Global Market Size, Forecast, and Trend Highlights Over 2025-2037
Automotive Electronic Control Unit Market size is projected to grow from USD 83.05 billion in 2024 to USD 177.14 billion by 2037, witnessing a CAGR of over 6% throughout the forecast timeline, between 2025 and 2037. Currently in 2025, the industry revenue of automotive electronic control unit is assessed at USD 86.54 billion.
The growth of the market can be attributed to the increasing demand and sales of cars across the globe backed by the rising trend of adopting luxurious lifestyle. In the first half of 2022, nearly 30% of the worldwide population planned to buy a car. The boosted economy and increased average income has enhanced people’s lifestyle and have made them sufficient enough to afford a car.
In addition to these, factors that are believed to fuel the market growth of automotive electric control unit (ECU) include the increase in size of the population who are in favor of electric cars is expected to boost the growth of the automotive electronic control unit market. The unit sales of electric cars are expected to reach around 16,000 by 2027. In 2022, more than 50% of the worldwide population is expected to buy electric cars. The alarming need to reduce the usage of natural fuels and regulations imposed by the government to curb fuel usage is likely to propel the market growth.
Automotive Electronic Control Unit Sector: Growth Drivers and Challenges
Growth Drivers
- Proactive Government Initiatives to Reduce Fuel Usage - Rising awareness to minimize the use of natural fuels has prompted government to put forward the rules and regulations for fuel reduction. In India, the government has proposed a mandatory guideline related to fuel consumption standards to be followed by medium and heavy-duty motor vehicle from April 2023. Furthermore, in 2021, the American government announced the new plan to strengthen its Build Back Better investment policy to accelerate the future of electric vehicles and save fuel consumption.
- Higher Number of Vehicle Connected to the Internet - ECU controls all the electronic features of the car that are also digitally connected nowadays. The integrated ECU system enables user to lock and start their vehicle by using their smartphone. Starting from 2021, in next two years, over 76 million units connected vehicles might be sold worldwide and about 70% of new cars and trucks are expected to have internet connectivity.
- Rising Popularity of Electric Vehicles - EV vehicle are gaining attention across globe as they reduce the depletion of natural resources. Further, good investment in its batteries is resulting in its increased sales. Globally, around 6 million electric vehicles were sold in 2022, and in the first quarter of 2022, the unit sale of e-cars was around 2 million.
- Increasing Demand for Luxurious Cars - Increase in average income of people and improved lifestyle has led to higher demand for luxury cars. The unit sale of luxury cars was over 2,000 in 2022, and it is predicted to be close to 202, 000 by 2026.
- Surging Demand of Automotive Driver Assisted Systems (ADAS) Technology - An exclusive module called the ADAS ECU is in charge of ADAS operations in new cars More integrated ADAS controllers with centralized ECUs are replaced by scattered ADAS ECUs. On the account of the technological advancement, the popularity of ADAS is rising. Population’s demand for self-driving, smart brakes, and self-parking feature is soaring. Every 1 in 10 vehicles is expected to be installed with self-driving feature by 2030.
Challenges
- Technical Failure Associated with ECU Systems - Technical faults in automotive electronic control unit lead to failures such as power reduction, uncertain triggering of airbags, negatively impacting fuel efficiency, and others. Therefore, if the control unit fails to operate it may cause vehicle malfunction.
- Complicated Network Structure of Electronic Control Unit
- Hindrance in Communication by Multiple Users
Automotive Electronic Control Unit Market: Key Insights
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2024 |
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Forecast Year |
2025-2037 |
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CAGR |
6% |
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Base Year Market Size (2024) |
USD 83.05 billion |
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Forecast Year Market Size (2037) |
USD 177.14 billion |
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Automotive Electronic Control Unit Segmentation
Vehicle Type (Passenger Cars, Commercial Vehicle)
The passenger cars segment is estimated to gain the largest market share over the projected time frame. The growth of the segment can be attributed to the increasing sales of passenger cars driving the growth of the passenger car segment. In 2021, around 3 million passenger cars were sold in United States, nearly 56 million units were sold in China, and the Germany’s unit sale of passenger car was nearly 2 million. Moreover, the passenger segment holds the 70% share in the vehicle type segment.
Application (ADAS & Safety System, Body Electronics, Powertrain, Infotainment)
The infotainment segment is expected to garner a significant share. The infotainment system is made up of a variety of parts, including an integrated head unit, a heads-up display, operating systems, digital signal processors (DSPs), and GPUs, as well as automotive sensors. The infotainment systems are built with the integration of various electric control units. The rising need for screens and other infotainment features in automobiles is expected to boost the segment’s growth. It’s possible that in the near future, each passenger in seven-passenger SUVs will have their own screen. Moreover, the number of screens in automobiles will increase substantially over the following few years, maybe reaching 12 per vehicle. Furthermore, around 93% of people are dependent on GPS and nearly 1 in 5 people use it every day.
Our in-depth analysis of the global market includes the following segments:
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Customize this ReportAutomotive Electronic Control Unit Industry - Regional Synopsis
The Asia Pacific region is anticipated to capture lucrative automotive ecu market share by 2037. The growth of the market can be attributed majorly to the surging demand of luxury cars. In 2021, demand of luxury cars surged in China and about 840,000 BMW and Mini cars were imported to the China by German manufacturers. Further, in the India, nearly 24,000 luxury cars were sold in 12 months till March 2022. Moreover, rising popularity of electric cars is expected to the boost the automotive electronic control unit market in Asia Pacific region. In 2020, over 1 million sale of electric car was reported in the Japan.
Companies Dominating the Automotive Electronic Control Unit Landscape
- Robert Bosch GmbH
- Company Overview
- Business Strategy
- Key Product Offerings
- Financial Performance
- Key Performance Indicators
- Risk Analysis
- Recent Development
- Regional Presence
- SWOT Analysis
- Autoliv Inc.
- Continental AG
- ZF Friedrichshafen AG
- Denso Corporation
- Delphi Technologies
- Panasonic Corporation Co., Ltd.
- HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA
- Hitachi Astemo Americas, Inc.
- Hyundai Mobis
In the News
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ZF Friedrichshafen AG announced the strategic partnership with Xilinx, Inc., the leader in intelligent computing. This collaboration aims, to power ZF’s artificial intelligence by Xilinx Technology. It manoeuvres real time data integration
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Robert Bosch GmbH announced its collaboration with a startup Nikola Motor Company, to develop, the world’s first-ever 40-ton truck with a feature a fuel-cell powertrain.
Author Credits: Saima Khursheed
- Report ID: 3982
- Published Date: Mar 21, 2025
- Report Format: PDF, PPT
