automobiles and automobile parts based on Section 232, are exempt.   According to MarkLines data, new car sales volume in the United States was approximately 16.49 million units (2024), with Japanese automakers accounting for 35.9% and American automakers 33.6%, with the top three groups being GM, Toyota, and Ford. Approximately 6.44 million vehicles (in 2024) were imported (excluding imports from Canada), with GM, Hyundai, and Toyota being the ...

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

5%. Trends in electric vehicle sales: EVs including HEVs grow by nearly 70% Sales volume by OEM: Nissan maintains top share, followed by GM and VW Chinese OEMs: Accounting for about 10% of domestic sales in Mexico in 2024 U.S. OEMs: GM and Ford sales up, Stellantis sales down Japanese OEMs: Nissan, Toyota, Mazda, and Honda experience double-digit y/y growth Volkswagen Group (VW): Significant sales growth for the second consecutive year; Indian-ma...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/04/30

arket. The company will also begin introducing Mazda's global BEVs. In the third phase (2028-2030), the company will move forward with the full-scale introduction of BEV-only models and increase investment in battery production. Related Reports: Japanese OEM Electric Vehicle Launch Plans (Sep. 2024)Toyota: Developing electrification compatible engines with Mazda and Subaru (Aug. 2024)Battery Technologies: Battery life extension, safety components...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/04/01

een a subsidiary of the "Chassis Systems Control" division of Bosch. Parts classification: Brake discs, 18 million units/year, 20% share in European cars (top share). Installation status: Its customers include the German-based VW Group, BMW Group and Mercedes Benz, as well as GM, Opel, Hyundai/Kia, Toyota and Suzuki. Development related: Buderus Guss has been manufacturing the iDisc brake disc since November 2017. The iDisc reduces particulate em...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/03/21

AI Agent Auto-Voice command support.-Open architecture to allow integration with smart cabin components (e.g. IVI, body).(© CTI Symposium Germany 2024 organized by CTI - Car Training Institute - A division of Euroforum Deutschland GmbH; Slide: © Skymizer) As an example, Mr. Wei cited the LLM for Toyota RAV4, which can be adapted to other models without code changes.(© CTI Symposium Germany 2024 organized by CTI - Car Training Institute - A d...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/02/12

ice. Figure 10: Hitachi Astemo automated driving technology enabling cooperative behavior on narrow roads (Source: Hitachi Astemo) Figure 11: Hitachi Astemo multi-camera 3D sensing (Source: Hitachi Astemo)   Denso Corporation (Denso)  The major customers of Denso Corporation (Denso) are Toyota, Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. (Daihatsu), Subaru, and Suzuki. Small stereo cameras are used in mini-cars, such as those made by Daihatsu, and are c...

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

s the sub-category of automatic transmissions, as shown in the above figure, known as continuously variable transmissions (CVT). Friction-type step-less transmissions using a belt or chain to transfer power (hereinafter referred to as mechanical CVT, including some step systems). Transmissions for Toyota and other hybrid vehicles that perform stepless shifting by a built-in electric motor/generator via a power split mechanism (hereinafter referr...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/11/21

Analysis Report: Lithium-Ion Battery (Japan, Europe, North America and Korea) Each company's EV strategy and next-generation battery technology List of Suppliers Introduction Ⅰ. OEM BEV and battery strategy (Overall trends) II. Trends of Major Battery Suppliers III. Simple explanation of LiB technology Japan Panasonic Energy Prime Planet Energy & Solutions (PPES) Toyota Industries Corporation AESC Group Vehicle Energy Japan Blue Energ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/10/18

and the parts supply bottlenecks that existed through 2022. Among the vehicle sales, electric vehicles (BEVs, PHEVs, and HEVs) accounted for 50.3% of sales, half of all sales. Among the fully remodeled vehicles in the last fiscal year, there was one new BEV (Mitsubishi Minicab) and three new PHEVs (Toyota Century, Crown Sport, and Crown Sedan), indicating that the shift to full-scale electrification is proceeding, albeit gradually.   In response...

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

at are linked to the vehicle. In addition, many of them are equipped with display audio (DA) functionality and smartphone connectivity features such as CarPlay and Android Auto, and in many cases navigation and music sources are assumed to be used via cloud services on a smartphone. Figure 2. Toyota display audioSource: Toyota Motor Corporation   Characteristics of car navigation systems in the commercial market Main features in the com...

