| | | | | | | | | | Asian suppliers lead EV battery race
Asian battery suppliers are poised to dominate the global automotive market for lithium ion batteries, a report by Pike Research of Boulder, Colo., concludes. LG Chem Ltd. of South Korea is the top electric-vehicle battery supplier, according to the report, which used 10 variables to rate each supplier's technology and staying power. Three Japanese companies - GS Yuasa Corp., Automotive Energy Supply Corp. and Panasonic Group - also were among the elite performers. ...
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| | North America car and truck production -- February and YTD
| | | Feb. 2012 | Feb. 2011 | Feb. % change | 2 mos. 2012 | 2 mos. 2011 | 2 mos. % change | | AutoAlliance | 13,983 | 10,911 | 28% | 26,074 | 16,527 | 58% | | BMW Mfg. Corp. | 27,248 | 21,267 | 28% | 53,179 | 38,569 | 38% | | Chrysler Group | 197,540 | 145,938 | 35% | 382,823 | 285,729 | 34% | | Ford Motor Co. | 216,214 | 200,047 | 8% | 418,155 | 378,556 | 11% | | Ford incl. joint venture* | 223,567 | 206,011 | 9% | 432,372 | 387,125 | 12% | | General Motors | 297,045 | 249,948 | 19% | 550,411 | 475,031 | 16% | | Honda | 151,818 | 109,378 | 39% | 301,564 | 221,303 | 36% | | Hyundai-Kia Automotive | 59,202 | 49,021 | 21% | 114,874 | 95,619 | 20% | | Mercedes-Benz** | 14,367 | 10,680 | 35% | 28,162 | 21,492 | 31% | | Mitsubishi Motor Mfg. | 2,790 | 4,124 | -32% | 4,542 | 7,645 | -41% | | Nissan | 114,073 | 91,532 | 25% | 229,658 | 186,126 | 23% | | SUBARU | 26,227 | 22,162 | 18% | 52,563 | 44,474 | 18% | | Think** | 0 | 43 | - | 0 | 84 | - | | Toyota** | 148,305 | 108,213 | 37% | 292,168 | 222,783 | 31% | | Toyota incl. joint venture* | 157,158 | 115,761 | 36% | 309,856 | 237,939 | 30% | | Vehicle Production Group** | 344 | 0 | - | 668 | 0 | - | | Volkswagen | 60,871 | 41,388 | 47% | 98,826 | 77,347 | 28% | | Other Trucks** | 36,446 | 22,919 | 59% | 74,476 | 45,955 | 62% | | Total North America car | 609,476 | 461,507 | 32% | 1,174,146 | 894,702 | 31% | | Total North America truck | 756,997 | 626,064 | 21% | 1,453,997 | 1,222,538 | 19% | | Total U.S. | 907,033 | 703,499 | 29% | 1,744,333 | 1,336,145 | 31% | | Total Canada | 208,439 | 183,484 | 14% | 421,014 | 373,555 | 13% | | Total Mexico | 251,001 | 200,588 | 25% | 462,796 | 407,540 | 14% | | TOTAL NORTH AMERICA | 1,366,473 | 1,087,571 | 26% | 2,628,143 | 2,117,240 | 24% | | TOTAL NA LIGHT VEHICLES | 1,330,027 | 1,064,652 | 25% | 2,553,667 | 2,071,285 | 23% |
| | *Production are not included in grand totals | | **Automotive News estimate | | Source: Automotive News Data Center and company sources | |
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Two giants join forces in the infotainment market
The big boys are moving into the infotainment business.
Intel Corp. has created a $100 million investment fund to encourage hardware and software developers to develop new technologies for automotive infotainment.
By 2014, autos will be one of the three fastest growing markets for connected devices and Internet content, according to a recent report from Gartner Inc., a research firm based in Stamford, Conn.
Intel wants a piece of that action, and it named a few technologies that it will nurture: speech recognition, gesture recognition and eye tracking.
