Car Association (CPCA) announced the production and sales volumes of passenger cars (including sedans, SUVs, and MPVs, excluding minivans) for September 2025.   Retail September retail sales volumes of passenger cars totaled 2.241 million units, reflecting a year-over-year (y/y) increase of 6.3%. New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) In September, wholesale volumes of New Energy passenger cars totaled 1.5 million units, up 22.4% y/y. Retail Septemb...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/10/15

hey are both also held in the fall.   According to RX Japan Ltd., the organizer of the events, the total number of visitors (three-day total) for Automotive World Autumn, NEPCON JAPAN Autumn, and Factory Innovation Week Autumn 2025, which were held concurrently, was 19,728, slightly down from 22,623 in Autumn last year. However, including the influx of visitors for Smart Energy Week Autumn and Sustainability Management Week Autumn, which were he...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/10/14

li Mahle Japan Valeo Japan Sanden Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Thermal Systems Japan Climate Systems   Domestic car sales in Japan in 2024 were affected by Daihatsu's suspension of sales due to certification fraud, and were 4,415,000 units for mini- and non-mini vehicles, reflecting a decrease of 359,000 units, or 7.5%, compared to 2023. The proportion of sales of electrified vehicles (BEV, PHEV, and HEV) among this Japan domestic total increas...

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

Where is Tesla heading ? Challenges and Progress of Robotaxi Summary Autopilot (AP) faces first federal conviction in federal court Regulatory policies of foreign governments regarding AP/FSD, including China, France, etc. Entering the autonomous ride-hailing service market: Pros and cons about realizing a long-standing promise Hybrid Remotely Monitored Robotaxi : Modified Vehicle "Project Halo" Disbanding the Dojo Team and Changes to Tesla's R&D...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/10/01

Zhejiang Co., Ltd., is beginning to show results, as it has been approved by the Chinese authorities in October 2022 and is moving forward to win new orders. In addition, Tachi-S established a joint venture in November 2022 to expand into the Indian market. (Details to follow.)   In fiscal year 2023, Toyota Boshoku strengthened its production and sales functions for seat frame mechanism parts by acquiring two of Aisin Corporation's overseas subs...

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

trends in each country Electric vehicles (BEV/PHV/FCV) sales trends of major manufacturers and sales composition by powertrain Passenger car sales trends in 12 major countries (including ICE and all other powertrains) About this report   Sales of electric vehicles in the 12 major countries and the 3 Nordic countries of Norway, Sweden, and Finland (15 countries in total) totaled 1.519 million units in August, showing an 8.1% increase over the pre...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/09/26

xcluding minivans) for August 2025.   Retail August retail sales volumes of passenger cars totaled 1.995 million units, reflecting a year-over-year (y/y) increase of 4.6%. New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) In August, wholesale volumes of New Energy passenger cars totaled 1.282 million units, up 22.3% y/y. Retail August retail sales volumes of passenger cars totaled 1.995 million units, reflecting a year-over-year (y/y) increase of 4.6%. Yea...

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

D headlamps ○ ○ Marelli h-Digi® microLED ○ ○ ZKW Group microZ-LED headlight ○ ○ OPmobility Digital rear system ○ Valeo Group All-in-one ○ ○ ○ Hella SSL / HD headlamps   Solid State Lighting / High Definition (SSL / HD) high-resolution headlamps have over 32,000 individually controllable pixels. Two LED chips generate more than 32,000 pixels, controlled by a single ECU. As a result, the space required f...

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

l, Höganäs, Next Core Technologies, Komaki Kouzai Power electronics: STMicroelectronics, Toshiba, Alps Alpine, Sumida Process and test equipment: Tanaka Engineering, CHK Spring Industry, Myway Plus, SMACH, AMDT   TECHNO-FRONTIER 2025, organized by the Japan Management Association, was held July 23-25, 2025, at the Tokyo Big Sight international exhibition center. TECHNO-FRONTIER is an exhibition that started in 1983 as the Small Motor Technolog...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/08/29

d every quarter.  * Sales data for Thailand and Malaysia include revisions from past periods. 2025 Q2 ASEAN Countries Sales Comparison (units) Country Jun. 2025 Jun. 2024 Y-o-Y Apr.-Jun.2025 Apr.-Jun.2024 Y-o-Y Jan.-Jun.2025 Jan.-Jun.2024 Y-o-Y Thailand 50,079 47,662 5.1% 149,501 144,271 3.6% 302,694 308,027 -1.7% Indonesia 57,760 74,615 -22.6% 169,577 194,770 -12.9% 374,740 410,020 -8.6% Malaysia 54,832 58,142 -5.7% 185,786 188,29...

