Published September 2023 | 317 pages, 58 tables, 95 figures | View table of contents (pdf)
Automotive display technologies are becoming increasingly important in modern vehicles. They are the key interface for the interaction between the driver and the vehicle, and are also used for entertainment purposes. Automotive display manufacturers have seen significant increase in order volumes of late and vehicle-mounted displays are expected to serve a broader role beyond displaying screen images as electronic technology advances, particularly with the rise of electric vehicles (EVs) and autonomous driving.
The Global Market for Automotive Displays 2024-2034 covers the latest display technologies for automotive applications including LCD, OLED, TFT-LCD, TFEL, HUD, 3D, CGH, LFD, SLM, flexible, transparent, curved, quantum dot, electrophoretic, electrochromic, plasmonic displays, smart glass, and metamaterials.
Key market areas covered include infotainment systems, instrument clusters, head-up displays, ADAS, autonomous driving, smart mirrors, mini-LEDs, and micro-LEDs. The trends, benefits, limitations, and companies developing each display type are examined.
Contents include:
- Market trends, drivers and challenges.
- In-depth analysis and market outlook of display technologies for Automotive including:
- LCD (Liquid Crystal Display).
- OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode).
- TFT-LCD (Thin Film Transistor LCD).
- Thin-film electroluminescent (TFEL) displays.
- Head-Up Displays (HUDs).
- 3D displays.
- Computer-Generated Holography (CGH).
- Light Field Displays (LFD).
- Spatial Light Modulators (SLM).
- Flexible displays.
- Transparent displays.
- Curved displays.
- Infotainment systems.
- Display Technologies for IVI Systems.
- Cluster displays.
- ADAS and autonomous driving displays.
- Smart mirrors and pillar displays.
- Smart glass.
- Mini-LED displays.
- Micro-LED displays.
- Quantum dot displays.
- Electrophoretic displays.
- Electrochromic displays.
- Plasmonic displays.
- Heads-up contact lens.
- Metamaterials.
- Global market revenues 2018-2034, by display type and technology. Regional analysis also provided.
- Profiles of 62 companies. Companies profiled include Continental, Envisics, Hyundai Mobis, LG Display, Samsung Display, TCL, Visteon and WayRay.
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1 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 17
2 INTRODUCTION 19
- 2.1 Evolution of automotive displays 19
- 2.2 Market trends 21
- 2.3 Main types of displays 23
- 2.4 Display technologies for Automotive 24
- 2.4.1 LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) 25
- 2.4.1.1 Technology description 25
- 2.4.1.2 Advantages 25
- 2.4.1.3 Automotive applications 26
- 2.4.2 OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) 28
- 2.4.2.1 Technology description 28
- 2.4.2.2 Types of OLED technology 29
- 2.4.2.3 Automotive applications 36
- 2.4.2.4 Companies 37
- 2.4.3 TFT-LCD (Thin Film Transistor LCD) 39
- 2.4.3.1 Technology description 39
- 2.4.3.2 TFT-LCD Backlight Technologies 40
- 2.4.3.3 Advantages 41
- 2.4.3.4 Automotive applications 42
- 2.4.3.5 Companies 42
- 2.4.4 Thin-film electroluminescent (TFEL) displays 45
- 2.4.4.1 Technology description 45
- 2.4.4.2 Automotive applications 47
- 2.4.4.3 Commercialization 48
- 2.4.5 Head-Up Displays (HUDs) 49
- 2.4.5.1 Technology description 49
- 2.4.5.2 Automotive applications 50
- 2.4.6 3D displays 51
- 2.4.6.1 Technology description 51
- 2.4.6.2 Automotive applications 51
- 2.4.7 Computer-Generated Holography (CGH) 53
- 2.4.7.1 Technology description 53
- 2.4.7.2 Automotive applications 54
- 2.4.7.3 Companies 56
- 2.4.8 Light Field Displays (LFDs) 57
- 2.4.8.1 Technology description 57
- 2.4.8.2 Automotive applications 58
- 2.4.8.3 Companies 59
- 2.4.9 Spatial Light Modulators 60
- 2.4.9.1 Technology description 60
- 2.4.9.2 Automotive applications 62
- 2.4.9.3 Companies 64
- 2.4.10 Flexible displays 65
- 2.4.10.1 Technology description 65
- 2.4.10.2 Automotive applications 71
- 2.4.11 Transparent displays 72
