Insights · The Marqstats Desk

Market research insights from our research desk.

Long-form analysis, sector briefings and methodology notes built on validated data, primary interviews and traceable sources — reviewed by a sector lead before it ships.

What we cover Continuously updated
↳ Passenger Vehicles
↳ Commercial Vehicles
↳ Two-Wheelers and Three-Wheelers
↳ Electric Vehicles and Charging
↳ Auto Components and Tires
↳ Truck Bodies and Upfitting
↳ Aftermarket and Car Care
↳ Used Vehicles and Trade
↳ Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
↳ Mobility and Fleet Services
↳ Off-Highway Vehicles
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102 insights
What Happens When One Contract Can Flip a National Carrier Ranking?
Sector Briefing
Connected and Autonomous Vehicles 15 MIN

What Happens When One Contract Can Flip a National Carrier Ranking?

A single automotive wholesale contract has flipped South Korea's national MVNO carrier ranking twice in four years. Marqstats explains how one customer can move an entire market.

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Who Controls Spain's Two Separate Connected Car Markets?
Sector Briefing
Connected and Autonomous Vehicles 15 MIN

Who Controls Spain's Two Separate Connected Car Markets?

No single company leads Spain's connected car market, because it isn't one market. Marqstats maps the three separate layers and the different leader each one has.

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Why Is the Public Investment Fund on Both Sides of Saudi Arabia's Connected Car Market?
Sector Briefing
Connected and Autonomous Vehicles 15 MIN

Why Is the Public Investment Fund on Both Sides of Saudi Arabia's Connected Car Market?

The Public Investment Fund sits on both sides of Saudi Arabia's connected car market at once — owning the dominant telematics platform and stakes in three vehicle manufacturers. Marqstats maps what that means for everyone else.

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Why Isn't Perodua a Connected Car Company Yet?
Sector Briefing
Connected and Autonomous Vehicles 15 MIN

Why Isn't Perodua a Connected Car Company Yet?

Malaysia's best-selling carmaker is also its least-connected. Marqstats examines why Perodua still relies on smartphone mirroring and what has to happen before that changes.

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Who owns the connected car customer in South Korea?
Sector Briefing
Connected and Autonomous Vehicles 16 MIN

Who owns the connected car customer in South Korea?

Mobile virtual network operators, chiefly automakers, sell 76.59% of South Korea's vehicle IoT lines. Carriers lost the customer, not the traffic, and the automaker now chooses the network.

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A Court Struck Down the Federal Pricing Rule. California Just Rebuilt It Anyway.
Sector Briefing
Connected and Autonomous Vehicles 14 MIN

A Court Struck Down the Federal Pricing Rule. California Just Rebuilt It Anyway.

A federal court killed the pricing rule on a technicality, not on the merits. Eight months later, California passed almost the same law anyway.

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A Classified Portal's Entire Business Model Just Became a Quantifiable Risk
Sector Briefing
Connected and Autonomous Vehicles 13 MIN

A Classified Portal's Entire Business Model Just Became a Quantifiable Risk

One company built its entire business on organic search. A new measurement shows exactly how exposed that bet has become, down to the decimal point.

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AI Answers Trust Everyone Except the Car Company Itself, by 4.5 to 1
Sector Briefing
Connected and Autonomous Vehicles 13 MIN

AI Answers Trust Everyone Except the Car Company Itself, by 4.5 to 1

Most manufacturer marketing money goes to the brand's own website. AI answer engines cite that same website in less than a fifth of their responses.

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Ranking #1 on Google No Longer Means Showing Up When Someone Asks a Chatbot
Sector Briefing
Connected and Autonomous Vehicles 13 MIN

Ranking #1 on Google No Longer Means Showing Up When Someone Asks a Chatbot

A dealer can own the top Google result and still never get mentioned when a shopper asks an AI assistant for advice. Here's the data behind that gap.

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One Company's Simulated Miles Outnumber an Entire State's Real Ones by 930 to 1
Sector Briefing
Connected and Autonomous Vehicles 14 MIN

One Company's Simulated Miles Outnumber an Entire State's Real Ones by 930 to 1

Every self-driving car licensed in California drove under 4 million miles last year. One company alone simulated 3.65 billion. That's not a rounding error.

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Eleven automotive verticals. Pick your starting point.

Each vertical maintains its own analyst lead, refresh cadence and methodology spine.