le materials. It predicts the areas that are likely to crack, and adds material in those areas to provide extra strength. The amount of springback can be reduced by about 90% compared to conventional methods. The company announced that aftermarket performance mufflers were available exclusively for Subaru Levorg from October 2020 and Subaru WRX S4 from July 2022. The three development concepts of the new product are: a high-quality sound with emp...

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

JSAE 2025 in Yokohama: e-Axles, Motors, xEVs Subaru: Strong hybrid, Aisin: FR1 1-motor hybrid transmission, etc. Summary OEM electric powertrains and electrified vehicles (Nissan, Subaru, Yamaha, AIM) Japanese suppliers of ePT (Aisin, Jatco, Meidensha, IJTT, TOP) Electric PTs from US and European suppliers (Valeo, BorgWarner, Schaeffler, Bosch, AAM) Unique electric PT and teardown exhibits (Exedy, Astemo, MarkLines)   The Automotive Engineering ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/16

er account 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 excep...

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

percentage of sales volume 45.1% 44.8% 43.0% 41.4% 35.1% 36.5% 39.0% (Source: MarkLines U.S. sales and import volumes (as of April 2025))     New vehicle sales in the U.S. totaled approximately 16.49 million units (in 2024), with market shares of 35.9% for Japanese OEMs (Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Subaru, Mazda, etc.), 33.6% for American OEMs (GM, Ford, Tesla), 18.3% for European OEMs (Stellantis, VW, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, etc.), and 10.4 % for Ko...

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

in preparation for the end of production and the refurbishment of plants to produce electric equipment (to be discussed in detail in section III. Activities of major AT suppliers and in-house OEM manufacturing). 1. Automatic transmission supply in Japan AT Supplier Toyota Nissan Mazda Mitsubishi Subaru Suzuki Hino* Isuzu* Aisin 〇 〇 〇 〇 〇 JATCO 〇 〇 〇 Allison 〇 〇 Mazda In-house 〇 Vehicle manu...

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

system.   Hitachi Astemo, Ltd. (Hitachi Astemo)   Hitachi Astemo, Ltd. (Hitachi Astemo), the supplier behind Honda's Level 3 system, specializes in stereo cameras and develops products and functions. Major customers include Isuzu Motors Ltd. (Isuzu), Mazda, Suzuki Motor Corporation (Suzuki), and Subaru Corporation (Subaru). The current stereo camera is Gen4 with approximately 1.2 megapixels, and FOV of 60° for stereo and 120° for monocular p...

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

Alphard June 2023 Lexus LX January 2022 RX November 2022 RZ March 2023 LM December 2023 LBX December 2023 Nissan Ariya January 2022 X-Trail July 2022 Serena December 2022 Honda Stepwgn May 2022 ZR-V April 2023 WR-V March 2024 Accord March 2024 Suzuki Swift December 2023 Subaru Solterra May 2022 Crosstrek January 2023 Impreza April 2023 *Excludes sports cars, ultra-luxury cars, special vehicles such as frame-typ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/10/25

eld by Zexel’s parent company Bosch, and in November 2005 it became a wholly owned subsidiary, established as Valeo Thermal Systems Japan Corporation. Later, Valeo Japan absorbed Valeo Thermal Systems, and it is now a division of Valeo Japan Co., Ltd. Its customers in Japan are Isuzu, Nissan, and Subaru. Like Sanden, the company also receives orders for individual compressors. [Recent Activities] In December 2021, the company established a ne...

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

ons and a company with two major businesses: the automatic transmission business and the car navigation business. The car navigation business specializes in factory-installed navigation systems. Aisin commands the major share of Toyota OE factory-installed navigation systems, and besides Toyota and Subaru, also delivers navigation systems to VW group brands such as VW, Audi, and Porsche. In the Japanese domestic market, Aisin is in competition wi...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/10/03

atteries, e-Axles, and more; Mitsubishi Motors also participating Suzuki: 43% of vehicles are HEV and CNG; technology strategy for energy minimization Mazda: Strengthening HEVs and PHEVs, "follower" strategy for BEVs Mitsubishi Motors: Working with partners to adapt to the situation in each country Subaru: Aiming to achieve carbon neutrality while maintaining the advantages of horizontally opposed engines and AWD Japanese passenger car manufactur...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/09/13

ection, seat cushion, rear seat center, and rear collision airbag modules. Future development items include the development of an airbag + seatbelt system in collaboration with Ashimori Industry, as well as occupant protection systems for autonomous driving. The company is a key supplier to Toyota, Subaru, and Daihatsu, and delivers products to other Japanese automakers, except for Nissan (excluding OEM minicars), but through the aforementioned c...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/09/12

