Mercedes-Benz: Revises Strategy to All-electric Expanding the Top-End segment and strengthening the development of autonomous driving Summary Revised All-electric strategy Luxury strategy: Aim to expand the Top-End segment in the mid- to long-term New battery factories Introduction and enhancement of autonomous driving Business performance and future outlook GlobalData Sales Forecast: Mercedes-Benz Group’s sales in 2027 will be 2.58 million uni...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/12/06

markets.   Japan: Many Japanese automakers have been adopting CVTs (continuously variable transmissions) as a way to improve fuel efficiency, so the use of automatic transmissions is on the decline. Light vehicles equipped with ATs account for about 15% of all vehicles sold, with CVTs, including HEVs (Hybrid Electric Vehicles), and Nissan and Honda HEVs, which do not have gear boxes, being the majority. Daihatsu changed from ATs in its mini com...

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

FAW: NEV Sales to Reach 1.45 Million Units in 2025 Selling 500,000 Hongqi brand NEVs and accelerating the launch of EVs through VW and Toyota JVs Summary Hongqi: Launching three major sub-brands and three major platforms; promoting electrification of all models Bestune: New product logo announced, sales target of 200,000 units in 2023 FAW Jiefang: Investing CNY 30 billion to shift to NEV models and enhance connected commercial vehicles Foreign-ca...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/09/13

able below because these mainly include a torque converter with a stepless shifting function or a multi-step type (step type) that uses a planetary or parallel shaft gear train, and also includes the following two types. Automatic transmissions with manual mode (AMT) Hybrid vehicle transmissions (HEV-AT) with a drive motor built into a multi-step automatic transmission Location of the clutch AMT AT DCT CVT Outside the gear train Yes (1) No...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/03/09

Guangzhou Motor Show 2022: NEV Models from Chinese OEMs Geely, Great Wall, GAC Aion, Jidu, NIO, XPeng, and others Summary Geely Group: New compact EV, large electric MPV Great Wall Motor: Large SUV unveiled GAC Aion: High-end brand Hyper Rising Auto: Unveiled R7 from SAIC Group's EV brand BAIC Group: BJ60 and ARCFOX αS Chery: PHV from Jetour brand unveiled Jidu Auto: Debut of the ROBO-02 concept model NIO: All New es8 XPeng: G9 Li Auto: Flagsh...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/01/19

GAC: Aiming for Production/Sales of 3.5 Million Units and NEV Ratio of 20% by 2025 Development and production for batteries and e-drive systems, transforming into a tech company Summary Overview of the GAC Group: 2.14 million units sold in 2021, with foreign joint venture brands accounting for nearly 80% of sales Strategic plan: Production and sales to reach 3.5 million units by 2025 and full electrification by 2035 Own-brands: Trumpchi to focus...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2022/10/05

China Emerging EV Automakers (2): A Second Group Closes in on the Leaders & Entry of IT Giants Hozon Auto, Leapmotor, WM Motor, Jidu Auto, Xiaomi Auto Summary Hozon Auto: Security giant becomes second shareholder, announces new "Shanhai Platform" Leapmotor: Announces new strategy, insists on in-house software and hardware development WM Motor: Applied for listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, focusing on developing valet parking solutions Jidu...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2022/06/23

use it mainly includes a torque converter with a continuously variable transmission function or a multi-step type (step type) that uses a planetary or parallel shaft gear train, and also includes the following two types. Automatic transmissions with manual mode (AMT) Hybrid vehicle transmissions (HEV-AT) with a drive motor built into a multi-step automatic transmission Table: Scope of ATs covered in this paper, including HEV-ATs (does not take...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2022/05/12

CES 2022 Round-up: 2022 - Year of EV, Premium ADAS, L3 and Robotaxis Summary L2+ Premium ADAS and Door-to-Door Hands-Free Navigation L3: Wild Card Strategy for OEMs? L4 robotaxi/AV shuttle/goods delivery L4 consumer (personal) AV Imaging radar: new star in sensors ADAS/AD compute platform: Algorithm-compute optimization and compute efficiency Year 2022 Predictions About This Report   This report was written by VSI Labs (VSI) for MarkLines' port...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2022/01/28

Mazda: Introducing dedicated EV platform in 2025, aiming for 25% EVs in 2030 Launch of the Large Products line with longitudinal power units from 2022 Summary Announced new technology and product policy for 2030 Introducing the Mazda Co-Pilot Concept, a human-centric autonomous driving concept, from 2022 Strengthen connected technologies as a foundation for next-generation mobility services Mazda launches first volume production EV, the Mazda MX-...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2021/09/06

