LONDON—Technavio’s latest report on the global electronically controlled air suspension (ECAS) market in commercial vehicles provides an analysis on the most important trends expected to impact the market outlook from 2016-2020. Technavio defines an emerging trend as a factor that has the potential to significantly impact the market and contribute to its growth or decline.

ECAS is a system that provides variable height capabilities to a vehicle's suspension system, thus enhancing vehicular traction performance and providing ride height as well as loading flexibility. ECAS ensures that the vehicle chassis height is maintained at a preset level regardless of the nature of loading of the vehicle.

Siddharth Jaiswal, a lead analyst from Technavio, specializing in research on automotive electronics sector, says, “APAC is expected to lead the growth in the ECAS space, with a high CAGR of over 12%. This is due to the growth in demand for heavy haul and the mid-market segments for India and China, as well as South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Indonesia.”

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The top three emerging trends driving the global ECAS market in commercial vehicles according to Technavio automotive research analysts are:

  • Forward drive axles preferred for Class 7 and Class 8 trucks
  • Truck platooning: the need for synchronized ECAS systems
  • Growth in construction sector to positively impact ECAS market

Forward drive axles preferred for Class 7 and Class 8 trucks

Forward drive axles have oftentimes been used in Classes 1-6 trucks. These have a relatively lower capacity compared to Class 7 and 8 trucks, and have lesser tonnage that can be supported by the forward drive axle (in front wheel drive versions). Classes 7 and 8 have however been excluded from this purview since the end use design considerations require a rear drive axle in most heavy-hauling situations.

In recent times however, there has been a slight shift in end-use requirements, with the shift away from deep earth mining to shallow depth mining applications. The advent of large-scale open-pit mining has resulted in the need for more trucks with the capability of forward axle drive. This has necessitated the use of systems like ECAS in conjunction with lift axles in the forward drives in recent years.

Truck platooning: the need for synchronized ECAS systems

A platoon is akin to a train’s compartment-like arrangement, but with physical disconnects. As automated driving technology penetrates the passenger cars and commercial vehicle segments, truck platooning is being viewed as an essential feature of the self-driven truck. In truck platooning technology, communications among truck fleets are enabled by wireless connectivity. The trucks in the platoon automatically synchronize speed and braking actions, thereby resulting in high fuel efficiency for all vehicles in the platoon.

“It is expected that ECAS systems would also need to be synchronized in order to ensure a further refinement of the platooning concept, especially during turns and in areas with low traction. Hence, it is expected that ECAS systems will become integrated within the connected truck framework to be a mega-trend impacting this industry,” says Siddharth.

Growth in construction sector to boost ECAS market

The construction industry is expected to undergo an upswing within the next 1.5 years. Since almost 70% of the construction equipment market has some sort of exposure to the Class 7 and Class 8 trucks segment, which are the direct target market for ECAS systems. Thus Technavio predicts a significant increase in the demand for ECAS systems during the forecast period.

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