Automotive World Autumn 2025: AD/ADAS Related Technologies Infrared sensors and performance-supporting material technology Summary Compal Electronics, Inc.: Infrared sensor and AI recognition algorithm Okitsumo Incorporated: Functional low reflective paint TELUS Corporation: AI-powered annotation Persol Cross Technology Co., Ltd.: Vehicle performance verification service KDDI Corporation: High-precision positioning service   Automotive World Aut...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/10/28

Smart Energy Week Autumn: Electrification Technologies EVs, hydrogen, chargers, battery-related products, and more Summary Electric vehicles and drive systems: Mitsubishi Motors, Youon, Enoah, Mitsui E&S Power Systems Hydrogen, fuel cell vehicle-related: Mitsui E&S Power Systems, Nitto Kohki, Shikoku Research Institute Fast and normal chargers: Daihen, EN Plus, Kawamura Electric, Micro-Star International (MSI), Nitto Kogyo Charging related techno...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/10/29

SDV-related Technologies - Lectures and Exhibits Automotive World 2024: Elektrobit, Qualcomm, AMD, NTT Data Summary Electrobit: In-vehicle OS aligns APIs to enable ecosystem Qualcomm: Cars will be the Connected Intelligent Edge AMD: Adding FPGA to lineup and focusing on automotive field NTT DATA: Transforming Mobility. Empowering Sustainability.   The following is a report on coverage of Elektrobit Automotive GmbH, Qualcomm Inc., AMD (Advanced M...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/03/21

Automobile Recycling: Reusing Resources and Plastic Recovery Securing recovered plastic raw materials and designing vehicles for easy disassembly Summary Securing recycled raw materials - Collaboration with the vehicle dismantling and used parts industry Current status and challenges of plastic recycling technology Recycling technology for difficult-to-process materials European ELV Directive: Removal of parts from end-of-life vehicles, Easier ve...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/01/30

Japan Mobility Show 2023: The value of AD and ADAS as mobility Autonomous commercial vehicles, image recognition, travel comfort equipment Summary Passenger car related (Honda, Suzuki, BYD) Commercial vehicle autonomous driving road tests (UD Trucks, TuSimple) Commercial vehicles equipped with ADAS (Isuzu, Hino, Mitsubishi Fuso) ADAS technology LiDAR (Mobileye, Koito Mfg./Cepton, MinebeaMitsumi) ADAS technology camera (Hitachi Astemo, Mobileye) A...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/11/10

Japan Mobility Show 2023: High performance parts, new technologies, weight reduction Highly designed brakes, acoustically designed mufflers, insulated roofs, e-Latch, etc. Summary High performance components: endurance racing brakes, acoustically designed mufflers, insulated panoramic roofs, etc. New technologies: Wheel generators, pistons for hydrogen combustion engines, selectable one-way clutches, etc. Lightweight technology: EV frame, lightwe...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/11/08

Ford F-150 Lightning Teardown: ADAS ADAS (Driver Assistance System) for Ford EV pickup truck, based on Munro teardown survey data Summary F-150 Lightning ADAS overview ADAS controller Driver status monitoring controller ACC radar Front view camera, driver status monitoring LED Side object detection sensors, parking assist sensors Ford integrated ADAS “BlueCruise” (Source: Ford)   This report introduces the ADAS (Advanced Driver-Assi...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/05/29

CEATEC 2022: HMI Technology One step closer to the future; Aerial images flourish Summary Technologies related to automotive HMI Aerial imaging technology (Parity Innovations, Kyocera, Alps Alpine, Mie Electronics) Non-contact operation technology (Alps Alpine, NextEDGE Technology) Transparent touch operation technology (Japan Aviation Electronics Industry) Haptic technology (Alps Alpine, Miraisens) Human sensing technology (Alps Alpine, Kyocera,...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2022/11/28

Automotive World Autumn 2022: Carbon Neutral Visualization of CO2 emissions, plastic alternative materials and recycling Summary Carbon neutral support for factories (OMRON, FA Products) Visualization of CO2 emissions (Zeroboard, TBM) Plastic alternative materials and recycling (TBM, REFINVERSE, Röchling) New Materials (Mitsui Mining & Smelting, NTT Advanced Technology Corporation) The 1st Automotive World Autumn 2022 (August 31-September 2, 20...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2022/09/26

CES 2022: HMI in the EV Era Display placement, operability, and driver monitoring system Summary Development of new HMIs to be introduced with the shift to electrification Concept EV HMI HMI of EV scheduled to be on the market HMI comparison of EVs HMI elemental technology Sony Vision-S 02 cockpit (exhibited at CES 2022, photo by MarkLines)   The Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the world's largest trade show for consumer electronics an...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2022/02/24