- 2.4.11.1 Overview 72
- 2.4.11.2 Automotive applications 72
- 2.4.12 Curved displays 74
- 2.4.12.1 Overview 74
- 2.4.12.2 Automotive applications 75
- 2.4.12.3 Companies 76
- 2.4.1 LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) 25
3 GLOBAL MARKET REVENUES 77
- 3.1 By display type 77
- 3.2 By display technology 79
4 INFOTAINMENT SYSTEMS 81
- 4.1 Overview 81
- 4.1.1 Trends 81
- 4.1.2 Interior displays 82
- 4.1.3 Center information displays (CIDs) 83
- 4.1.3.1 Companies 84
- 4.1.4 Touchscreens 85
- 4.1.5 Large screens 86
- 4.1.6 Enhanced safety with in-vehicle displays 89
- 4.2 Display Technologies for IVI Systems 90
- 4.2.1 Human Machine Interface Design 91
- 4.2.2 Augmented reality navigation 92
- 4.2.3 Gesture and gaze tracking for touchless control 93
- 4.2.4 Biometric sensors 94
- 4.2.5 Transparent OLED windows 95
- 4.2.6 Customized screens 97
- 4.2.7 Dual screen layouts 97
- 4.2.8 Ambient lighting integration 99
- 4.3 Market outlook 99
5 INSTRUMENT CLUSTER DISPLAYS 102
- 5.1 Overview 102
- 5.1.1 Trends 103
- 5.1.2 Key factors driving adoption 104
- 5.2 Benefits 105
- 5.3 Display Technologies for Instrument Clusters 107
- 5.3.1 Configurable Clusters 108
- 5.3.2 Full LCD Clusters 109
- 5.3.3 Augmented Reality Clusters 109
- 5.3.4 Holographic Clusters 110
- 5.4 Market outlook 111
6 HEAD-UP DISPLAYS (HUD) 113
- 6.1 Overview 113
- 6.2 Trends 114
- 6.3 HUD Display Technologies in automotive 115
- 6.3.1 Projection displays 116
- 6.3.2 Combiner HUD 117
- 6.3.3 AR-HUDs 119
- 6.4 HUD Content and Features 120
- 6.5 Automotive models incorporating HUDs 121
- 6.6 Automotive HUD companies 122
- 6.7 Advanced HUDs 123
- 6.7.1 Panoramic HUD 124
- 6.7.2 Holographic 3D displays 125
- 6.7.3 Adaptive displays 126
- 6.7.4 Conformal HUD 126
- 6.8 Market Outlook 127
7 FLEXIBLE AND CURVED DISPLAYS 129
- 7.1 Technologies 131
- 7.1.1 Plastic OLED (PMOLED) 131
- 7.1.2 AMOLED 132
- 7.1.3 Organic LCDs (OLCDs) 141
- 7.1.4 Printed OLED 142
- 7.1.5 Flexible and foldable microLED 143
- 7.2 Flexible Display Applications in Automotive 145
- 7.3 Market challenges 148
- 7.4 Companies 149
- 7.5 Market outlook 150
8 ADAS AND AUTONOMOUS DRIVING DISPLAYS 151
- 8.1 ADAS sensors 152
- 8.2 Display technologies 154
- 8.2.1 Touchless/gesture human-machine interfaces (HMI) 154
- 8.2.2 Transparent displays 156
- 8.2.3 3D displays 157
- 8.2.4 Flexible displays 158
- 8.2.5 AR/VR integration 159
- 8.3 Market outlook 161
- 8.4 Companies 162
9 SMART MIRRORS AND PILLAR DISPLAYS 163
- 9.1 Key trends 163
- 9.2 Smart Mirror Technologies 164
- 9.2.1 Digital side mirrors 164
- 9.2.2 E-mirror 164
- 9.2.3 Smart rearview mirror 165
- 9.2.4 Key benefits of smart mirrors 165
- 9.3 Pillar-Mounted Displays 166
- 9.3.1 Types 166
- 9.3.2 Benefits 167
- 9.4 Market Outlook 167
- 9.5 Companies 168
10 3D DISPLAYS 168
- 10.1 Overview 168
- 10.2 3D displays in autonomous vehicles 169
- 10.2.1 Multiview 3D displays 171
- 10.2.1.1 Description 171
- 10.2.1.2 Approaches 172
- 10.2.1.3 Integral imaging technologies 172
- 10.2.2 Spatial LFDs 173
- 10.2.3 Computer-generated holography (CGH) displays 174
- 10.2.1 Multiview 3D displays 171
- 10.3 Market challenges 175
- 10.4 Companies 175
11 TRANSPARENT DISPLAYS 177
- 11.1 Technology overview 177
- 11.2 Automotive applications 178
- 11.2.1 Side windows 179
- 11.2.2 Smart windows 179
- 11.2.3 Micro-LEDS 180
- 11.2.4 HUD enhancement 180
- 11.2.5 Privacy partitions 181
- 11.3 Market challenges 182
- 11.4 Companies 182
12 MINI-LED DISPLAYS 184
- 12.1 Technology overview 184
- 12.1.1 Quantum dot films for Mini-LED displays 185
- 12.1.2 Perovskite colour enhancement film in Mini-LEDs 186
- 12.2 Automotive applications 187
- 12.2.1 Dashboard Displays 188
- 12.2.2 Head-Up Displays (HUDs) 189
- 12.2.3 Digital Instrument Clusters 189
- 12.2.4 Ambient Lighting 190
- 12.2.5 Exterior Lighting 190
- 12.3 Companies 192
13 MICRO-LED DISPLAYS 193
- 13.1 Overview 193
- 13.1.1 Display configurations 194
- 13.1.2 Transparency 197
- 13.1.3 Borderless 198
- 13.1.4 Flexibility 198
- 13.2 Applications in automotive 199
- 13.2.1 Flexible Display 202
