ations according to the road conditions. 7-in-1 intelligent oil-cooled electric powertrain Integrated VCU, OBC, DCDC, PDU, MCU, motor, and reducer. It has a response time of down to 2 milliseconds, efficiency in CLTC mode of >89%, a light mass of 68kg, noise level of <76dBA, on par with that of a luxury car, and the ability to automatically update using big data. CTC 2.0 PlusBattery chassis integration A 9-in-1 system that has undergone safet...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/07/14

ale volumes of New Energy passenger cars totaled 1.241 million units, up 27.0% y/y. Retail June retail sales volumes of passenger cars totaled 2.084 million units, reflecting a year-over-year (y/y) increase of 18.1%. Year-to-date (YTD) retail sales volume totaled 10.901 million units, up 10.8% y/y. Luxury car retail sales volumes totaled 230,000 units, down 7% y/y. Retail sales volumes of domestic brands totaled 1.34 million units, up 30% y/y. Do...

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

,741 39,144 288.7% Canada 188,919 158,777 30,142 119.0% USA 1,285,841 1,183,439 102,402 108.7% Total 10,296,935 9,343,496 953,439 110.2% The pie chart below compares the number of new car models launched in 2023 and 2024. In Europe and the U.S., early adopter purchases of the main high-end/luxury models have leveled off, and it appears that sales expansion targets are beginning to shift to the B and C segments. On the oth...

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

European and American OEMs' Strategies and Their Progress in China BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and GM exhibits at the Auto Shanghai 2025 Summary BMW: Next-generation concept car, intelligent cockpit system for China Mercedes-Benz: Vision V concept car and all-new BEV CLA L GM: Cadillac Lyriq-V, Buick new super fusion architecture and NEV sub-brand Mercedes-Benz's Vision V luxury MPV concept car   Major European and American automakers are furth...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/30

e, Asia, and China. Mufflers come in a variety of types, including spinning mufflers, mufflers with valves, laser welded mufflers, curling mufflers, pressed mufflers, and sports mufflers, and are combined with other exhaust system parts to form exhaust systems depending on the vehicle type, such as luxury cars, compact cars, hybrid cars, or sports cars. On display was a titanium muffler mounted on the Lexus LFA and a sports muffler mounted on th...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/24

th Huawei's Qiankun intelligent driving technology. At the same time, five models exhibited by FAW-VW (ID. AURA concept car, Audi A5L, Audi Q5L, Audi Q6L e-tron, and Audi A6L e-tron) are also equipped with Qiankun. SAIC-Audi A5L Sportback   Changan Automobile  Deepal's all-new full-size luxury SUV, the Deepal S09, is equipped with HarmonySpace and Huawei ADS. Deepal S09   The Avatr 06, launched on April 19, 2025 by the Ava...

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

catalysts and control modules. Over 360 million METALIT® and EMICAT® metal circuit boards have been manufactured. Emitec manufacturers metal substrates, which are often used in sports models that require more vibration and heat resistance than ceramic substrates. For this reason, they are used in luxury sports models such as Bugatti, Ferrari, Mercedes-AMG, and Porsche, as well as in many other sports models such as those of Audi, BMW, Fiat, Hon...

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

iDM200, and iDM220 family. It is compatible with power supply voltages of 400V or 800V, and in addition to IGBTs, SiC power MOSFETs are also available as an option.   The "IDM220 (e-Axle)" supports a maximum output of 160kW to 300kW and a peak wheel torque of up to 5,300Nm.  It is used by Chinese luxury new energy vehicle (NEV) brands such as Li Auto.   The "Highly integrated Generator System" is an integrated power generation system for next-...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/16

Indonesia: BYD, GAC Aion and VinFast set up EV plants Government provides tax incentives for EVs and HVs, EV battery production grows Summary Electrification policy: In 2025, value added tax, import duties, and luxury goods sales tax reduction for EVs; luxury goods sales tax reduction for HVs Electrified vehicle sales in Indonesia: 2024 BEV sales increase 2.5 times to 43,000 units VinFast, BYD and GAC Aion to build EV plants Increasing production...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/13

tional automakers generally have strong suppliers and experience fierce competition among the major suppliers, the main users of CATL are relatively biased toward emerging manufacturers. Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.'s (Huawei’s) HIMA vehicle drive battery is exclusively supplied by CATL, and the luxury version of the Xiaomi SU7 is also supplied by CATL.   Changan Automobile and CATL formed a partnership in 2021 to jointly establish the car br...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/12

