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OEMs strongly anticipate that from 2015 onwards a quite significant number of fuel cell vehicles will be commercialized with current projections aimed at a few hundred thousand units on a worldwide basis. All OEMs involved will implement road specifi...more

This fourth edition report takes an in-depth look at the global seating market including the key changes currently underway in the industry and what the future holds for this key sector. The report considers in-house seat manufacture and supply chain...more

The past decade has seen a revolution in automotive lighting, a sector that not only includes visible lighting today, but also illumination through infrared sources as lighting and driver assistance systems combine. The lighting industry as a whole h...more

From being an automotive almost-ran in the early 1990s, Volkswagen has rebounded to become one of the world’s leading automotive manufacturers. One of the key strengths of Volkswagen can be traced back to the judicious selection of those companies w...more

The transmissions sector is no longer primarily driven by cost control and installed capacity, but is emerging as a critical technology that can deliver much needed benefits in a cost-effective fashion compared to other areas of technology. Furthermo...more

As the electronic content in vehicles increases, demand for automotive sensor applications will continue to grow unabated. While certain types of sensors such as oil pressure, coolant temperature, vehicle speed and fuel level sensors have long been f...more

As ADAS systems have increased in terms of their capabilities, the markets served by mirrors and cameras have begun to converge more and more. Traditional, simple mirrors are a thing of the past. Drivers no longer only look in their rear-view mirror ...more

The market for light vehicle suspension systems has been changing rapidly over the past few years as technology has enabled levels of comfort and road holding to improve well beyond the boundaries of the compromise between comfort and safety that onc...more

This 2013 edition of the cockpits and dashboards report looks at some of the key developments that have taken place since the previous report in 2011. It identifies the most significant technological developments that are having an impact on the desi...more

When Ford CEO Alan Mulally announced the introduction of the ‘One Ford’ strategy in 2008, it started a chain of events that has led to what could be argued has been the most comprehensive overhaul of a single OEM in the history of automotive producti...more

Today chassis, of which steering systems are one of the critical components, are responsible for the vast majority of the ride, handling, comfort and safety as an integrated and fundamentally important system. A simple functional description of the ...more

In this second edition the key market drivers for petrol, diesel and hybrid engine trends are reviewed, to extend and update the analysis originally published in 2008, and re-evaluate the trends in the intervening four years. It provides an authorita...more

Current equipment development thrusts in the road-building equipment industry are threefold; the continued application of information technology, increased flexibility of equipment application and reduction in operating costs. Realization of the thr...more

When General Motors emerged from bankruptcy protection it was split into two units. Now, ‘Old GM’ has taken responsibility for most of the company debt, leaving ‘New GM’ – which is responsible for maintaining core production operations - to use its i...more

Asia's leading automakers and powertrain suppliers are making steady advances into the engine and transmission fields both in terms of technologies and global presence. In the engine field, automakers will expand usage of direct injection, two-stage ...more

The automotive industry remains an important part of Japan’s economy. Carmakers and automotive suppliers together employ over 5.3 million workers, which is equivalent to 8.5% of the country’s total workforce. The industry generates 10% of the country...more

This report is based on a study of spare part and component market research, which the automotive research agency, AUTOSTAT, carried out at the beginning of 2012. The report includes profiles of 338 car component manufacturers, represented in the R...more

OEMs have a wide range of non-electrification options for improving fuel efficiency, including a wide range of powertrain, drivetrain and mass reduction measures. However, without significant electrification, the challenging CO2 regulation now in pla...more

OEMs today often assess the CO2 benefits of material changes based on whole vehicle lifecycle measurements and with an increasing concentration on secondary weight saving they are determined to break out of the increasing weight spiral in which they ...more

Hyundai-Kia has been through a period of dramatic change since current CEO Mong-koo Chung took over in 1999. Previously considered a second-rate manufacturer of budget vehicles, the much-improved products now delivered by Hyundai and its sister compa...more