- 13.2.2 Transparent Display 203
- 13.2.3 Splicing display 204
- 13.2.4 Signalling & communication 204
- 13.2.5 Head-up display (HUD) 204
- 13.2.6 Lighting (Automotive matrix headlamps, intelligent lighting) 205
- 13.3 Market challenges 206
- 13.4 Companies 207
14 SMART GLASS 209
- 14.1 Smart dimming 209
- 14.2 Transparent suspended particle device (SPD) displays 210
- 14.3 Polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) films 212
- 14.4 Market challenges 214
- 14.5 Companies 215
15 OTHER DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES 216
- 15.1 Quantum dot displays 216
- 15.1.1 Overview 216
- 15.1.2 Automotive applications 217
- 15.2 Electrophoretic displays 218
- 15.2.1 Overview 218
- 15.2.2 Automotive applications 218
- 15.3 Electrochromic 220
- 15.3.1 Overview 220
- 15.3.2 Automotive applications 220
- 15.4 Plasmonic displays 223
- 15.4.1 Overview 223
- 15.4.2 Automotive applications 224
- 15.5 Heads-up contact lens 225
- 15.5.1 Overview 225
- 15.5.2 Automotive applications 226
- 15.6 Metamaterials 226
- 15.6.1 Overview 227
- 15.6.2 Automotive applications 227
16 COMPANY PROFILES 230 (62 company profiles)
17 REFERENCES 314
List of Tables
- Table 1. Automotive display & backlight architectures 20
- Table 2. Market trends in automotive displays. 21
- Table 3. Automotive OEM display strategies by display type. 22
- Table 4. Comparative analysis of common display technologies used in the automotive industry. 24
- Table 5. Applications of LCDs in automotive. 26
- Table 6. Types of OLED technology 30
- Table 7. Applications of OLEDs in automotive. 36
- Table 8. Companies developing OLED display technologies for automotive applications. 37
- Table 9. Applications of TFT-LCDs in automotive. 42
- Table 10. Companies and organizations producing TFT-LCD (thin film transistor liquid crystal display) technology for the automotive industry. 43
- Table 11. TFELs benefits and drawbacks. 46
- Table 12. Applications of TFEL in automotive. 47
- Table 13. Applications of HUDs in automotive. 50
- Table 14. Applications of 3D displays in automotive. 52
- Table 15. Applications of CGHs in automotive. 54
- Table 16. Companies developing computer-generated holography for automotive. 56
- Table 17. Applications of LFDs in automotive. 58
- Table 18. Companies developing light field displays (LFDs) for automotive applications. 59
- Table 19. Applications of SLMs in automotive. 63
- Table 20. Companies developing SLM for automotive applications. 64
- Table 21. Applications of flexible displays in automotive. 71
- Table 22. Applications of transparent displays in automotive. 73
- Table 23. Applications of curved displays in automotive. 75
- Table 24. Companies developing curved automotive displays. 76
- Table 25. Global market revenues by display types 2018-2034 (Millions USD). 78
- Table 26. Global market revenues by display technology 2018-2034 (Millions USD). 79
- Table 27. Current and future trends for infotainment systems. 82
- Table 28. Key requirements and considerations for center information displays (CIDs) in automotive dashboards. 83
- Table 29. Companies developing CID (center information display) technologies for automotive applications, and technology used. 84
- Table 30. Common infotainment display technologies and their characteristics: 90
- Table 31. Latest trends for dashboard displays. 103
- Table 32. Display technologies for Instrument clusters. 107
- Table 33. Commercial automotive HUDs. 115
- Table 34. Companies developing head-up display (HUD) technologies for the automotive industry, categorized by technology type. 122
- Table 35. Flexible display products. 136
- Table 36. Flexible Display Applications in Automotive. 145
- Table 37. Adoption of flexible displays in vehicles. 146
- Table 38. Challenges to flexible display adoption in automotive. 148
- Table 39. Companies developing curved automotive displays. 149
- Table 40. Key ADAS sensors in automotive. 152
- Table 41. Approaches for automotive 3D displays. 170
- Table 42. Companies developing 3D displays for automotive. 176
