MediaTek has announced a collaboration with Japanese automotive giant Denso to jointly develop customized SoC products for advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) and smart cockpit technologies. By combining Denso's expertise in automotive safety standards with MediaTek's chip development experience and IP portfolio, the partners aim to rapidly create and mass-produce solutions tailored to automakers' specific needs.

Despite headwinds in Taiwan's overall auto market in 2025, the electric vehicle (EV) segment has gained notable momentum in the second half of the year. Competition is intensifying among models priced below NT$1.5 million (approx. US$47,770), while the sub-NT$1 million range is emerging as a primary battleground for a head-to-head showdown between domestic and imported EVs.

Foxconn's operating structure is clearly shifting. Previously driven mainly by consumer electronics cycles, it is now gradually tilting toward AI servers, cloud, AI infrastructure, and high-performance computing (HPC). With continued investment and deployment in emerging businesses such as electric vehicles (EVs), results are expected to surface in 2026.

Chinaese semiconductor supplier Guoxin Micro has moved to spin off its automotive controller chip business into a new company. It has brought in a CATL subsidiary as a strategic shareholder in a step aimed at strengthening funding capacity and positioning for rising demand from electric and intelligent vehicles.

As demand for electric vehicles cools in the United States, Honda Motor of Japan and LG Energy Solution of South Korea are making a significant course correction in their North American electrification plans.

After attending the 2025 Guangzhou Auto Show, DIGITIMES analyzed the latest strategies unveiled by leading automakers and suppliers in two pivotal areas: energy replenishment technologies and advanced intelligent driving. The conclusion was hard to miss. Chinese carmakers have accumulated deep technical capabilities in both domains and are moving steadily toward a long-held ambition: making electric vehicles refuel as quickly as gasoline cars, while bringing high-level autonomous driving into everyday use.

Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong, having cleared major legal overhangs, is accelerating the group's strategic reset. Months after completing its acquisition of Germany's FläktGroup, Samsung announced another landmark deal: the purchase of ZF Friedrichshafen's advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) business for EUR1.5 billion (US$1.8 billion).

On December 19, 2025, Foxtron Vehicle Technologies, the electric-vehicle venture backed by Hon Hai (Foxconn) and Yulon Motor, announced its acquisition of the Luxgen sales network and related assets. Less than a week later, on December 25, 2025, the company moved swiftly to define its new identity, hosting its first online brand and vehicle launch event—and formally introducing BRIA, its inaugural electric vehicle.

Taiwan's auto market slowed markedly in 2025. Yet rather than retreat, several automakers used the downturn to recalibrate—strengthening their balance sheets, accelerating transformation efforts, and pushing more decisively into overseas markets.

Whetron Electronics, a Taiwanese specialist in automotive electronic sensing systems, will hold its pre-initial public offering earnings briefing on December 23, 2025, as demand for advanced driver-assistance systems, or ADAS, continues to accelerate worldwide.