ny is now said to have completed construction of an all-solid-state battery production line. Ultrahigh Power (UP) large cylindrical battery The Wujie all-solid-state battery   As for CALB's manufacturing sites in Europe, the company will invest EUR 2 billion in its first battery plant (Zero Carbon AI Super Plant), which will be located in the Port of Sines, Portugal. Construction of the plant began in February 2025, with operations s...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/09/29

tability of unprofitable businesses in the Americas, and is preparing to close TF-METAL USA in 2024 and Tachi-S Automotive Seating USA in 2025 to consolidate production in Mexico. As mentioned above, as a result of reassessing the profitability and future business prospects of all businesses from a zero-base perspective, the number of global sites was reduced from 69 sites in 14 countries at the end of FY2020 to 53 sites in 9 countries at the end...

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

justment Mechanism (CBAM), and the Digital Product Passport (DPP). In contrast, while political challenges make policy implementation more difficult in the U.S., there are still multilayered efforts at both the federal and state levels—such as the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the adoption of Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEV) mandates at the state level. Despite ongoing policy uncertainty, the automotive industry increasingly recognizes the need...

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

fing," outlining Honda's future management strategy, which focuses on businesses related to electrified vehicles. In the previous year, Honda had set a target of 30% EV/BEV (battery electric vehicle) sales ratio and 2 million EV production units by FY2030 with the introduction of the Honda 0 (Honda Zero) Series EV, scheduled to be launched globally from 2026. However, in light of changes in environmental regulations and the prospect that the expa...

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

rbon" goal (carbon peak-out by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060), the NEV (New Energy Vehicle: BEV, PHEV, FCEV) and drive battery industries are developing rapidly, stimulating the rapid growth of the battery swap industry.   Leveraging its strengths in product technology, service innovation and zero-emission demonstration, CATL is gradually building integrated zero-emission solutions across all scenarios, focusing on the Chinese dual carbon s...

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

ss and shorten the sales cycle. Future Vision: Becoming a "Technology conglomerate" Intelligent drivingSAIC aims to commercialize L4 autonomous driving in 2026, and realize deep interaction and symbiosis between people and cars based on the AI model of SAIC Z-One Galaxy's full-stack architecture. Zero carbon revolutionBy leveraging the architecture for hydrogen fuel cell passenger vehicles, SAIC will actively support the realization of China's ...

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

ing technology into practical use through unique initiatives such as combining unsupervised learning with models of the driving behavior of veteran drivers.  It will be interesting to see what kind of autonomous driving systems Honda will put into practical use as it aims to realize a society with zero traffic accidents and the joy of free movement. Honda next generation Honda Sensing ...

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

ustion engines (ICE) and hybrids (HORSE Powertrain), High-end vehicles (Alpine), financing, energy, and mobility (Mobilize), and the circular economy (The Future is NEUTRAL).   On December 9, 2024, the Renault Group announced how far the Group will still have to go to achieve its goal of being net zero-carbon in Europe by 2040 and worldwide by 2050. The Group reduced its CO2 emissions by 28% between 2010 and 2023. It is advancing electrification...

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

feet. Lear designed the seat foam, trim covers, seat frames, mechanisms, plastics and seat harnesses for production with the latest equipment in Detroit. The new plant started operations in Q3 of 2022, and supplies seats on a just-in-time delivery basis for the Silverado EV produced at GM's Factory Zero in Detroit. Lear supplies products for EVs and hybrid vehicles to multiple automakers from more than one-third of its global locations. Manufa...

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

In Japan, a task force led by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and studies are underway to develop a framework for cyber and physical security measures (Figure 20).   xZETA: A scanning tool that creates comprehensive BOMs including SBOMs* and visualizes vulnerabilities, including zero-day and undisclosed vulnerabilities, and threats in vehicle software.   SBOM*: Software Bill of Materials   21. JASPAR summary (Source: P...

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

d in the U.S. will increase by an average of 2.1%.   Sales of the Outlander PHEV, the company's only electrified model in North America, were up 4.4% y/y to 6,975 units in 2024 in the U.S., while sales in Canada, where sales began in November 2022, were boosted by subsidies of up to CAD 10,000 for zero-emission vehicles (CAD 5,000 from the federal government and CAD 5,000 from Canadian provinces). Sales volume increased steadily from 2,030 units...

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

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

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

tardant sheets can be expected to deter the spread of fire in the event a lithium-ion battery ignites due to thermal runaway. High temperature resistant module cover Insulation and insulation system, high temperature gas guide Heat resistance up to 1400°C, electrical insulation up to 18 kV, zero heat transfer   ------------------ Keywords:JSAE, Battery, Storage Battery, Lithium-ion Battery, Solid-state Battery, Capacitor, Battery Pack...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/27

or the current is created, allowing electricity to flow between the shaft and housing without passing through the bearing, thereby suppressing electrolytic corrosion.   The brushes are attached in the axial direction and the peripheral speed at the contact point between the brush and steel ball is zero, so insulation by oil film does not occur even in an oil environment and electrical conductivity can be maintained even at high rotation speeds. ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/26

JSAE 2025 in Yokohama: Carbon Neutrality Automakers' efforts to improve recycling and safety Summary Toyota: Circular economy initiatives Honda: Initiatives to achieve "carbon neutrality" and "zero traffic collision fatalities" Subaru: Safety Technologies of the New Forester Mazda: CX-80 PHEV advanced safety features Suzuki: Initiatives to develop BEV light trucks JSAE in Yokohama 2025 North Hall venue entrance   The Automotive Engineer...

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

etc.   Related reports: JSAE 2025 in Yokohama: Plastics Technology (Jun. 2025)JSAE 2025 in Yokohama: Metal Processing Technology (Jun. 2025)Toyota Business Fair 2024: EV Technologies, Carbon Neutrality (Jun. 2024)     FCEV Crown In addition to the HEV, the new Crown is also available in a zero-emission FCEV (fuel cell electric vehicle), whose features are: 1) Equipped with three high-pressure hydrogen tanks; 2) the driving distance per ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/24

Vienna Motor Symposium 2025 (1) Reaching zero carbon mobility emission Climate-neutral drive systems and their ecological and economic relevance Summary Asia's New Role in Automotive Industry: Regionalization and Technology Innovations (Bosch) Is There More than One Solution in the Drive Toward Net Zero? (HORSE Powertrain) Redefining the Future of Drive Systems (Mercedes-Benz) From the Inventor of Diesel to the Pioneer of Zero Emissions (MAN Truc...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/20

will also offer a coordinated system with a control unit to regulate the temperature of the catalytic converter.. In September 2021, the company unveiled an electrically heated catalytic converter compliant with Euro-7 emission standards that reduces pollutant emissions during cold start to almost zero. The central component of the electrically heated catalyst is a wound metal structure consisting of thin foils up to 50 microns in thickness. It ...

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

d a base in Xinhui District, Jiangmen City, and the Jiangmen project is planned to have a production capacity of 50GWh.   In November 2022, CALB signed a memorandum of understanding with AICEP Global Parques, a Portuguese investment organization, to purchase land use rights in Portugal and build a zero-carbon battery plant.   5) EVE Energy Co., Ltd. (EVE Energy) ▶ Recent Developments (1) Financial data (Unit: CNY millions) 2020 2021 2022 2...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/12