended to enhance sustainability in Lear's manufacturing process by reducing scrap and energy use during production. In addition, Thagora's Industry 4.0 technology will significantly improve manufacturing operations through engineering and logistics, including increased material traceability and improved facility energy usage. In March 2022, Lear announced that it had completed the acqui...

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

MarkLines based on the content of the presentation) New businesses in the future enabled by autonomous driving   Autonomous driving technology systems in the passenger car domain are important and representative. The technology can be applied to mobility in various scenarios including trunk-line logistics, last mile mobility, robotaxis, and more. Huawei describes autonomous driving systems (non-driverless vehicles) as a complete agent composed...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/08/05

he company will expand into the Hong Kong market in various areas including products, sales channels, services, energy systems, and mobility ecosystems. The company plans to build 300 ultra fast charging stations in Hong Kong by 2028, and at the same time, it will promote a partnership with On Time Logistics (China) Co., Ltd. (On Time), a car dispatch service provider. Dongfeng Motor Corporation Establishing a new company to strengthen its ...

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on Status of sensors installed for truck demo testing/vehicles in operation   The social implementation of Level 4 autonomous driving (hereinafter referred to as L4) for commercial vehicles is being accelerated, with a target deployment date of 2027, to address the immediate issue of stagnation in logistics and human transportation. For this reason, external support is being received from various sectors, not only for technology development but ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/07/16

ore refined look and “quality for everyone”. With this new model Volkswagen was able to overtake its competitors and to resolve the production inefficiencies of the 1990s. Success factors of the Volkswagen Golf IV: Innovative production: efficiency increase by lean manufacturing, teamwork, new logistics concepts Innovative design: precision and value at premium class level (blue meter cluster lighting) Innovative technology: start of platfor...

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

2+ in Beijing･ Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei･ Driver only in first truck Commercial start ･ March 2021: L2+ service･ Fare charging service: Early 2024 ･ Hub-to-hub long-haul service･ Beijing and Tianjin Robotrucks in-use ･ 190 in April 10, 2025 & November 2024･ 160 used by Cyantron Logistics ･ Mostly L2+ and some L4 testing･ Service to Sinotrans Robotruck milesCumulative AV miles ･ April 10, 2025: 35.4 M Miles (57 M Km)...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/07/03

the ELF EV, was on display as a reference exhibit. The driver's cab and cargo area are walk-through, and the side doors open to the bottom of the body, with stairs for easy entry.   The Elf EV can be driven with a regular driver's license and was developed as an electric truck to address last-mile logistics and carbon neutrality goals. The vehicle adopts a new-generation EV truck platform that modularizes its main components and allows for flexi...

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

et. Daimler Truck AG (Daimler Truck) and Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota), the parent companies of the two companies, will each hold 25% of the shares in the integrated holding company. The integrated company will work to resolve issues related to commercial vehicles, such as carbon neutrality and logistics efficiency, aiming to strengthen the commercial vehicle business globally through the development of CASE technologies, including hydrogen, ...

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

, another supplier of washcoats would be the in-house capability of Nissan, although the annual production capacity is less than 100,000 units per year. Because catalysts are smaller than exhaust pipes, manufacturing sites do not necessarily need to be located near the vehicle assembly plant from a logistics or manufacturing perspective. In some cases, the catalyst is delivered to an OEM by a supplier on a Tier 1 supply basis, but usually it is d...

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