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

d will remain at 0%. The electric vehicles whose coverage has been expanded include electric three-wheelers and electric quadricycles, batteries, HV/PHV jeepneys/buses, HV/PHV passenger cars and trucks, and CKD EVs of various vehicle types.   Activities related to electrified vehicles by OEM Toyota In May 2024, Toyota welcomed the review measures of this Presidential Decree No. 12 (2023), which extended the exemption from import tariffs to...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/09/04

000 units and the BYD brand, which offers the Dynasty and Ocean Series, up 29.6% y/y to 1,553,000 units, all strong. Note that in 2020, BYD's sales volume share was approximately 1.7%.  In third place is FAW Group Corporation (FAW Group), with both of its two foreign joint ventures (FAW-VW and FAW Toyota) falling, resulting in a year-over-year sales volume decline of 4.3%, to 1.48 million units.  In fifth place, with a year-on-year sales increa...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/08/20

-by-wire (SBW) with a fail-safe mechanism. This steer-by-wire system uses a clutch to connect the steering wheel to the front axle, and if a fault is detected, the system will mechanically connect as usual. In addition, the safety design includes the use of three ECUs to ensure redundancy. In 2022, Toyota launched a steer-by-wire (SBW) system for the bZ4X and Lexus RZ electric vehicles that physically separates the steering and tires. This is the...

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

f major seat suppliers Ⅲ. List of major seat suppliers and the automakers to which they supply seats (vehicles produced in Japan) IV. Product supply information of major seat suppliers (Complete Seats only) Ⅴ. Sales figures of major seat suppliers VI. Suppliers global footprints (Detail) Toyota Boshoku Cowerk NHK Spring / Faurecia-NHK Tachi-S Fuji Seat Delta Kogyo SNIC TS Tech Toyo Seat Houwa Kogyo Adient (formerly Johnson Controls...

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

ive Systems’ electric power steering. Vehicles produced in the Americas, mainly the former Chrysler products, use Nexteer. Stellantis- PSA: Nexteer and JTEKT are used in European production cars only. Tata: Bosch for Jaguar; Bosch and ZF for Land Rover. Tesla: Bosch and HL Mando of Korea. Toyota: JTEKT is mainstream for the Toyota Group. Bosch products are used in vehicles made in Canada. Volkswagen: Bosch and ZF are mainstream in the...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/07/19

llion, and sales by division were in the order of Seating, Interior Components, Clean Mobility, Electronics, Lighting, and Life Cycle Solutions. At the component level, Faurecia is the leading supplier of front seat frames and mechanisms, surpassing that of its competitors such as Adient, Lear, and Toyota Boshoku. Also, it has a 16% market share as the market leader in seat structure systems. As the company is based in France and was owned 39.34%...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/07/04

production Stellantis: Begins production of a large van in Mexico, its first mass-produced EV in North America Ford: Continues to significantly increase production, with sales of the EV "Mustang Mach-E" also growing Hyundai/Kia: Starting production of new compact sedan and considering EV production Toyota: Began production of the new Tacoma, aiming to increase HV sales ratio Mazda: Strong sales of CX-30 in the U.S. contribute to increased product...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/06/14

pan usually include large parts such as exhaust pipes that are long and more easily produced and supplied locally, mainly by Japanese suppliers. Excluding suppliers of catalyst substrates and coating, the major Japanese suppliers of exhaust systems include suppliers such as Futaba and Sango for the Toyota group, Marelli Corporation (formerly Calsonic Kansei Corporation) for Nissan, and Yutaka Giken and Sankei Giken for Honda. Because larger parts...

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

WCX 2024 (2) Improved vehicle sustainability and industry perspectives Strategies to reduce emissions; sessions provide supplier and OEM views on current trends Summary GM, Toyota show alternatives in reducing vehicle emissions Technological highlights of the Tesla Cybertruck (Munro) Ford design officer discusses industry trends Tier 1 suppliers adjusting to automotive paradigm shift (AWS, BorgWarner, Dana, Schaeffler, ZF) Entrance to WCX 2...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/05/21

-over-year (y/y) to 1.396 million units and sales fell by 4.0% y/y to 1.006 million units, while exports of completely built units (CBU) increased by 6.7% y/y to 505,000 units.   As for the new model launches in 2023-2024 except for EV models, Japanese OEMs are releasing several PHV and HV models. Toyota has introduced the RAV4 GR Sport PHV and the HV version of the new Vellfire. Honda has launched the new Accord RS e:HEV and the CR-V which offe...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/04/12