Auto Shanghai 2021: China's Emerging EV Automakers NIO, Xpeng, WM Motor, Hozon Auto, Leapmotor, Evergrande New Energy Auto, Human Horizons Summary NIO: Announces Power North Plan, unveils ET7 self-driving EV sedan Xpeng Motor: Unveiled its third production model, the Xpeng P5, and started pre-order sales WM Motor: Unveiled the W6, a model jointly developed with Baidu Apollo Hozon: Launched the "Neta U Pro" and celebrated the world premiere of the...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2021/05/13

CASE Development in India (Part 2): Mobility Mass adoption of connected cars, shared mobility partnerships and autonomous vehicle development Summary Connected Vehicle Autonomous vehicle and ADAS development Shared Mobility Subscription service and car leasing Government guidelines for vehicle aggregator MG Hector, India's first internet car (Source: MG Motor India)   The Indian market is one which has traditionally been dominated by sm...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2021/02/10

Auto Shanghai 2019：Emerging Chinese Automakers NIO, Xpeng, Singulato, Hozon, Dorcen, Leapmotor, Aiways, and WM Motor exhibit new EVs Summary NIO：New EV from its sedan series, exhibition of its NIO Power service solution Xpeng：Aiming to become a leader in intelligent cars Singulato：The iC3 concept utilizing Toyota’s electrification technology makes its global debut Hozon Auto：Exhibition of the Hozon U electric SUV, the Eureka 02 concep...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2019/06/04

et such as NIO Power and NIO Houses Product Positioning and Challenges Introduction of current models   With the advent of the double credit policy to stimulate the popularization of electric vehicles in the Chinese automotive market and the gradual reduction of subsidies for new energy vehicles (NEV), many of the emerging EV automakers in China, once dubbed as “PPT (Powerpoint) car builders,” have started to launch products to market. Of th...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2019/04/11

North American International Auto Show 2019: Asian OEMs In contrast to U.S. OEMs, Asian automakers exhibit performance models, electric concepts and SUVs Summary Toyota emphasizes performance with Supra, Lexus LC Convertible concept and Lexus RC F Nissan envisions electric future with EV concepts Kia utilizes additional display area with Telluride and Soul Hyundai displays contrasting vehicle segments with Elantra GT N Line and Palisade Honda sho...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2019/02/28

he has “decided to redesign Toyota from a car-making company into a mobility company that provides services related to the movement of people around the world".   In June 2018, Toyota launched the all-new Crown and new Corolla Sport (hatchback), which are equipped with an on-board communication device (DCM: Data Communication Module) as standard equipment. In the future, Toyota plans to install DCM in almost all of its passenger cars to be rel...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2018/08/24

Tokyo Motor Show 2017: Commercial vehicle exhibits (Part 1) EV trucks from Mitsubishi Fuso and Isuzu Summary The domestic commercial vehicle market situation Mitsubishi Fuso: EV commercial vehicle brand E-Fuso, concept truck Vision ONE Isuzu: EV truck Elf EV, design concept FD-SI The theme of the Tokyo Motor Show 2017 (October 25th to November 5th 2017, at the Tokyo Big Sight exhibition center) was "Beyond the Motor," aiming to "become an event t...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2017/12/27

ed for IAA 2017, including WEY and Chery, two Chinese brands that appeared at IAA for the first time. The slogan for the IAA 2017 exhibition was “Future now”.   Volkswagen’s diesel emissions scandal, also known as Dieselgate, first became public during the IAA 2015 exhibition. Despite the prevalence and importance of diesel-powered vehicles in Europe, the Dieselgate scandal did significant damage to the perception of diesel vehicles. Acco...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2017/09/28

VW Group (Part 2): implementing new "Together - Strategy 2025" plan Launching 30 EV models and selling 2-3 million units annually by 2025 Summary The VW Group's new "Together - Strategy 2025" New model launch plan: expanding and updating SUV offerings Electrification plans: adoption of MEB platform planned for 2020 China: VW expands SUV lineup with Tiguan long-wheelbase model and Teramont USA: VW Atlas and Audi A5/S5 to launch; production of EVs ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2017/07/07

China's technology roadmap: Targets for energy-saving and new energy vehicles in 2030 EVs, PHVs to account for up to 50% of vehicle sales; focusing on lightweight material development Summary Made in China 2025: Changing from a manufacturing power to a superpower New Energy Vehicles: Advances in size and weight reduction EVs and PHVs: Aiming for a maximum market share of 50% in 2030 Fuel cell vehicles (FCV): Market size of 1 million vehicles in 2...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2017/01/23