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Top Trends Driving the Global Automotive Market, 2025 Updated Research Available
The Automotive Market will Focus on Partnerships, Expand EV Portfolios, and Target New Production Zones
13-Mar-2025
Global
Market Outlook
MHB7-01-00-00-00
AU_2025_1327
The global automotive industry is undergoing a significant transformation, with 2025 projected to bring new developments influenced by key events in 2024. This report highlights the factors driving this transformation, including important partnerships among automakers, technology firms, and suppliers, particularly in areas such as electrification, autonomous driving, and connectivity. The report provides a comprehensive overview of new model launches for 2024, showcasing advancements in internal combustion engines, hybrid vehicles, and electric vehicles (EVs), along with their market positioning. Additionally, it analyzes emerging production trends and new manufacturing hubs, offering insights into the future landscape of vehicle manufacturing. The report examines regulatory changes introduced in 2024, highlighting their impact on emissions standards, safety regulations, and incentives for EV adoption. It also identifies investments that support developments in EV battery manufacturing, infrastructure expansion, and research into sustainable mobility. This report presents a structured overview of the crucial trends that will define the automotive industry in 2025, equipping stakeholders with insights into market shifts and emerging opportunities.
Research Scope
Definition: Vehicle Types
Automotive Industry: 5 Pillars
Why Is It Increasingly Difficult to Grow?
The Strategic Imperative 8™
The Impact of the Top 3 Strategic Imperatives on the Automotive Industry
Growth Drivers
Growth Restraints
Top 10 Prediction for the Global Automotive Market in 2025
Key Milestones in the Global Automotive Industry in 2024
Key Global Automotive Partnerships
Global EV Model Launches by Vehicle Segments: 2019, 2022, 2024, and 2025E
Evolution of Light Vehicle (LV) Segments in Global Production: 2022 vs 2025E
Product Launches in 2025: Europe
Product Launches in 2025: North America
Product Launches in 2025: APAC
LV Production: Regional Snapshot, 2024
Top 6 Countries and Key OEMs in LV Production
Global EV Production Overview, 2024
Key Takeaways for Global Production Overview
Recent Production-related Investments: Europe
Recent Production-related Investments: North America
Recent Production-related Investments: South America
Recent Production-related Investments: APAC
Global Automotive Investments: Predictions, 2025
Impact of Tariffs in the Auto Industry: Global Overview, 2024
Impact of Tariffs in the Auto Industry: United States, 2024
Impact of Tariffs in the Auto Industry: Europe, 2024
Impact of Tariffs in the Auto Industry: Europe, 2024 (continued)
Impact of Tariffs in the Auto Industry: APAC, 2024
Impact of Tariffs in the Auto Industry: APAC, 2024 (continued)
Impact of Tariffs in the Auto Industry: South America, 2024
Impact of Tariffs in the Auto Industry: Middle East, 2024
Impact of Tariffs in the Auto Industry: Africa, 2024
Key Predictions in Global Automotive Regulations, 2025
Growth Opportunity 1: Expansion of Generative AI Across the Automotive Value Chain
Growth Opportunity 1: Expansion of Generative AI Across the Automotive Value Chain (continued)
Growth Opportunity 2: Accelerated Adoption of Alternate Fuels
Growth Opportunity 2: Accelerated Adoption of Alternate Fuels (continued)
Growth Opportunity 3: Expansion of Chinese OEMs into European EV Manufacturing
Growth Opportunity 3: Expansion of Chinese OEMs into European EV Manufacturing (continued)
Benefits and Impacts of Growth Opportunities
Next Steps
List of Exhibits
Legal Disclaimer
List of Figures
- Automotive Industry: Growth Drivers, Global, 2025–2030
- Automotive Industry: Growth Restraints, Global, 2025–2030
- LV: Segment-wise Production Split, 2022
- LV: Segment-wise Production Split, 2025E
- LV: Number of Vehicles Produced in Thousand Units, US, January 2024 to September 2024
- LV: Number of Vehicles Produced in Thousand Units, Japan, January 2024 to September 2024
- LV: Number of Vehicles Produced in Thousand Units, Germany, January 2024 to September 2024
- LV: Number of Vehicles Produced in Thousand Units, China, January 2024 to September 2024
- LV: Number of Vehicles Produced in Thousand Units, India, January 2024 to September 2024
- LV: Number of Vehicles Produced in Thousand Units, South Korea, January 2024 to September 2024
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