Global and China Automotive Comfort System (Seating system, Air Conditioning System) Research Report 2024: The Penetration of Comfort Functions Rises, and Zero-gravity Seats Usher in a Boom Period

DUBLIN, March 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — The “Global and China Automotive Comfort System (Seating system, Air Conditioning System) Research Report, 2024” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering.

Automotive comfort systems include seating system, air conditioning system, soundproof system and chassis suspension to improve comfort of drivers and passengers. This report highlights seating system and air conditioning system.

Seating system: the penetration of comfort functions rises, and zero-gravity seats usher in a boom period.

As intelligent vehicles gain popularity, automotive seats have ever more comfort functions such as heating, ventilation, massage, electric leg/foot rests and memory seat. Not only is the penetration of these functions on the rise, but they also begin to spread from the front row to the third row of seats.

In the case of seat heating function, from January to November 2023, its installation rate in the front row and the second row was 7.8% and 3.9%, respectively. Since 2022 the third row of seats has also begun to be equipped with heating function, and the main models include Li L8/L9, WEY Gaoshan and NIO ES8.

In terms of entire seats, the installation of zero-gravity seats has reached a small peak. Since being installed on AITO M7 (RMB289,800-379,800) in July 2022, zero-gravity seats have been mounted on models like IM LS7 (RMB309,800-459,800), AITO S7 (RMB249,800-349,800), ZEEKR X (RMB189,800-209,800) ), WEY Blue Mountain DHT (RMB273,800-308,800), Denza D9 (RMB335,000-445,000), and Trumpchi E8 (RMB209,800-229,800). They have been optional as driver’s and copilot seats of Deepal S7 (RMB149,900-202,900), a model launched in June 2023.

In the future, zero-gravity seats will be equipped with various sensors to enable adaptive adjustment, health monitoring and other functions, and comfort functions will keep being upgraded.

Air conditioning system: as the installation rate of heat pump air conditioners rises, air conditioning control systems become personalized, energy-efficient and active.

Heat pump air conditioner is an air conditioning system that integrates cooling and heating functions. Its core components include a compressor and a heat exchanger, which control indoor temperature by absorbing or dissipating heat in the air. By virtue of high heating efficiency, obvious energy saving effect, improvement of cruising range and other benefits, heat pump air conditioner has become a new track in the development of electric vehicle air conditioning systems.

The data from the publisher show that in China electric vehicles have begun to carry heat pump air conditioners since 2021, with a surging penetration, up to 23.3% from January to November 2023.

Heat pump air conditioner refrigerants are typically R-134a, R-1234yf and R744 (carbon dioxide, CO?). R744 can extend the cruising range of vehicles because of its better effects in environmental protection, safety, flow heat exchange and low temperature heating, and the prices of its raw materials are low. In the future, CO? heat pump systems using R744 refrigerant will become mainstream. Chinese suppliers have started deploying the CO? heat pump market:

Moreover in terms of air conditioning function, OEMs also head in the direction of refinement. AI algorithms make air conditioning systems controlled in multiple zones, and allow the driver and passengers to set their own temperatures, meeting the needs of different occupants. AI algorithms not only enable accurate control over parameters like refrigerant circulation and fan speed, but also take into account their impacts on battery cruising range to achieve energy-saving control effects.

The OTA Update 4.6.2 has been officially pushed to Li L9 (launched in June 2022), adding a new mode of air conditioning energy saving. In this mode, the car will reduce the power of air conditioning and automatically adjust seat heating and steering wheel heating. While maintaining interior comfortable temperature, this mode cuts down energy consumption and increases the available cruising range of the car in EV mode. In urban commuting in winter (outdoor temperature: < 0?), the CLTC range can be increased by up to 50%.

IM LS6 (launched in October 2023), with its air-conditioning smart air outlet function, automatically turns off the air outlet in unoccupied positions by reading seat signals, making the air-conditioning system more efficient.

FAW-Volkswagen ID.7 VIZZION (launched in December 2023) is equipped with Smart Air, a hidden intelligent air conditioner that can memorize the height of different passengers, and set and adjust the height of the air outlet. Equipped with a climate sensor, it can automatically adjust the wind speed and air outlet angle according to the in-car environment, and automatically turn on defogging and defrosting functions according to humidity and temperature.

Future automotive air conditioning algorithms will use advanced technologies such as deep learning and neural networks to enable air conditioning systems to self-learn and optimize, more accurately predict the driver’s needs, directly and actively adjust temperature, air volume and mode, minimizing manual adjustments by users and achieving more precise temperature control and energy efficiency optimization.

Key Topics Covered:

1 Overview of Automotive Comfort System Industry

1.1 Overview of Automotive Seating Industry

1.1.1 Overview of Automotive Seating

1.1.2 Classification of Automotive Seats

1.1.3 Classification of Automotive Seating Functions

1.1.4 Policies Concerning Seating

1.1.5 Passenger Car Sales and Seat Installations in China, 2019-2030E

1.1.6 Seating’s Content Value Per Passenger Car and Its Market Size, 2019-2030E

1.1.7 Production Process of Automotive Seats

1.1.8 Automotive Seating Industry Chain and Cost Structure

1.1.9 Layout of Industry Chain Companies

1.1.10 Industry Barriers

1.2 Overview of Automotive Air Conditioning Industry

1.2.1 Overview of Automotive Air Conditioning

1.2.2 Air Conditioning Comparison between Conventional Vehicles and New Energy Vehicles

1.2.3 New Energy Vehicle Air Conditioning Technology Routes

1.2.4 Policies and Standards Concerning Automotive Air Conditioning

1.2.5 Value of Air Conditioning Systems for BEVs and PHEVs

1.2.6 New Energy Vehicle Air Conditioning System Market Size

1.2.7 New Energy Vehicle Air Conditioning System Industry Chain

2 Overview and Development Trends of Automotive Comfort System Market

2.1 Development Trends of OEMs’ Seating

2.2 Development Trends of Seating Industry Chain Suppliers

2.3 Development Trends of Automotive Air Conditioning

3 Comfort Systems of OEMs

3.1 Comfort System Configuration of Xpeng X9

3.2 Comfort System Configuration of Li MEGA

3.3 Comfort System Configuration of SAIC MAXUS MIFA 7

3.4 Comfort System Configuration of AITO M9

3.5 Comfort System Configuration of Rising F7

3.6 Comfort System Configuration of Luxeed S7

3.7 Comfort System Configuration of New NIO ES8

3.8 Comfort System Configuration of FAW-Volkswagen ID.7 VIZZION

3.9 Comfort System Configuration of Xiaomi SU7

3.10 Comfort System Configuration of ArcFox Kaola

3.11 Comfort System Configuration of Nissan Concept Car

3.12 Citroen and BASF Launched Oli, An All-electric Concept Car Equipped with 3D Printed Seats

3.13 Geely’s Adjustable Seat Hardness Patent

4 Automotive Seating System Suppliers

4.1 Summary of Automotive Seating Companies

4.2 Faurecia

4.3 Lear

4.4 Adient

4.5 Magna

4.6 Toyota Boshoku

4.7 Brose

4.8 Hyundai Transsys

4.9 Yanfeng International

4.10 Tiancheng Controls

4.11 Jifeng Auto Parts

4.12 Nobo Automotive Technology

5 Automotive Air Conditioning System Suppliers

5.1 Summary of Automotive Air Conditioning Companies

5.2 Denso

5.3 MAHLE

5.4 Sanden

5.5 Hanon

5.6 Valeo

5.7 Yinlun Machinery

5.8 Aotecar

5.9 FinDreams Technology

5.10 Songz

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