Abstract
Smart key technology has been available on luxury vehicles in Europe since the late 1990s. Despite its introduction on a wider range of vehicle segments since then, lack of customer awareness of both the availability and the benefits of the technology has resulted in lower market penetration and customer take up than expected.
SBD' s report The market and technical trends for Smart Key systems in Europe provides essential information on the issues that will influence the future development of smart key systems. Additionally, for the first time, the report includes a top level summary of the results of SBD' s recent end customer survey, providing an insight into the real needs of the customer.
This report will help you to:
- Understand the market and technical issues influencing smart key development in Europe
- Identify the main obstacles to greater adoption
- Design improved smart key systems that meet market demands
- Gain insight into customers needs to help you plan how to stimulate customer interest and increase take up of smart key technology
Who should buy this report?
Drawing upon SBD' s unparalleled expertise on smart key systems, this report provides vehicle manufacturers, suppliers and product planners with the technical, market and design information they need to develop successful smart key systems for the European market.
The market and technical trends for Smart Key systems in Europe forms part of SBD' s “World Class” Smart Key Solution Series.
Table of Contents
1. Executive summary
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Analysis
2. The market for smart key systems
- 2.1 Background
- 2.2 Market adoption
- 2.2.1. Vehicle manufacturer strategies
- 2.2.2. Option cost
- 2.2.3. Technology product life cycle
- 2.2.4. Smart key fitment rates
- 2.3 Customer awareness & interest
- 2.3.1. Awareness of non-owners
- 2.3.2. Existing owners
- 2.4 Future outlook
3. Smart key technology
- 3.1 Design considerations
- 3.2 Smart entry considerations
- 3.2.1. Unlocking methods
- 3.2.2. Additional items for consideration
- 3.2.3. Locking methods
- 3.3 Smart start considerations
- 3.3.1. Smart Start Hardware
- 3.3.2. Interior (smart start) detection range
- 3.3.3. Emergency engine start procedure
- 3.3.4. Radio Frequency (RF) interference
4. Suppliers
- 4.1 Alps
- 4.2 Calsonic Kansei
- 4.3 Continental
- 4.4 Denso
- 4.5 Hella
- 4.6 Marquart & Johnson Controls
- 4.7 Mitsubishi Electric
- 4.8 Omron
- 4.9 Siemens-VDO
- 4.10 Valeo
5. Vehicle manufacturers
- 5.1 Aston Martin
- 5.2 BMW AG
- 5.2.1. BMW
- 5.2.2. Mini
- 5.3 Chrysler LLC
- 5.4 Daimler AG
- 5.4.1. Mercedes-Benz
- 5.4.2. Maybach
- 5.5 FIAT S.P.A.
- 5.5.1. Fiat
- 5.5.2. Lancia
- 5.6 Ford Motor Company
- 5.6.1. Ford
- 5.6.2. Jaguar
- 5.6.3. Volvo
- 5.7 Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.
- 5.7.1. Subaru
- 5.8 General Motors
- 5.8.1. Cadillac
- 5.8.2. Chevrolet
- 5.8.3. Opel
- 5.9 Honda Motor Co.
- 5.10 Hyundai Motor Co.
- 5.11 Mazda Motor Corp.
- 5.11.1. Mazda
- 5.12 Mitsubishi Motors Corp
- 5.12.1. Mitsubishi
- 5.13 Porsche AG
- 5.13.1. Porsche
- 5.14 Proton Edar
- 5.15 PSA Peugeot-Citroen SA
- 5.16 Renault - Nissan
- 5.16.1. Nissan
- 5.16.2. Renault
- 5.17 Suzuki Motor Corp.
- 5.17.1. Suzuki
- 5.18 Toyota Motor Corp.
- 5.18.1. Lexus
- 5.18.2. Toyota
- 5.19 Volkswagen Audi Group
- 5.19.1. Audi
- 5.19.2. Bentley
- 5.19.3. Volkswagen
List of figures:
- Figure 1. Summary table showing smart key fitment in Europe by model, grade and supplier
- Figure 2. Adoption timing of smart key systems in Europe by vehicle segment
- Figure 3. Vehicle manufacturer current fitment policies
- Figure 4. Average cost option of smart key systems per year
- Figure 5. Average option cost of smart key systems by segment
- Figure 6. Typical technology product life cycle
- Figure 7. Estimated fitment rates of smart key systems in 4 main European markets (as a percentage of the total car sales per year)
- Figure 8. Estimated Supplier share by 2007 sales
- Figure 9. Smart key fitment by brand
