material regulations, technological challenges in recycling, responsible supply chain management, and the promotion of a circular economy. In the keynote address, CLEPA Secretary General Benjamin Krieger emphasized that “automotive suppliers are key players in supporting Europe’s sustainability strategy through the development of clean technologies.” He also referred to the EU’s adoption of the End-of-Life Vehicles (ELV) Regulation, calli...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/09/04

Honda's Electrification Strategy Restructuring of xEV production system and strengthening HEVs Summary 2025 Business Briefing: Realignment of Honda's electrification strategy EVs for the North American market: Cooperation with GM to launch the "Prologue" and "Acura ZDX" NEVs for the Chinese market: Joint development of advanced driver assistance technology with Momenta EVs for the Japanese market: Launch of two N-series light passenger EV models ...

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

xhaust valves Cylinder, piston, head Piston crevice Oil deposits High temperature and accumulated oil as combustibles Hot residual gas Variable valve timing Contact between fresh mixture and residual gas Spark-plug crevice Auto ignition of trapped hot gas Piston crevice Fuel injection strategy (Di) Early start of injection Contact between fresh mixture & residual gas Late end of injection Insufficient mixing of hydrogen and air ...

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

EV incentives to promote local content and R&D (May 8, 2025)https://www.marklines.com/en/news/326082 Polytron, Indonesia debuts its first EV models, G3 and G3+; based on Skyworth K EV (May 7, 2025)https://www.marklines.com/en/news/326024 Philippines Philippines’ DTI approves BOI’s EV Incentive Strategy, seeks FIRB approval in July (June 13, 2025)https://www.marklines.com/en/news/327979 Toyota Philippines maintains optimism despite market hea...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/08/28

2025 China Auto Forum: Drive Batteries CATL, Farasis Energy, and Dongfeng Motor Summary CATL: Building 10,000 battery swap stations by 2030 Farasis Energy: Plans to complete construction of an all-solid-state battery pilot line by the end of 2025 Dongfeng Motor Corp.: Promoting modularization of drive batteries and main product strategy   The 2025 China Auto Forum was held in July in Jiading District, Shanghai. Hosted by the China Association of...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/08/22

cial vehicles, including integrated brake and steering control technology.   In March 2019, Magna International sold its hydraulic control business unit, including power steering hydraulic pumps and electro-hydraulic pumps, to Hanon Systems Corporation of South Korea for USD 1.23 billion. Software strategy   Software production is a labor-intensive process, and the situation is becoming serious in terms of both man-hours and money. Because each...

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

Vs, HVs, and FCVs, SAIC Motor Corp., Ltd. (SAIC) has partnered with technology companies such as Huawei, Momenta, Horizon (Horizon Robotics), ByteDance, and OPPO to delve deeper into areas such as intelligent driving, car-smartphone integration, and smart cockpits. SAIC will also promote its global strategy and standardize product exports to develop overseas markets through a "Global + Local" strategic model. Going forward, the company aims to co...

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

Renault: Promoting EVs with Ampere and HEVs with Geely Electric vehicle sales ratio to reach 50% in the European market in the first half of 2025 Summary Europe: Electrified vehicle sales at 50%, Promoting EVs with Ampere and HEVs with Geely Ampere’s battery and platform strategy: Reducing battery cost by 20% in early 2026 Renault’s mobility brand Mobilize: Launching V2G project with charging system development firm Renault brand internationa...

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

technical centers (in the Americas, Europe and Asia). Although a U.S. company, Adient is also a global company and its main customers with respect to the seating business are the major OEMs in Europe, the U.S., and Japan. To maintain its top position in the global seating market, Adient's business strategy has been to expand its scale through the sale of its non-seating divisions and the acquisition of seating suppliers. The seat business divisi...

