nd due to its many years of experience in F1 racing and its adoption in the McLaren P1 in 2013. Due to extensive bench testing such as dynamometer test evaluations and technical services, Akebono Brake brake calipers and pads are being applied in vehicles such as Porsche, Bentley Continental, Volvo Cars Polestar 1, Audi RS4, and SEAT of the VW Group. For rotors, Brembo has established Brembo SGL Carbon Ceramic Brakes to market carbon ceramic disc...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2026/03/24

2025 China Automotive Software Conference: AI + Smart Cars From the presentations by Changan, CAIC, and Volcengine Summary Changan: Intelligence-driven strategy "Dubhe Plan” China Automotive Innovation Corporation (CAIC): Vehicle-road-cloud integration, software and hardware coordination Volcengine: AI-Defined Vehicle   The 2025 China Automotive Software Conference (CASC) was held in Shanghai Jiading on December 15-16, 2025. The conference, jo...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2026/01/27

xiliary power supply device” does not have a direct drive connection to the vehicle’s wheels. However, this term is also sometimes used to refer to serial-parallel architectures that may additionally have one or more gears for parallel hybrid operation at higher speeds. The VW ID. Era concept car has an electric range of 300 km, with an additional 700 km possible using the range extender   As yet, there are virtually no European REEVs in ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2026/01/19

n classification and recent developments of intelligent cockpits III. Major suppliers of intelligent cockpits IV. Intelligent cockpit component suppliers and their customers V. Development trends of intelligent cockpit technology Desay SV Neusoft Visteon FORVIA Harman International Pateo Connect+ ECARX Aptiv Foryou Cockpit Module (Japanese Market) Cockpit Modules (European Market)    Intelligent cockpit technology has gradually become the co...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/12/24

model V. Sales figures for major air conditioning suppliers Supplier global footprint: By plant, location, and customer Valeo Mahle Behr Hanon Systems Modine Manufacturing Air International Eberspaecher Webasto Air Conditioners (Japan Market)   Automotive air conditioners have been installed as car coolers in the U.S. market since the 1960s, and their popularity began to expand in the 1980s. On the other hand, in the European market, with the...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/12/22

  Hino's strengths are its manufacturing integrity, which it has acquired by overcoming certification issues, and its support for customers through connected technologies, such as "Hino Support," which keeps customers' operations running. Furthermore, to address the logistics issue of waiting for cargo and loading and unloading work, the company is currently operating an entry and exit time management system at its own plants and is currently a...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/12/16

y, instead of switching gears stepwise as in a step AT. Since it is stepless, the major advantage of a CVT is that it can run at the optimum gear ratio. Since the gear ratio can be matched to the engine speed range where the engine efficiency is good, it is compatible with mini-vehicles and compact cars with small displacement engines and limited power. For this reason, most of the automatic transmissions installed on mini-vehicles and A-D segmen...

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

existing knowledge and infrastructure can be adapted to the latest developments in the growing humanoid robotics industry. FEV offers support in this area through market knowledge, technical expertise, product development strategies, and a development platform. Reference Project: Electric passenger car platform development for the Mahindra BE6  FEV collaborated with Mahindra & Mahindra to develop a ground-up electric platform for the Mahindra BE...

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

its by OEMs was on the decline, a large number of component suppliers exhibited in the Parts, Machinery and Tools area (West Exhibition Hall).   This report introduces electric powertrain-related products (e-Axle,s motors, inverters, power devices, etc.) that were exhibited mainly in the passenger car and Parts, Machinery and Tools area of the Japan Mobility Show 2025 (JMS 2025). Daihatsu e-SMART HYBRID Astemo rare earth-free motor Bosc...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/11/21

splay types described above, head-up displays (HUDs) are becoming increasingly popular. They are mainly used to display driving-related information such as speed, traffic signs, navigation instructions and information provided by advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). Mainstream and low segment cars are still mainly equipped with combiner-type HUDs, whereas higher segment and premium cars come with higher quality windshield-type HUDs. First v...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/11/20

LIGHT article from ATZ worldwide [9/2025] [the websites of Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, which are available at www.springerfachmedien-wiesbaden.de] reproduced with permission of Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH. According to the German Federal Statistical Office, around 760 million t of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) were emitted in the EU in 2022 from the combustion fuel for road transportation. Of this, 39 % was emitted by commercial vehicles...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/11/19

ity risks. Therefore, some companies have emerged that are paying close attention to how they handle OSS and are actively establishing and operating an Open Source Program Office (OSPO) within their organizations to promote its use.  OSS* Software whose source code is publicly available and can be used, modified, and redistributed   This report summarizes the presentations and exhibits related to SDVs (Software Defined Vehicles) at the 5th Auto...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/11/13

Analysis Report: Car Navigation System (Japan, European, and North America Markets) Evolution of navigation systems as infotainment equipment List of Suppliers Introduction I. The car navigation market in 2025 II. Car navigation as an integrated cockpit system III. Car navigation function and smartphone linkage (CarPlay, Android Auto) IV. Connected navigation systems and services will continue to be revived V. Linkage of navigation and ADAS (Ad...

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

Japan. They are now standard equipment on most models not only in developed countries such as Japan, the U.S. and Europe, but also in major markets such as China. As an example of the expansion of equipment in emerging countries, in India, the transport authorities had announced that all passenger cars produced from July 2019 onwards will be required to be equipped with driver airbags, and all passenger cars produced from January 2022 onwards wi...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/10/27

oped in recent years. In the past, halogen and HID (High Intensity Discharge) were the main light sources for lamps, but now LEDs, which have a long life and low power consumption, have become the mainstream light source. The installation of ADB systems is being expanded to higher grades of popular cars, not only luxury cars. Based on these advances, each company is proceeding with the development of the lighting of the future. This section will ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/10/20

losely watched.   The Automotive Grade Linux (AGL) open-source project sponsored by the non-profit Linux Foundation began as collaborative development, involving automakers, suppliers, and technology companies to promote the development and introduction of a fully open software stack for connected cars. Leveraging the strengths of Linux at its core, AGL is developing an open platform from scratch as the industry's de facto standard, enabling new...

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

Vienna Motor Symposium 2025 (3) Reaching zero carbon mobility emission DeepDrive dual-rotor electric drive, IAV scalable powertrain platform concept Summary Presentations covered in this report Highly Efficient Dual-Rotor Electric Drives: Setting New Standards in Performance and Cost Efficiency BEV to REEV: A Scalable Powertrain Platform Concept Official event logo (46th International Vienna Motor Symposium, organized by the Austrian Societ...

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

hnology architecture. BEV and range extender EV models are available. Launched in March 2024. The 2026 model year C10 model went on sale in May 2025. The architecture technology was updated to LEAP 3.5. C16 A 6-passenger mid-size SUV launched in June 2024. The LEAP 3.0 technology architecture is used, with BEV and range extender EV configurations. In January 2025, the BEV version, the "580 Long-Range Version," became available. The cruising ra...

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

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

Electric Vehicle (BEV/PHV/FCV) Sales Monthly Report (May 2025) Electric vehicle sales in May increase 23.1% y/y to 1,431,000 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)   This report pres...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/25