Honda reorganizes its international parts supply chain, separating China from the rest of the world. August 2022, Mazda breaks away from dependence on China for parts, requesting cooperation from 200 companies. June 2023, the major shareholder, Pang Da Automobile Trade Co., Ltd. (Pang Da Group), in Subaru's Chinese subsidiary withdraws from the company, bringing Subaru's stake to 100%. July 2023, Mazda terminates consignment of production to Chin...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/08/08

ying needs of next generation vehicle manufacturing (multi-pathway response). To promote research and development aimed at creating new businesses. Furthermore, as part of its sales expansion activities, in addition to the five companies it has prioritized as "strategic OEMs" -- Daihatsu, Suzuki, Subaru, Mazda, and BMW -- the company has also announced a policy to strengthen its approach to emerging EV manufacturers in the expanding BEV market,...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/08/01

le materials. It predicts the areas that are likely to crack, and adds material in those areas to provide extra strength. The amount of springback can be reduced by about 90% compared to conventional methods. The company announced that aftermarket performance mufflers were available exclusively for Subaru Levorg from October 2020 and Subaru WRX S4 from July 2022. The three development concepts of the new product are: a high-quality sound with emp...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/05/30

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 trends by Japanese OEMs, many models are equipped with disc brakes, such as Subaru, which does not manufacture commercial vehicles, and Mazda models, except for the Mazda 2 and the small commercial vehicle Bongo, are all equip...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/04/11

fecture, Japan, that develops, manufactures, and sells various types of lamps (excluding headlamps) for automobiles and motorcycles, as well as mirrors. Sales were JPY 8.8 billion in February 2023. For automobiles, the company supplies rear lamps and high-mounted stop lamps to Suzuki, Daihatsu, and Subaru. Its subsidiary, Tokai Kasei Inc. (Yamagata City, Gifu Prefecture), also produces lamps for automobiles and motorcycles, while YKP Inc. (Nakats...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/02/29

Subaru: Aiming to sell 600,000 BEVs (50% of sales) by 2030 Eight BEV models in the lineup by the end of 2028, with plans to sell 400,000 units in the U.S. Summary New Management Policy: Aiming for BEV sales of 600,000 units in 2030 Discussions begin with Panasonic Energy regarding battery supply All-new models: Forester U.S.-spec model and Levorg Layback SUV for Japan U.S. market: 400,000 BEVs to be sold in 2028 Forecast for FY2023: Operating inc...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/01/12

subishi: All-new Triton pickup Isuzu: MU-X PPV and D-Max V-Cross pickup Ford: Ranger Raptor pickup Jeep and Maserati models Tata: Super Ace truck Lexus: RX 500h F SPORT Performance HEV Honda: Accord e:HEV and lineup of e:HEV models Nissan: Kicks e-POWER Suzuki: Swift GL Next and Ertiga Smart Hybrid Subaru: Forester EyeSight 4.0 Mazda 6 20th Anniversary Edition The 40th Thailand Motor Expo's entrance   From November 30 to December 11, 20...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/12/27

perated with conventional hardware for ease of operation and convenience.  The instrument panel is specially designed, and there is no 2-DIN area for installing an aftermarket navigation system. This gives the entire instrument panel a clean design from the center cluster to the center console.   Subaru Levorg   It was the first vehicle in Japan to adopt an advanced digital cockpit with a large center information display and full liquid crysta...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/12/21

s in trends in car air conditioners in Japan.   In Europe and China, where the proportion of BEVs is rapidly increasing, air conditioning systems are being incorporated as part of overall vehicle thermal management, as represented by Tesla and BYD, but in Japan, at present, the Toyota bZ4X and the Subaru Solterra are the only BEVs where this is being adopted.   In such a market environment, the following trends are underway.   One is the incre...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/10/19