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

cs believes that a turning point in the development of NOA (Navigation on Autopilot) will soon be reached, which will likely make it a rapidly growing trend going forward. This view is supported by the following three factors: Intelligent driving is a key point in China's intelligent connected car strategy. Automakers will drive technology costs down and performance improvements through equal rights for intelligent driving. A survey has found th...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/08/05

ffiliated vehicles Aion UT, Aion RT, 2nd generation Aion V, and an A-Class SUV to be released will introduce chocolate bar-shaped battery swappable models. Hong Kong market The company officially announced the launch of "Hong Kong ACTION," its Hong Kong expansion plan as part of its globalization strategy "One GAC 2.0," in June 2025. The company will expand into the Hong Kong market in various areas including products, sales channels, services,...

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

to be supplied on an OEM basis will be manufactured in Taiwan by Yulon Motor Co., Ltd. and is scheduled to be launched in H2 of 2026 in the Oceania region. The model is included in the company's product plans for Australia through 2030, plans announced in 2024. Among the BEVs introduced at the BEV strategy briefing held in Tokyo in April of the same year (refer to the report on April 17, 2025), Foxconn explained that the C-segment electric SUV "...

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

daptation to overseas market specifications compared to competitors, and uneven regional demand—while Latin American and ASEAN markets showed strong growth, shipments to Eastern Europe declined significantly. This divergence highlights both the strength of Geely Group’s domestic electrification strategy and the urgent need to accelerate overseas localization efforts through its new CKD plants in Vietnam and Egypt to reduce reliance on Chinese...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/07/28

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

nth of June. With the economic uncertainty easing, pent-up demand is beginning to boost aggregate consumer spending and thereby helping LV sales. Chinese domestic brands also continue to perform well, within and outside the country. Automakers in China have continued to employ an aggressive pricing strategy, which is putting a strain on businesses across the auto sector. Further incentives and free upgrades are also being used to effectively incr...

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

that takes on the performance, driving experience and comfort of a pure electric vehicle Costs   The introduction of REEV technology should require only minimal changes to the existing platform and powertrain components in order to minimize the impact on costs (development effort and common parts strategy) NVH   The NVH experience in the vehicle cabin should correspond to that of BEVs, which are known for their quiet operation. Packaging   Th...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/07/17

st operations of trucks and buses have been attempted in various locations. In particular, priority road testing of trucks has been conducted on the Shin-Tomei Expressway, while L4 commercial operation of buses has been conducted on Hitachi City's bus routes (photo).       The "Comprehensive Strategy for the Vision for a Digital Garden City Nation 2023 Revised Edition" approved by the Japanese Cabinet in December 2023 set the target of est...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/07/16

mber 2025.   B10 (Auto Shanghai 2025) B01 (Auto Shanghai 2025)   LEAP 3.5 technology architecture Features of LEAP 3.0 architecture and LEAP 3.5 architecture(Source: Leapmotor)   Since its founding in 2015, Leapmotor has always adhered to a "full-stack in-house development" strategy, covering core areas such as ternary power (motor/inverter/controller) systems, driver assistance systems, and E/E architectures.   In March...

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

the STLA platform used in a wide range of Stellantis Group brand vehicles and will be exported to the North American market. Several new models, including EVs,scheduled to be launched in 2025 In September 2024, several U.S. media outlets reported a discourse by Jeep CEO A. Filosa on the company's strategy to expand its lineup following the Wagoneer S. Sales are planned to be expanded by a new electric SUV, the Recon, inspired by the Wagoneer S,...

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

Vienna Motor Symposium 2025 (2) Reaching zero carbon mobility emission Closing plenary session: PHINIA, ZF and VW presentations Summary Sustainable Future Fuels – PHINIA’s Strategy to Support Automotive Decarbonization (PHINIA Inc.) Innovation as the Engine of Transformation: Shaping an Emission-Free Future (ZF Group) Volkswagen in Transition – from “Käfer” to SDV (Volkswagen AG) Official logo (46th International Vienna Motor Sy...

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