had not progressed. In addition, against the backdrop of supply chain disruptions during the 2020 COVID pandemic and the recent political unrest in China and Taiwan, Honda restructured its international parts supply chain in August 2022, separating China from the rest of the world. In August 2022, Mazda requested cooperation from 200 companies to break its dependence on China for parts. Other announced reductions and withdrawals of models produc...

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

undai IHL Hyundai IHL Hyundai-Kia Hyundai Elantra (USA) 2022 CN7 Hyundai Mobis Hyundai-Kia Hyundai Santa Fe (USA) 2022 TM [Ballast] SL Corporation Hyundai-Kia Kia Forte (Mexico) 2021 BD Hyundai Mobis Hyundai Mobis Lucid Lucid Lucid Air (USA) 2023 Gen-1 Hella (Forvia Hella) Mazda Mazda CX-30 (Mexico) 2023 DM Stanley [ECU Ballast] Mitsubishi Electric Mazda Mazda CX-50 (Mexico) 2022 VA [ECU Ballast] Mitsubishi Elec...

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

Hyundai-Kia Kia Telluride (USA) 2023 Adient Seats / seat foam pads Hyundai-Kia Kia Telluride (USA) 2020 Adient Seats Lucid Lucid Air (USA) 2024 Hyundai Transys Georgia Seats Lucid Lucid Air (USA) 2023 Hyundai Transys Georgia Seats Lucid Lucid Air (USA) 2022 Hyundai Transys Georgia Seats Mazda Mazda CX-3 (Mexico) 2021 Tachi-S Seat trim covers Mazda Mazda CX-50 (USA) 2022 Gentherm Inc. Temperature-controlled seat systems Mercedes-Be...

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

ing prices of Mexican-made models in the U.S. Nissan: Increased production for the second consecutive year, begins production of the first e-POWER vehicle in North America Toyota: Began production of the new Tacoma, including HEV Honda: Begins production of Acura ADX, maintains production in Mexico Mazda: Expanding production for the third consecutive year, considering sales to South American markets VW: Production expansion for the fourth consec...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/07/11

JSAE 2025 in Yokohama: Carbon Neutrality Automakers' efforts to improve recycling and safety Summary Toyota: Circular economy initiatives Honda: Initiatives to achieve "carbon neutrality" and "zero traffic collision fatalities" Subaru: Safety Technologies of the New Forester Mazda: CX-80 PHEV advanced safety features Suzuki: Initiatives to develop BEV light trucks JSAE in Yokohama 2025 North Hall venue entrance   The Automotive Engineer...

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

, and supply entire exhaust systems, from the hot end (exhaust manifolds and catalytic converters) to the cold end (mufflers). Recent changes in purchasing trends include the adoption of catalytic converters for the 2019 Lexus UX for Toyota by Aisin Takaoka, whose main business is casting. Hirotec, Mazda's main supplier of exhaust systems, is also expanding its sales channels for exhaust components to Daihatsu in Japan and to Nissan, GM, Stellant...

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

ndonesia: 2024 BEV sales increase 2.5 times to 43,000 units VinFast, BYD and GAC Aion to build EV plants Increasing production of EV batteries 2025 sales in Indonesia expected to grow 4% y/y to 900,000 units (GAIKINDO’s forecast in April 2025) Domestic market: Toyota launches Prius and Camry HVs; Mazda introduces CX-80 PHV Production Forecast by GlobalData: Indonesian production expected to be 1.32 million units in 2028   The Indonesian govern...

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

for more than half the market. However, drum type brakes are adopted for almost half of all vehicles in the market: mainly mini-vehicles, compact low-cost cars in the B-segment and below, and commercial vehicles due to cost-related factors.   Looking at the trends for each Japanese OEM, Subaru and Mazda, which do not currently produce commercial vehicles, have the most models equipped with disc brakes. All Mazda models, with the exception of the...

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

d place with 48,000 units, the Toyota Yaris Cross in fourth place with 35,000 units, and the Honda City in fifth place with 34,000 units. In terms of new model introductions (Chinese manufacturers' models are described above), in EVs, Honda launched the e:N1 compact crossover SUV in 2024. In 2025, Mazda will introduce the MAZDA6e mid-size sedan, and Toyota and Isuzu will introduce the Hilux and D-MAX electric pickup trucks, respectively. Outside...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/05/12

d vehicle sales volume in the U.S. totaled 6,437,000 units (in 2024). In descending order by OEM, GM imported 1,176,000 units, Hyundai/Kia 1,140,000 units, Toyota 783,000, VW 522,000, and Nissan 480,000.   Brands where imported vehicles account for more than half of their U.S. sales volume include Mazda (79%), VW (78.7%), Hyundai/Kia (66.7%), and Nissan (51.9%).   GM and Hyundai/Kia have seen an increase in imports from South Korea and Mexico, ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/05/02

