he environment. Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda), September 2022: Capital and business alliance agreement reached with Honda on joint development of next-generation lamp systemsThe company announced that it has entered into a capital and business alliance with Honda. As a result, Honda and Stanley, as partners for the mid- to long-term future, will promote initiatives such as joint development and personnel exchanges to improve their competitive adv...

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

o highlighted.  There are several factors which can accelerate the industry. It includes rising domestic demand, growing export potential, and opportunities in both conventional ICE parts and emerging EV and connected mobility solutions. The government policies also boost the industry performance. Partnerships with global players, particularly the EU, are expected to drive innovation, technology transfer, and market access.  The report discusse...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/10/09

such as the electric powertrain, battery, and cabin thermal management system to achieve optimal energy management. The iTMM can also improve driving range by up to 20% in winter conditions when combined with a heat pump system. In March 2025, Marelli announced that it had entered into a strategic partnership agreement with Hilite Automotive Systems (Changshu) Co., Ltd. (Hilite). The two companies plan to cooperate in areas such as integrated th...

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

26) produced at Nissan Motor Kyushu Co., Ltd. and Nissan Shatai Kyushu Co., Ltd. As a Tier-2 supplier, Tachi-S delivers products to Tier-1 seat suppliers Adient, Toyota Boshoku, and NHK Spring, and in the end, Tachi-S seat parts are installed in many models. In March 2017, Tachi-S formed a business partnership with Toyota Boshoku. In response to this, on June 29, 2017, Toyota Boshoku acquired 1,521,000 shares, or 4.17% of Tachi-S's outstanding sh...

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

displayed eight vehicles across four models: X1, X9, G6, and G9. Production of the X9 began in July 2025 at PT Handal Indonesia Motor's Purwakarta plant.   What makes XPeng unique is that, it has chosen the Erajaya Group, a rapidly growing distributor of telecommunications equipment, as its local partner. The number of dealers is currently 11, bringing the total to 16, including those already under contract. X1 X9 G6 G9 ...

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

ssors. In September 2023, Hitachi, Ltd. (Hitachi) sold some of its shares in Hitachi Astemo. The company was changed from a consolidated subsidiary to an equity method affiliate. The shareholding ratio became 40% for Hitachi, 40% for Honda, and 20% for JICC-01 Investment Business Limited Liability Partnership (JICC-01), an investment limited partnership and a subsidiary of Japan Investment Corporation - Capital (JICC). The former vice president ...

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

odel will be the Dolphin Surf. In Uzbekistan, its JV plant with Uzavtosanoat JSC (abbreviated as UzAuto) has been in operation since early 2024. Construction of a new plant in Türkiye has also begun and is expected to be operational by the end of 2026.   Regarding R&D and investment, BYD plans to partner with Hungarian universities, start-up companies, and suppliers to launch two R&D projects with a total investment of approximately EUR 250 mil...

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

crossing the road, an animation such as "Pedestrian crossing" is displayed on the rear lamps to inform following vehicles. Valeo Group All-in-one full-color laser headlight system   The lighting system, announced in April 2025, integrates an all-in-one full-color laser headlight system into ADB in partnership with China's Appotronics Co., Ltd. (Appotronics). The product features 10-level brightness adjustment, and it is 10 times brighter than co...

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

n expected eventual annual production capacity of 20 GWh. The Yokoe site is scheduled to commence operations in April 2027 as planned, with mass production set to begin in October. List of Honda's battery-related manufacturing sites The table can be scrolled left and right. Country Plant JV partner Investment amount Start of production(planned) Production Parts/Annual production capacity Japan Osadano PlantFukuchiyama City, Kyoto Prefec...

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

t 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 Komatsu Ltd., its joint development partner, is currently conducting demonstration tests in Japan. HySE hydrogen-powered race car (Source: Toyota) Hydrogen-converted GCW 40t comme...

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

ean mobility innovation, the Government of Karnataka will promote specialized skill development, enhance ITI-industry collaboration, collaborate with startups, industries, and local/international universities to design and deliver specialized training in clean mobility disciplines, support academic partnerships, etc. It will set up a Venture Capital Fund to fund research in clean mobility, advanced batteries, battery management systems, and relat...

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

duce wiring in two steps: toward a domain-based architecture by around 2025, and then toward a zone-based architecture after 2025. In addition, the technology trend going forward will be for automakers to develop their own architectures and for hardware and software to be produced by cost-effective partner manufacturers, and the electronic control device market will become increasingly price-driven. Design changes also vary from one manufacturer ...

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

OEMs and platform updates.   For OEMs, this has the advantage of being able to use the technology across multiple generations, but at the same time, it requires long-term collaboration, so a strategic collaborative relationship is a prerequisite. It will be interesting to see which OEMs Valeo will partner with in addition to BMW. Valeo MCCU interchangeable modular construction ADAS products utilizing high-performance SoCs (Continent...

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

27% of Faurecia’s total sales, respectively. Brose of Germany established a joint venture (JV) with VW to strengthen its OEM supply business, and the joint venture started its activities in January 2022. In the midst of their global expansion, major suppliers, especially in Asia, are establishing partnerships and JVs with leading local suppliers to supply products for the Asian markets, especially in Japan, China and Southeast Asia. (The follow...

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

to garage (Source: Excerpts from Bosch presentation materials)   In summary, the development environment, learning, and methodology provided by digital.auto enables the acquisition of the capabilities to realize SDVs (Figure 38).   It can also maintain ties to the broader SDV ecosystem through partner companies that provide these development environments and methodologies (Figure 39).   Bosch is actively exchanging knowledge and opinions on...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/08/01

to five years. The SAIC Group and Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei) jointly announced the launch of a new brand, "SAIC Shangjie," featuring smart mobility solutions. Chery Automobile Co., Ltd. (Chery) established the Chery Intelligentization Center. The GAC Group and JAC Group have each signed partnership agreements with Huawei to deepen their involvement in the intelligentization field.   Non-Chinese automakers are accelerating R&D and pro...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/08/01

ears. However, given that the spread of BEVs has not progressed as expected and that PHEVs and HEVs are being reevaluated as realistic, environmentally-friendly technologies, MMC stated in its May 2025 financial results report that the company will utilize OEM consignment production supply from its partners to respond to markets that require BEVs, and MMC will focus on developing PHEVs and HEVs itself.   In FY2025 (April 2025 to March 2026), bes...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/07/30

Toyota China Strategy and Progress Integration of locally-led product development with intelligent technology Summary Research and development by Toyota China Four major local development policies GAC Toyota's vehicle development technology path and current approach to AI-equipped products Partnerships with Huawei, Momenta, and Xiaomi bZ7  Toyota China (Toyota Motor (China) Investment Co., Ltd.) is accelerating its localization and inte...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/07/22

China’s Emerging EV Automakers: Leapmotor, Li Auto, XPeng Leapmotor’s partnership with FAW, Li Auto’s first BEV, XPeng-developed in-vehicle semiconductors Summary Sales volume by model - January to May 2025 Leapmotor: Developing its architecture in-house, expanding international markets with Stellantis Li Auto: First BEV model equipped with the VLA(Vision-Language-Action model) autonomous driving architecture XPeng: Developing E/E architect...

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

Pony AI: Robotaxis and Robotruck services Introduction Pony AI robotaxi overview Pony AI robotruck overview Pony AI revenue trends Pony AI customers & partners Pony AI technology & products Summary and Perspectives About This Report   This report was written by VSI AV Insight for MarkLines' portal users. VSI AV Insight provides industry with deep insight and analysis on the enabling technologies used for active safety and automated driving.   ...

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