AutoTechInsight

BENEFITS

How can I stay abreast of new trends and developments for vehicle components?

Staying abreast of automotive sector-specific developments, trends and competitive activity can be time-consuming. With many sources available, it is often difficult to find critical and reliable market information that stakeholders of the automotive industry need. In addition, conducting business analysis, product, or market strategy assessments without validated market data is risky. AutoTechInsight provides the ability to access the wealth of original thought leadership, data, and analysis from Global Mobility on a broad spectrum of industry topics and sectors.

What do new, potentially disruptive technologies mean for my market?

• Assess and forecast new technology growth
• Analyze the competition
• Understand customers' purchasing strategies
• Evaluate customers' technology adoption paths

Autonomy

Analyzes the shift towards increased automation of driver controls and its impact on mobility as well as the value chain mapping of autonomous driving. Topics covered include:

• ADAS sensors: Radar, camera, lidar
• Applications: Automatic emergency braking, lane keep assist, automated driving by level
• Topics: ADAS, automation, autonomous driving
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Battery

Delivers comprehensive critical insights from raw material extraction to battery packs installed in electrified vehicles​. Topics covered include:

• High Voltage Battery
• Low Voltage Battery
• Battery Raw Material
• Battery C02
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Chassis

Focuses on braking, steering, noise/vibration/harshness, and suspension control as well as increasing electrification of chassis systems. Topics covered include:

• Brake actuation systems and supply chain
• Brake friction materials
• Damper systems and actuation
• Steering system
• Tire technology
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Charging

Charging

• Power Electronics
• Vehicle-side Charging
• Infrastructure-side Charging
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Consumer Insights

The automotive industry is betting on consumer adoption of next-generation technologies Technologies such as automated driving, vehicle electrification, connectivity, and next-generation user interfaces are defining the vehicle of the future. Automakers, suppliers, and other key players in the industry are making significant investments in the development of these technologies for the automobile of tomorrow and these investments hinge on the evolution of the consumer as we move into a rapidly changing, highly digital world. Topics covered include:

• Autonomous driving
• Vehicle electrification
• Usability and HMI
• Connectivity
• Technology adoption
• Charging infrastructure
• Displays and controls
• Willingness to pay for services
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E/E & Semiconductor

Focuses on key technologies affecting vehicle electronics and architecture, electrical networks including semiconductor components. Topics covered include:

• Future E/E architectures including domain and zone controllers
• In-vehicle networking technologies like Ethernet, CAN, FlexRay
• In-vehicle electrical architecture such as 48 V systems
• ECU and semiconductor shipment, revenue and supplier shares for the major domains comprising ADAS, Infotainment, Body, Powertrain, HEV-EV, Chassis and Safety. Topics covered include:
• Semiconductor ICs for E/E implementation: processing, control, memory and storage, sensing, networking and communication, and power management
• Sensor chips including image, radar, inertial, current, magnetic and pressure
• Model-level forecasts on central body control modules, engine ECU, keyless entry, transmission ECU, wiring harnesses, and domain controllers
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Interior Comfort and Passive Safety

Provides insight, context, data, and analytics for the key systems that make up a vehicle’s interior and for how materials and functionality are changing to meet consumer demand and emission compliance. Topics covered include:

• Passive safety systems and subsystems (e.g., airbag modules)
• Decorative and interior finish (e.g., door-trim panels, seat materials)
• Sunroof, cockpit and seat-comfort functions
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Lighting

Provides insight, context, data, and analytics for the key technologies that are core to the developments in the lighting sector. Topics covered include:

• Front lights, DRL, fog, front light control module (ECU), tail lamps
• Low beam and high beam type, ADB, ADB actuation type, AFS, AHB, bent lighting, camera fitment, ECU fitment and type
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Materials

Analyses material change opportunities, mostly to sustain light weighting or sustainability efforts. Topics covered include:

• Weight reduction and joining techniques
• Material changes (e.g., plastics, carbon fiber, aluminum, alloys)
• Recyclability
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OEM Strategy

Monitors OEM sourcing strategies as well as developments in the supplier sector on a regional basis. Topics covered include:

• OEM platform strategy
• OEM production strategy
• OEM sourcing strategy
• Regional supply base analysis
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Propulsion

Tracks developments of existing or new component technologies applied to engine and transmission as well as fuel efficiency and emission regulations. Topics covered include:

• Valvetrain, intake and injection technologies
• Exhaust and emission control technologies
• Main engine structural components
• Drivetrain architectures and technologies
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SDV: Connected Car

• Cockpit domain controllers (CDC)
• Cybersecurity
• Data monetization
• Infotainment software platforms
• Over-the-Air (OTA) updates
• Telematics controllers
• Navigation software
• Usage-based insurance (UBI)
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SDV: Software

• Relationships between software providers and automotive manufacturers
• Analysis of spending & revenue growth on automotive software
• Analysis of software complexities and architectural evolution
• Growth analysis of automotive middleware software
• Analysis of application and OS development in software-defined functions
• The emergence of Software-Defined Vehicles
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SDV: User Interface and Experience

• Display systems: instrument cluster display, center stack display, head-up display
• Other HMI outputs: haptics, augmented reality, emerging display applications
• HMI inputs: speech, touch screens, touchpads, controllers, hard keys, gesture & proximity
• Topics: automotive user interfaces, HMI trends, usability reviews, emerging display applications
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Thermal Management

Deep dives on components enabling thermal and air cabin comfort as well as management of heat dissipation in other critical component areas (for example Cooled EGR). Topics covered include:

• Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems technology and its management
• Thermal management systems applied to powertrain components (e.g., cooled exhaust gas recirculation, EV propulsion)
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