DUBLIN , July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Global and Chinese Automakers' Modular Platforms and Technology Planning Research Report, 2022" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
The Strategic Layout Directions of 32 Automakers
At present, global automotive industry is in the midst of profound changes unseen in a century. This can be intensively demonstrated through energy, power system, E/E architecture, intelligence and connectivity, application scenarios, user experience, and more.
In this context, major automakers are changing their strategic layout. They work hard on key areas from automotive manufacturing platforms, E/E architecture and software platforms to autonomous driving, intelligent cockpit and electrification, and attract consumers and satisfy their needs with differentiated products. Automakers keep upgrading their modular platform architectures.
Modular platforms remain superior in increasing the universality of components and lowering R&D and production costs. At present, most automakers have their own modular platforms, or even multiple platforms. Modular architecture outperforms a modular platform. It is an extension and expansion of the platform concept. With higher universality of components and higher scalability, modular architecture is compatible with vehicles of differing classes and power types. Automakers therefore have started gradual transition from modular platform to modular architecture. Modular architecture favors higher productivity, lower procurement/manufacturing costs, and shorter R&D cycles. In current stage, the generalization rate of components in GAC Global Platform Modular Architecture (GPMA) surpass 60%, compared with 70% in Geely Sustainable Experience Architecture (SEA) and 70%-80% in Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA). At present, automakers in China deploy modular architectures relatively early. Among them, BYD, Geely, Chery, and Changan Automobile have launched their own modular architectures. The modular architecture launches of foreign peers are concentrated in the period from 2024 to 2025. Taking Volkswagen as an example, the company plans to eventually integrate its platforms into SSP, a scalable mechatronics platform architecture applicable to all Volkswagen's brands and models. In the future, all brands and models at all levels under Volkswagen will be built on this super platform. EEA tends to be centralized.
Through the lens of E/E architecture planning, most automakers plan to deploy centralized vehicle E/E architectures:
GAC projects installation of the centralized E/E architecture `Protoss` in 2023 Aion high-end models;
Hongqi plans launch of its quasi-central architecture FEEA3.0 in 2023;
Great Wall Motor plans to introduce its central computing architecture GEEP 5.0 in 2024;
Changan Automobile is expected to complete the development of its domain centralized architecture in 2025.
For example, GAC has upgraded its E/E architecture in all aspects and has developed the Protoss E/E Architecture, its new vehicle-cloud integrated E/E architecture that enables centralized computing and is about to come out in 2023 at the earliest. This architecture consists of three core computer groups, i.e., central computer, intelligent driving computer and infotainment computer, and four zonal controllers. The intelligent driving domain carries Huawei Ascend 610, a 400TOPS high-performance chip. Automakers transform from independent software platform developers to software service providers.
As autonomous driving and intelligent connectivity boom, large automakers have set off a new round of "software-defined vehicle"-centric transformation and upgrading. Some transform themselves to software service providers by way of establishing software divisions/subsidiaries, independently developing operating systems (OS), and building software platforms. Compared with the turnkey model in which Tier-1 suppliers take full charge in conventional vehicle supply chain, auto brands now take more active part. Joint R&D and flat cooperation gradually blur the boundaries of the supply chain ecosystem, and also diversifies the needs for business models. Modular services thus need providing to meet the individual needs of auto brands with differentiated configurations for different vehicle models. For example, Bosch adopts hardware modularization + middleware layer generalization + software individualization model and adjusts parameters to quickly address the needs of different functions. Volkswagen is a typical automaker that develops software on its own. In 2019, Volkswagen established a software division and planned to boost the in-house share of car software development from less than 10% to at least 60% in the five years to come. In 2021, Volkswagen changed the software division into CARIAD, a joint-stock company which will be responsible for independently developing the automotive operating system VW.OS and creating the software platform E3. In April 2022 , CARIAD announced its China strategy. Its Chinese subsidiary was then established. In addition to Volkswagen, GM, Toyota, Mercedes-Benz, Hyundai, SAIC and the like have also begun to self-develop operating systems and deploy their own software platforms, aiming to transform from an automaker to a software service provider. Toyota, which recently acquired the automotive operating system provider Renovo Motors, plans to roll out its own operating system, Arene, in 2025. L3 automated driving of OEMs comes into service.
The mainstream automakers deploy autonomous driving in the following ways:
Investing in acquiring autonomous driving startups
Partnering with big tech firms
Self-developing, or combining the above ways
On this basis, these automakers have also introduced their own autonomous driving assistance systems, including Volkswagen IQ.Drive, Toyota Advanced Drive, Mercedes-Benz Drive Pilot, Geely G-Pilot, and GAC ADiGO. Among them, Mercedes-Benz is the world's first automotive company to meet the United Nations regulation UN-R157. Mercedes-Benz marketed its L3 automated driving system Drive Pilot in Germany in May 2022 , and announced that it will be responsible for accidents caused by the system when activated. Sensor configuration of Mercedes-Benz Drive Pilot:
Sensor configuration of automated parking:
Intelligent cockpit interconnection platforms connect vehicles, people and everything, playing a more important role.
As the Internet thrives, major automakers show much enthusiasm for intelligent cockpits. Almost all of them have rolled out different intelligent cockpit interconnection platforms as selling points, in a bid to attract consumers. Examples include BMW iDrive and Mercedes-Benz MBUX, BYD DiLink and Geely GKUI. Key Topics Covered: 1 Summary of Automakers' Platforms and Technology Planning 1.1 Status Quo of Strategic Layout of Automakers 1.2 Modular Platform Layout of Automakers 1.3 E/E Architecture Layout of Automakers 1.4 Software Platform Layout of Automakers 1.5 Autonomous Driving Layout of Automakers 1.6 Intelligent Cockpit Layout of Automakers 1.7 Electrification Layout of Automakers 2 Modular Platforms and Technology Planning of Foreign Automakers 2.1 Volkswagen 2.2 Toyota 2.3 Renault-Nissan Alliance 2.4 BMW 2.5 Mercedes-Benz 2.6 Hyundai 2.7 GM 2.8 Stellantis 2.9 Ford 2.10 KIA 2.11 Volvo 3 Modular Platforms and Technology Planning of Chinese Automakers 3.1 Geely 3.2 GAC 3.3 Great Wall Motor 3.4 Chery 3.5 Changan Automobile 3.6 BYD 3.7 BAIC 3.8 FAW 3.9 SAIC 4 Modular Platforms and Technology Planning of Emerging Carmakers 4.1 Tesla 4.2 Xpeng Motors 4.3 NIO 4.4 Li Auto 4.5 NETA Auto 4.6 ENOVATE 4.7 Weltmeister 4.8 Leapmotor 4.9 Voyah 4.10 IM Motors 4.11 ARCFOX 4.12 Foxconn
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