How much FPC does a car use?

Automotive electronics is a general term for vehicle body automotive electronic control devices and vehicle automotive electronic control devices, mainly including engine control systems, chassis control systems and body electronic control systems. As the main line of the future development of the automotive industry, new energy vehicles have become the trend to replace wiring harnesses with FPCs, and automotive FPCs will be used in many aspects of the car body. With the increase in the application of sensor technology and the gradual penetration of the Internet into automobiles, the trend of automobile electronics is becoming more and more obvious, and the proportion of automobile electronics in the cost of the whole vehicle is also rising. In 2010, automotive electronics accounted for 29.6% of the total vehicle cost, and it is expected to reach 34.3% in 2020. By 2030, the total vehicle cost will account for nearly 50%. At present, automotive electronics for new energy vehicles account for more than 50% of the total vehicle cost, and the proportion of FPC in the total vehicle consumption will also be significantly increased. It is expected that the consumption of automotive FPC will exceed 100 pieces.

FPC for automotive electronics

More importantly, the amount of PCB used in new energy vehicles will be 5-8 times that of traditional vehicles, and the automotive FPC market will grow rapidly due to the increase in the penetration rate of new energy vehicles.

Global Automotive FPC Market Size

In 2018, the market size of automotive flexible circuit boards (FPC) reached 5.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8.4%. The main growth drivers of the market come from the improvement of the degree of automotive electronics and the increase in the penetration rate of new energy vehicles. It is estimated that the global market size in 2019 will reach 5.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.0%. From 2016 to 2022, the annual growth rate of FPC for automobiles will remain between 6% and 9% for a long time. By 2022, the market size of automobile FPC will increase to 7 billion yuan.

2016-2022 Global Automotive FPC Market Size and Forecast

In 2018, global electric vehicle sales exceeded the 2 million mark, reaching 2.018 million, an increase of 65% compared to 2017, and its share of global vehicle sales rose to 2.1%. Global production of electric vehicles is expected to exceed 3 million units in 2019.

According to data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, in 2018, the domestic production and sales of new energy vehicles were 1.27 million and 1.256 million, an increase of 59.9% and 61.7%, respectively. Among them, the production and sales of pure electric vehicles were 986,000 and 984,000, an increase of 47.9% and 50.8% respectively over the same period of the previous year. The production and sales of plug-in hybrid vehicles were 283,000 and 271,000 respectively, an increase of 122% and 118% respectively over the same period of the previous year. From January to June 2019, the sales of new energy passenger vehicles reached 570,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 65%.

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