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Research Catalog · Volume 07 · 2025 Edition

The proprietary research our editors built so you don't have to read 800 press releases.

Twelve original titles. 2,114 pages of OEM teardowns, supply-chain forensics, and proprietary indices. Cited 4,200+ times since 2020, and downloaded 142,600 times last year by the people who actually buy cars for a living.

Vol. 07 · Published since 2019 English · Deutsch · 中文 · 日本語
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312-page hardcover edition · Ships Q2 2025

The Annual Flagship · 7th Edition

State of the Software-Defined Vehicle, 2025

The report 38 of the Fortune 500 mobility companies open before every architecture meeting. This year's edition reverse-engineers the software stacks of 67 OEMs, maps the supplier consolidation wave, and quantifies which carmakers will own the in-cabin AI layer by 2030.

Pages
312
Edition
VII · Spring 2025
Lead analyst
Maria Chen, Founder & Editor-in-Chief
Contributors
11 analysts across 4 countries
Format
PDF · ePub · Print (limited 1,200 copies)
2024 downloads
84,000
Table of contents — 11 chapters, 47 figures
  1. Chapter 1 — What "software-defined" actually means in 2025
  2. Chapter 2 — The middleware wars: Autosar, HarmonyOS, Android Automotive
  3. Chapter 3 — OEM teardown: how 67 stacks really differ
  4. Chapter 4 — The zonal E/E architecture migration timeline
  5. Chapter 5 — Over-the-air update economics
  6. Chapter 6 — The in-cabin AI layer: who owns the driver
  7. Chapter 7 — Supplier consolidation: Aptiv, Bosch, Continental, Magna
  8. Chapter 8 — The Chinese OEM stack: BYD, NIO, XPeng, Li Auto
  9. Chapter 9 — Cybersecurity & UN R155 compliance
  10. Chapter 10 — The 2030 forecast (scenario-based, not financial advice)
  11. Chapter 11 — Methodology, sources, and analyst biographies
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Also in the Catalog

Eleven supporting titles, each pinned to a single decision.

We don't publish broad surveys. Every report in this list was commissioned to answer one specific question our readers were getting wrong. Download the sample first — if the first three pages don't pay for the full price, we'd rather you keep your money.

  1. 01

    Battery · Updated Mar 2025

    Thermal Runaway Margins: The BYD vs. CATL Files

    A 94-page forensic on the cell-level thermal margin that lets BYD's blade pack claim a 28% pack-level energy density advantage without the propagation failures plaguing cylindrical NMC. First published 2021; this edition adds 2024 teardown data and three new competitors.

    • 94 pages · PDF
    • Lead: Dr. Hannah Reuter (ex-Bosch battery)
    • Cited by Bloomberg, Reuters, the IEA
    $890 Download sample (PDF, 2.4 MB) →
  2. 02

    Indices · Quarterly

    AutoRevolution EV Adoption Index — Methodology & Raw Data

    The methodology paper behind the index Bloomberg and Reuters cite every quarter. Tracks 67 OEMs across 42 markets on a normalized 0–100 scale, with raw inputs, weighting logic, and the data license terms our partners use.

    • 48 pages + 220-page data appendix
    • Lead: Tomas Olafsson (data science)
    • Free for academic & press use
    $0 Request academic copy →
  3. 03

    ADAS · New

    The L2-to-L3 Liability Map: Who's Insuring What, Where

    Country-by-country matrix of L3 deployment, homologation status, and — critically — which insurer is underwriting the driver-out-of-the-loop liability. 31 jurisdictions, 14 OEMs, every footnote sourced.

    • 118 pages · PDF + interactive map
    • Lead: Priya Anand (regulatory)
    • Updated quarterly, subscription model
    $1,200 /yr Download sample (PDF, 3.1 MB) →
  4. 04

    Supply Chain · 2nd Edition

    The SiC Shortage Notebook: 2024–2027 Capacity Outlook

    Every public and inferred silicon-carbide wafer capacity announcement, normalized into a single supply-vs-demand model. Includes Wolfspeed, II-VI/Coherent, ROHM, and the three Chinese entrants we believe are six quarters ahead of consensus.

    • 76 pages · PDF + spreadsheet appendix
    • Lead: Kenji Watanabe (Tokyo)
    • Data partnership with S&P Global Mobility
    $740 Download sample (PDF, 1.9 MB) →

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