Intel, which dominates the market for computer microprocessors, isn't a big player within the auto industry - at least, not yet. But it already has lined up one influential ally: Japanese supplier Denso Corp.
On Feb. 29, Denso announced it had signed a memorandum of understanding with Intel to design next-generation vehicle infotainment systems.
Not so coincidentally, that was the same day that Intel announced its investment fund.
Denso has developed infotainment technologies such as NaviBridge - which lets the motorist use an iPhone to set destinations for the onboard navigator - and Arpeggio, which allows the motorist to use smartphone applications in the vehicle.
Denso also developed Entune, the infotainment system unveiled last year in the redesigned Toyota Camry.
So we can assume that Denso - which generates annual sales of $38 billion - and Intel, a $54 billion behemoth, will crush all resistance, right?
Well, maybe not. Automotive chip producers such as Renesas Electronics Corp. and Freescale Semiconductor Inc. have deep pockets, too. Perhaps more important, they have longstanding relationships with their customers.
It will be interesting to see how Denso and Intel tackle this market.
Published: Mar 13 12:01 am U.S. Eastern time
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February and YTD | | | Feb. 2012 | | 1 | Ford F series/Super Duty | 67,818 | | 2 | Chevrolet Silverado | 52,429 | | 3 | Toyota Camry* | 43,465 | | 4 | Honda Civic | 40,316 | | 5 | Honda Accord | 36,643 | | 6 | Dodge Ram | 33,930 | | 7 | Honda CR-V | 29,816 | | 8 | Nissan Altima | 29,731 | | 9 | Ford Escape | 28,410 | | 10 | Toyota Corolla* | 26,639 | | | | | | | | 2 mos. 2012 | | 1 | Ford F series/Super Duty | 131,241 | | 2 | Chevrolet Silverado | 91,343 | | 3 | Toyota Camry* | 87,750 | | 4 | Honda Civic | 84,678 | | 5 | Honda Accord | 71,976 | | 6 | Dodge Ram | 67,894 | | 7 | Nissan Altima | 58,760 | | 8 | Honda CR-V | 56,987 | | 9 | Ford Escape | 55,914 | | 10 | Toyota Corolla* | 50,578 |
| *Automotive News Data Center estimate
Source: Automotive News Data Center and company sources
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|  | | North America car and light-truck production by plant -- Top 10 plants for February and YTD | | | Feb. 2012 | | | 2 mos. 2012 | | 1 | VW Puebla, Mexico (C) | 49,766 | | Toyota Georgetown, Ky. (C)* | 89,127 | | 2 | Toyota Georgetown, Ky. (C)* | 44,722 | | Honda Marysville, Ohio(C/T) | 81,779 | | 3 | Nissan Aguascalientes, Mexico (C) | 42,891 | | Ford Kansas City, Mo. (T) | 81,426 | | 4 | Ford Kansas City, Mo. (T) | 41,231 | | VW Puebla, Mexico (C) | 76,657 | | 5 | Honda Marysville, Ohio(C/T) | 40,729 | | Nissan Aguascalientes, Mexico (C) | 71,235 | | 6 | Honda Alliston, Ontario (C/T) | 33,849 | | Honda Alliston, Ontario (C/T) | 70,140 | | 7 | GM Fort Wayne, Ind. (T) | 32,735 | | GM Oshawa (Ontario) (C/T) | 65,419 | | 8 | Nissan Smyrna, Tenn. (C/T) | 32,088 | | Nissan Smyrna, Tenn. (C/T) | 65,379 | | 9 | Ford Dearborn (Mich.) Truck Assembly (T) | 31,499 | | Ford Dearborn (Mich.) Truck Assembly (T) | 61,700 | | 10 | Honda Lincoln, Ala. (T) | 31,320 | | Toyota Cambridge, Ontario* (C/T) | 60,026 |
| NOTE: C=car plant; T=truck plant
*Automotive News estimates
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