Smart Energy Week Autumn 2021: Electrification-related Technologies Rechargeable Battery Expo, FC Expo, Smart Grid Expo: BEV and FCV related equipment, and more Summary V2X compatible charging/discharging devices, quick chargers, etc. (Tsubakimoto Chain, Takaoka Toko) EV charging modules, DC-DC converters (Huawei, Kaltech) Solid-state batteries, battery pack insulation material (NGK Spark Plug, Asahi Kasei) Battery logger, lead battery remote mo...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2021/10/26

Cameras Taking a Step into Making the Unseen Visible Summary Bright Way Vision Foresight NODAR Conclusion About This Report   This report was written by VSI Labs (VSI) for MarkLines' portal users. VSI is a technology research company that provides industry with deep insight and analysis on the enabling technologies used for active safety and automated driving.  This technology report was written by Anas Al Badi. (February 25, 2021)   Introduc...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2021/04/19

Automotive World 2021: MaaS, Autonomous Driving, and Connected Cars Self-driving taxi field testing, HMI-related solutions, cloud services, etc. Summary Level 4-capable self-driving shuttle bus (Macnica) Next-generation IoT dispatch system for taxis (JVC Kenwood) Self-driving taxi field testing (Aisan Technology Co., Ltd., Okaya & Co., Ltd., Sompo Japan Insurance Inc.) LiDAR for low-speed autonomous driving and highly autonomous driving (Livox) ...

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

CES 2020: Changing the in-vehicle experience BMW i Interaction EASE, Audi AI:ME, Toyota Boshoku MX191 among exhibits showing new engagement modes Summary BMW exhibits interiors focusing on comfort and interaction Audi showcases AI-based systems and concepts as well as display technologies FCA and Mercedes Benz concept vehicles showcase human-machine interface Supplier instrument panels, displays and interior systems Interior concepts from automot...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2020/02/17

Japanese market new model features (2): Nissan, Mitsubishi, Mazda, SUBARU and Suzuki Increased use of single-lane driving assistance systems and digital rearview mirrors Summary Nissan installs single-lane driving assistance systems in Leaf and DAYZ/Mitsubishi eK wagon Mitsubishi adopts integrated vehicle dynamics control system in the new Eclipse Cross compact SUV Mazda adopts direct yaw moment control using the brakes for the CX-8 flagship SUV ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2019/06/07

Tokyo Motor Show 2017: Sensing technology, advanced HMI, and systems for autonomous driving Exhibitions from Pioneer, Hitachi, Clarion, Denso Ten, and JTEKT Summary Pioneer: Exhibited 3D-LiDAR and Laser Scan HUD, and introduced high-precision mapping partnership with HERE Hitachi Group: Exhibited autonomous driving systems such as long-range millimeter wave radar, as well as electrification technologies Clarion: Smart Cockpit Solution for the aut...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2018/01/05

Tokyo Motor Show 2017: Exhibitions from Bosch, Denso, Aisin, and Mitsubishi Electric Support for the three fields of electrification, autonomous driving, and connectivity Summary Bosch: Automation/networking/electrification solutions for future mobility Denso: Efficient, connected, automated driving technology for the mobility society of the future Aisin Group: Prioritizing development of technologies for zero-emissions, autonomous driving, and...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2017/11/17

Features in new Japanese models (2): Honda, Mazda, Subaru, Suzuki, and Daihatsu Availability of front pedestrian braking grows; emerging use of pedestrian protection airbag Summary Honda installs Honda SENSING in Accord, Clarity, and Freed Mazda adopts G-Vectoring Control in CX-5 SUV Subaru Impreza Sport/G4 and Levorg STI Sport feature EyeSight (ver.3) as standard equipment Suzuki adopts automatic braking for pedestrians in Swift, Ignis, and Soli...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2017/03/27

JSAE Exposition 2016: Latest autonomous systems and ADAS technologies Denso, Hitachi AMS, Aisin, Valeo, Calsonic Kansei, Toshiba, and Continental Summary Denso: exhibiting road map to autonomous driving, next-generation cockpit, and fail-safe EPS Hitachi AMS and Clarion: road map for development of autonomous driving systems Aisin Seiki: exhibiting driver monitoring system and emergency evacuation system Valeo and Ichikoh Industries: exhibiting n...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2016/07/15

Increased prevalence of advanced safety packages on new Japanese models Availability of automatic brakes with pedestrian detection, panoramic view monitors grows Summary First-ever installation of Toyota Safety Sense C in Corolla Axio World-first Torque Vectoring Differential on Lexus RC F RWD Honda Sensing new safety system available on Legend, Jade, and StepWGN Nissan Fuga to feature 360-degree Driving Support System Mazda i-Activsense advanced...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2015/07/22