ds in electric vehicle sales: EVs including HEVs grow by nearly 70% Sales volume by OEM: Nissan maintains top share, followed by GM and VW Chinese OEMs: Accounting for about 10% of domestic sales in Mexico in 2024 U.S. OEMs: GM and Ford sales up, Stellantis sales down Japanese OEMs: Nissan, Toyota, Mazda, and Honda experience double-digit y/y growth Volkswagen Group (VW): Significant sales growth for the second consecutive year; Indian-made vehic...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/04/30

ction and safety in future vehicles. The goal is to strengthen the development of restraint systems through partnerships with automakers, research institutions, and suppliers participating in OSCCAR. Two next-generation airbag concepts were unveiled at the Detroit Motor Show in January 2018 and at WCX18 (SAE World Congress Experience) in April 2018. Dual-lobe airbags: Keeps the position of the head centered in the event of a collision, making it...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/04/24

instead of a planetary stage, combined with a torque converter The above 1 is an "AT-based" structure, as shown in the green box in Figure 1 below, which is often used for hybrids, but Mercedes-Benz has been using multi-disc clutches in ICE (internal combustion engine) vehicles for many years, and Mazda has been using them from 2022 onwards.   On the other hand, the sub-transmission associated with the lower stage of AWD or CVT (continuously v...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/04/15

Mazda: BEV Transition to Progress in Stages Expanding the CX series of large models; developing NEVs with Changan Automobile Summary Announced Lean Asset Strategy Plans for the introduction of electrified vehicles Battery procurement: Partnership with Panasonic Energy Mid-Term Management Plan: Phased advancement of BEV conversion Production and sales in the U.S. Performance outlook for FY2024 (ending March 2025) GlobalData sales forecast: Mazda t...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/04/01

mputer as well as the VDC, and in the future will be available as an independent software package. Note: VDC, Vehicle Dynamic Control, is Bosch's name for next-generation ESC. In October 2023, Bosch announced that its Vehicle Dynamics Control 2.0 has been adopted for use in a product upgrade of the Mazda Roadster in Japan. Bosch and Mazda Motor Corporation also jointly developed the motorsports program “DSC-Track”. In motorsports, there are t...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/03/21

L07 - - 16,134 SUVs S07 - 60,796 114,343 S05 - - 26,344 G318 - - 13,421 Avatr Sedan/Hatchback Avatr 12 - 5,026 30,509 SUVs Avatr 07 - - 25,543 Avatr 11 757 21,381 8,251 Changan Oshan SUVs X5 97,645 73,427 70,396 Z6 54,362 121,637 43,715 X7 60,457 45,074 39,660 X70A 1,978 245 - CX70 5,056 - - COS 3,812 - - MPVs Cosmos 1,143 - - Oshan 5,447 149 - Suzuki Sedan/Hatchback Alivio 8,942 - - Total 1,709,092 1,921,260 2,019...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/03/12

n (16.4%) achieving sales of 2.7 million units, widening the gap with second-place Toyota (2.34 million units for Toyota with a 14.2% share).   Looking at recent developments, Honda's sales recovered in 2022 and 2023 thanks to the increased volume of hybrid versions of its mid-size SUV CR-V, while Mazda achieved growth by strengthening its SUV lineup, including the mid-size SUV CX-50, which is manufactured in the U.S.   On the other hand, altho...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/02/21

150° × 30° and a detection range of 210/36m. Figure 1: Bosch front radar: Radar 6th generation (Source: Bosch) Figure 2: Bosch front radar Premium: Radar Premium 5th generation (Source: Bosch)   Continental Continental AG’s main customers are Toyota, Subaru, Nissan, Mitsubishi, and Mazda. The standard long-range product is the ARS510, which has been in use since 2022, and its successor is the ARS620. The ARS510 has a vehicle dete...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/01/16

Thailand International Motor Expo 2024 (2) Japanese OEMs and Others Toyota, Honda, Mitsubishi, Isuzu, Hyundai, Ford, Volvo Cars, etc. Summary Toyota HEV lineup Lexus LBX Bespoke Honda HR-V e:HEV RS and e:N1 electric SUV Mitsubishi Xpander HEV and Xpander Cross HEV Isuzu D-MAX 2.2 MaxForce pickup truck Mazda BT-50 pickup truck and CX-5 SUV Nissan Serena MPV and Kicks e-POWER Suzuki Swift sport hatchback, and Jimny Off-road Edition Hyundai Palisade...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/01/16

ystem generation updates will each influence each other, and the future form of cameras will converge. ZF Friedrichshafen AG (ZF)   ZF Friedrichshafen AG (ZF) supplies high-performance monocular cameras, known as Smart Cameras, equipped with Mobileye's EyeQ chip to Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (Nissan), Mazda Motor Corporation (Mazda), and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (Mitsubishi). The Smart Camera 4.8 uses the EyeQ4-Mid with 1.7 megapixels to achiev...

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