Automotive sensors: market shares, trends, companies and forecasts to 2010


August 1, 2004
35 Pages - SKU: ABT1052619
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As the electronic content in vehicles increases, demand for automotive sensor applications will continue to grow unabated. While certain types of sensor have long since featured inside vehicles, such as oil pressure, coolant temperature, vehicle speed and fuel level sensors, new applications are emerging, particularly in the emissions and safety related areas.

This exclusive new report, produced by ABOUT Automotive and Auto Research Analysts, includes a wealth of valuable niche information, including new market share data and focuses in particular on four main types of sensor:
· position;
· acceleration;
· pressure; and
· temperature.

Position sensors use both contact and contact-less designs to register displacement and angle (e.g. steering wheel angle or brake pedal angle). Acceleration sensors are used to measure acceleration forces in the vehicle. Pressure sensors may be used in smart airbag systems, tyre pressure monitoring systems and common-rail injection systems. Temperature sensors are used to measure temperatures in vehicle intake air, outside atmosphere, cabin, ventilation and heating air, evaporator, engine coolant, engine oil, battery, fuel, tyre air, exhaust gas and brake calipers.



Additional Information

Chapters 3 - 7 set out some product trends and forecast fitment levels for each type of sensor used in passenger cars in each major vehicle-producing region through 2010.  This chapter also includes detailed European market shares for accelerator pedal position, throttle position, oil sensor position and level sensor markets for 2003 and 2007.  It includes difficult-to-research shares for the North American throttle position and accelerator position sensor market over the same time frame.

 

 

Chapter 8 provides brief profiles of the major manufacturers of sensors. This competitive environment is dominated by large suppliers of sensors and sensor systems, with low-cost manufacturing capabilities and continuous investment in R&D. Overall, the sensor industry is typified by large orders, small profit margins and falling prices.  The major players profiled in this chapter include AB Electronics, Bosch, Corrsys-Datron, Delphi, Denso, Hella, Honeywell, Infineon Technologies, Motorola, Preh-Werke, Siemens VDO, Texas Instruments, TT Electronics and Valeo.

ii List of tables

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1 Chapter 1: Sensing growth

3 Chapter 2: The market

3 Market trends

4 Market forecast

6 Chapter 3: Position sensors

6 Introduction

6 Market participants

6 Market shares

13 Outlook

14 Chapter 4: Acceleration sensors

14 Introduction

14 Market participants

14 Outlook

 

16 Chapter 5: Pressure sensors

16 Introduction

16 Market participants

16 Outlook

18 Chapter 6: Temperature sensors

18 Introduction

18 Market participants

18 Market shares

19 Outlook

20 Chapter 7: Other sensors

20 Level sensors

21 Rotation sensors

22 Chapter 8: Manufacturers

22 AB Electronics

22 Bosch

23 Corrsys-Datron

23 Delphi

24 Denso

25 Hella

26 Honeywell

26 Infineon Technologies

26 Motorola

27 Preh-Werke

27 Siemens VDO

29 Temic

29 Texas Instruments

29 TT Electronics

30 Valeo

30 Other manufacturers

List of tables

Table 1 Automotive sensor market volume, Western Europe, Japan, North America, China, South Korea and Brazil, 2000 - 2010

Table 2 Automotive sensor market value, Western Europe, Japan, North America, China, South Korea and Brazil, 2000 - 2010

Table 3 Automotive position sensor market, Western Europe, Japan, North America, China, South Korea and Brazil, 2000 - 2010

Table 4 Automotive pressure sensor market, Western Europe, Japan, North America, China, South Korea and Brazil, 2000 - 2010

Table 5 Automotive temperature sensor market, Western Europe, Japan, North America, China, South Korea and Brazil, 2000 - 2010

Table 6 Other manufacturers of sensors

List of figures

Figure 1 Market shares: European accelerator pedal position sensor market, 2003 and 2007

Figure 2 Market shares: European throttle valve position sensor market, 2003 and 2007

Figure 3 Market shares: European oil sensor position market, 2003 and 2007

Figure 4 Market shares: NAFTA accelerator pedal sensor market, 2003 and 2007

Figure 5 Market shares: NAFTA throttle position sensor market, 2003 and 2007

Figure 6 Market shares: European temperature sensor market shares, 2003

Figure 7 Market shares: European level sensor position market, 2003 and 2007

Figure 8 Siemens VDO's mass air-flow sensor

Figure 9 Siemens VDO's NOx sensor

Figure 10 Siemens VDO's torque sensor