EV Makers (May 2025)Auto Shanghai 2025: Japanese OEMs (May 2025)           The Hongqi brand unveiled a new product lineup of 23 vehicles in total, including the Golden Sunflower sub-brand and two product series: the Tiangong Family and the H Family.   Among these were the C+ segment BEV/PHEV luxury sedan Hongqi H9 and the SUV Hongqi HS9 as flagship models of the H Family series, as well as the first luxury off-road concept car, the flying ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/12

een CARIAD and Horizon, a VW Group-owned software company. (Created by MarkLines based on presentation materials) VW's new Al-powered ADAS system (Source: VW China) SAIC Audi's strategic shift   SAIC Audi will promote a comprehensive shift in brand strategy with "Youth, Technology, and Luxury" as its brand image and the three innovation initiatives of "New Mindset, New Method, and New Model" as its core. New Mindset: Implement a "Du...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/11

volumes of New Energy passenger cars totaled 1.216 million units, up 33.0% y/y. Retail May retail sales volumes of passenger cars totaled 1.932 million units, reflecting a year-over-year (y/y) increase of 13.3%. Year-to-date (YTD) retail sales volume totaled 8.811 million units, up 9.1% y/y. Luxury car retail sales volumes totaled 200,000 units, down 18% y/y. Retail sales volumes of domestic brands totaled 1.26 million units, up 29% y/y. D...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/10

ptive Cruise Control), Intelligent Cruise Assist (ICA), Intelligent Lateral Control (ILC), and IHC (Intelligent Headlamp Control). Roewe D6   Pearl concept car (Source: SAIC official WeChat account)   Roewe's new concept car "Pearl" was unveiled. This model is a long wheelbase luxury sedan designed by Jozef Kaban, designer of the Bugatti Veyron. The front fascia is a closed design with a luminescent emblem and horizontally e...

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

Auto Shanghai 2025: Geely, Chery Geely unveils AI-equipped flagship MPV; Chery premieres new QQ and Tiggo 9L concepts Summary Geely: AI-equipped four-wheel drive "Galaxy Battleship"; battery business integration Chery: New QQ and Tiggo 9L concepts, luxury SUV Exeed brand “Sterra Tianji” Zeekr launch event   Auto Shanghai 2025, officially known as the 21st Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition, was held at the Nationa...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/05/30

rial) metallic-type friction materials, depending on the amount of friction required. By developing high value-added next-generation products that combine the advantages of these two types of materials, Akebono Brake expects to increase new demand for these products for adoption in vehicles such as luxury cars. Brake pads specifically for Electric Parking Brakes (EPB): Since EPBs are often used as both a service brake and a parking brake, they ne...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/05/29

Qualcomm SA8155P), the AL-N1 domestic semiconductor smart cockpit product (based on SemiDrive X9HP), and several other cockpit domain controllers.   The Qualcomm Snapdragon Ride Flex SA8775P platform-based AL-A1 cockpit driving fusion product integrates mid- to high-end cockpit functionality with luxury intelligent driving functionality through a single SoC. The product provides automakers with a highly integrated innovation solution for future...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/05/28

nches, and most of the hardware switches have been converted to touch panels. In Europe, German cars are following the same trend as Chinese cars, with Audi following Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and VW in adopting 14.5-inch displays. Furthermore, ultra-wide screens of around 30 inches are appearing in some luxury cars (e.g., Cadillac, Genesis). Conversely, those in many Japanese and French cars tend to be a size smaller.   Figure 1. Representative...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/05/21

o in-house test know-how using drive inverters for evaluation tests, enabling it to quickly provide feedback from the test results to motor design issues such as magnetic circuits.   The maximum motor output will be over 350 kW, and the target development segment is expected to be large sports and luxury passenger cars, but the company says it is "not limiting the target vehicles and is considering vehicle segments of all sizes as candidates." ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/05/20

Auto Shanghai 2025: GAC, Changan, Great Wall Motor Next generation smart cars, luxury orientation, off-road capabilities Summary GAC Group: World premiere of four new models, accelerating the transition to the smart car era Changan: Three models exhibited; targeting sales of 5 million units in 2030 Great Wall Motor: 6 brands in the lineup, promoting technology and off-road capabilities Deepal Auto's exhibition booth   Auto Shanghai 2025...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/05/20