Actual Condition Survey of EV Business in Auto Industry Except for Existing Automakers

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to clarify the real state of affairs that companies without automakers, like auto-body manufacturer and auto-parts supplier, which have been entering EV market. In addition, we analyze whether the automobile proceeds toward product-modularization. The important fact we found through the case study of three companies, Toyota Auto Body, NTN and SIM-Drive is that EV, at least developed in Japanese manufacturers, has still maintained integral-architecture condition basically. Therefore, there are not any module clusters for EV parts for now.