Global automotive transmission outlook 2025

Automobiles with automatic transmission are expected to account for about one fourth of the market by 2025. The evolution of transmission modes is largely driven by vehicle performance requirements and fuel economy targets. Additionally, automatic transmission often provides more comfort when roads are congested or traffic is slow.Global auto production by transmission type In 2015, four out of ten light vehicles produced worldwide was equipped with manual transmission, while automatic cars represented around 34 percent of the global share. In the European Union, vehicles with manual transmission are more common than automatic transmission vehicles, while the majority of U.S.-assembled vehicles are fitted with automatic transmission and continuously variable transmission. U.S. motor vehicle transmission and powertrain parts manufacturing gross output came to some 40 billion U.S. dollars in 2017.History of automatic transmission General Motors created the first automatic transmission vehicle in 1939/1940. The Hydramatic became a regular production option in Oldsmobiles, Cadillacs, Rolls-Royce vehicles and Pontiacs. By 1957, over 80 percent of the U.S. automobile market consisted of automatic transmission automobiles. Since then, there has been indecision on whether or not manual cars are increasing in popularity, although, it is certain that there will always be a niche market in the U.S. for manual cars.

预计到2025年，自动变速器汽车的市场份额将约占四分之一。变速模式的演进主要受车辆性能需求和燃油经济性目标所驱动。此外，在道路拥堵或交通缓慢的情况下，自动变速器往往能提供更高的舒适性。按变速器类型划分的全球汽车产量：2015年，全球生产的十辆轻型汽车中，有四辆装备了手动变速器，而自动汽车占据了全球市场份额的约34%。在欧洲联盟，手动变速器汽车比自动变速器汽车更为常见，而美国组装的多数车辆则配备了自动变速器和无级变速器。2017年，美国机动车变速器和动力总成零部件制造业的毛产出达到了约400亿美元。自动变速器的发展历程：通用汽车于1939/1940年创造了第一辆自动变速器汽车。Hydramatic变速器成为Oldsmobile、Cadillac、Rolls-Royce和Pontiac等车型的常规生产选项。到1957年，美国汽车市场中有超过80%的汽车配备了自动变速器。自那时起，关于手动汽车是否越来越受欢迎的问题一直存在争议，尽管可以肯定的是，在美国，手动汽车市场将始终存在一个细分市场。