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

Electric Vehicle (BEV/PHV/FCV) Sales Monthly Report (July 2025) Electric vehicle sales in July increase 18.5% y/y to 1,392,000 units Share of electric vehicles (BEV/PHV/FCV) Electric vehicle (BEV/PHV/FCV) share and trends in each country Electric vehicles (BEV/PHV/FCV) sales trends of major manufacturers and sales composition by powertrain Passenger car sales trends in 12 major countries (including ICE and all other powertrains) About this report...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/08/26

tric rear-wheel steering systems, which are auxiliary systems. In this way, power steering systems have generally become standard equipment but system products are even now continuing to evolve. Reference: Installation status of steer-by-wire European cars The 2022 Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-AMG C 63 S adopted Schaeffler's steer-by-wire as part of technology demonstrations, and Schaeffler took the lead in steer-by-wire. In October 2020, ZF announ...

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

TECHNO-FRONTIER 2025: BEV Teardown Exhibits Tesla Cybertruck and Xiaomi SU7: traction motor, thermal management system Summary Tesla Cybertruck teardown exhibit Xiaomi SU7 teardown exhibit Teardown analysis of power electronics products (LTEC)   TECHNO-FRONTIER 2025, organized by the Japan Management Association, was held July 23-25, 2025, at the Tokyo Big Sight international exhibition center. TECHNO-FRONTIER is an exhibition that started in 19...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/08/19

mary Sales by country/region, and powertrain Sales by OEM Sales by model Future global sales trends   According to MarkLines sales volume data (62 countries, representing about 97% of total global sales), global sales volume (passenger and commercial vehicles) in the first half of 2025 increased 2.3% year over year to 42.864 million units.   By powertrain, BEVs are on the rise, with sales expanding especially in China and ASEAN countries.   By...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/08/18

hina Passenger Car Association (CPCA) announced the production and sales volumes of passenger cars (including sedans, SUVs, and MPVs, excluding minivans) for July 2025.   Retail July retail sales volumes of passenger cars totaled 1.826 million units, reflecting a year-over-year (y/y) increase of 6.3%. New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) In July, wholesale volumes of New Energy passenger cars totaled 1.147 million units, up 22.3% y/y. Retail July retail s...

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

bal expansion of OEMs. North America-based Adient, Lear, and Magna Seating have been expanding globally for some time now, and their production systems are being upgraded. In the past, the European supplier Forvia SE was primarily focused on the European market, but in the two years from 2012 to 2013, the company aggressively expanded its capital investments, establishing a number of manufacturing sites and R&D facilities in the Americas and Asia...

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

(Q2 2025) Policies related to China's automotive industry (Q2 2025) SAIC Group and Huawei launch Shangjie brand(Source: HIMA)   The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) announced on July 10, 2025, that vehicle sales volumes in China rose 11.4% year-over-year (y/y) to 15.653 million units. Of this total, passenger car sales grew 13.0% y/y to 13.531 million units, while commercial vehicles increased 2.6% y/y to 2.122 mill...

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

Electric Vehicle (BEV/PHV/FCV) Sales Monthly Report (June 2025) Electric vehicle sales in June increase 13.3% y/y to 1,483,000 units Share of electric vehicles (BEV/PHV/FCV) Electric vehicle (BEV/PHV/FCV) share and trends in each country Electric vehicles (BEV/PHV/FCV) sales trends of major manufacturers and sales composition by powertrain Passenger car sales trends in 12 major countries (including ICE and all other powertrains) About this report...

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

to South American markets VW: Production expansion for the fourth consecutive year, concerns over impact of U.S. tariffs Hyundai/Kia Group: Production of SUVs for the U.S. market transferred to the U.S. plant Chinese manufacturers: Tension in U.S.-China relations creates headwinds for new entrants Tesla, BYD, and Hon Hai (Foxconn) GlobalData Production Forecast: Mexico light vehicle production expected to be 3.56 million units in 2028 Mexi...

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

totaled 1.241 million units, up 27.0% y/y. Retail June retail sales volumes of passenger cars totaled 2.084 million units, reflecting a year-over-year (y/y) increase of 18.1%. Year-to-date (YTD) retail sales volume totaled 10.901 million units, up 10.8% y/y. Luxury car retail sales volumes totaled 230,000 units, down 7% y/y. Retail sales volumes of domestic brands totaled 1.34 million units, up 30% y/y. Domestic brands had a market share of 64.2%...

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