- Table 43. Companies developing 3D display technology for automobiles. 176
- Table 44. Challenges to transparent display adoption in automotive. 182
- Table 45. Companies developing transparent display products. 182
- Table 46. Comparison between Mini-LED displays and other display types. 185
- Table 47. Recent commercial activity in mini LED and micro LED for automotive displays. 187
- Table 48. Companies developing Mini-LEDs for automotive applications. 192
- Table 49. Comparison between mini-LED and micro-LED. 195
- Table 50. Types of Micro-LED. 196
- Table 51. Applications of Micro-LED in automotive. 201
- Table 52. Challenges to MICRO-LED display adoption in automotive. 206
- Table 53. Companies developing Micro-LEDs for automotive applicatons. 207
- Table 54. Challenges to smart glass adoption in automotive. 214
- Table 55. Companies developing smart glass for automotive applications. 215
- Table 56. Types of electrochromic materials and applications. 221
- Table 57. Schematic of Magic Glass. 247
- Table 58. LG mini QNED range 277
List of Figures
- Figure 1. Automotive technology roadmap. 19
- Figure 2. Evolution of automotive displays. 21
- Figure 3. LCD dashboard display. 26
- Figure 4. OLED structure. 29
- Figure 5. Active-matrix OLED (AMOLED) schematic. 31
- Figure 6. 2022 Mercedes EQE electric car. 31
- Figure 7. Passive-matrix OLED schematic. 33
- Figure 8. Flexible OLED incorporated into automotive headlight. 35
- Figure 9. Audi 2022 A8 . 36
- Figure 10. Automotive Display Component Assembly. 40
- Figure 11. TFT-LCD based display component layout. 40
- Figure 12. LG Signature OLED TV R. 67
- Figure 13. Flexible display. 67
- Figure 14. LG display stretchable display. 68
- Figure 15. Samsung FLEX Hybrid foldable display. 68
- Figure 16. Transparent OLED schematic. 72
- Figure 17. Global market revenues by display types 2018-2034 (Millions USD). 79
- Figure 18. Global market revenues by display technology 2018-2034 (Millions USD). 80
- Figure 19. In-Vehicle Infortainment (IVI) System. 81
- Figure 20. Automotive model with large touchscreen displays. 87
- Figure 21. Curved OLCD display as a side-view mirror replacement. 89
- Figure 22. Display-based instrument cluster. 108
- Figure 23. AR HUD display. 119
- Figure 24: Flexible & stretchable LEDs based on quantum dots. 130
- Figure 25. AMOLED schematic. 134
- Figure 26. Mirage smart speaker with wraparound touch display. 134
- Figure 27. LG rollable OLED TV. 135
- Figure 28. DELL Ori. 137
- Figure 29. LG Media Chair. 138
- Figure 30. LG Virtual Ride. 138
- Figure 31. Organic LCD with a 10-mm bend radius. 142
- Figure 32. TCL printed OLED panel. 143
- Figure 33. OLEDIO 32-inch printed display by JOLED. 143
- Figure 34. AU Optonics Flexible MicroLED Display. 144
- Figure 35. Schematic of the TALT technique for wafer-level microLED transferring. 144
- Figure 36. Foldable 4K C SEED M1. 145
- Figure 37. ADAS sensors in automotive. 152
- Figure 38. Automotive 3D Display. 169
- Figure 39. Schematic of Multiview 3D display. 171
- Figure 40. Holgraphic dash display. 175
- Figure 41. Continental 3D automotive display. 177
- Figure 42. Transparent display in subway carriage window. 178
- Figure 43. LG OLED Car Infotainment Demo. 178
- Figure 44. BOE Side Window Dimming Concept. 179
- Figure 45. Different transparent displays and transmittance limitations. 180
- Figure 46. 7.56" high transparency & frameless MicroLED display. 180
- Figure 47. MSI curved quantum dot Mini-LED display. 186
- Figure 48. Nanolumi Chameleon® G Film in LED/LCD Monitor. 186
- Figure 49. 2023 Cadillac Lyriq EV incorporating mini-LED display. 188
- Figure 50. Schematic of LCD with Micro-LED backlight. 194
- Figure 51. Display system configurations. 195
- Figure 52. Comparison of Micro-LED with other display technologies. 197
- Figure 53. Lextar 10.6 inch transparent Micro-LED display. 198
- Figure 54. Transition to borderless design. 198
- Figure 55. Micro-LED automotive display. 200
- Figure 56. Issues in current commercial automotive HUD. 204
- Figure 57. Rear lamp utilizing flexible Micro-LEDs. 205
- Figure 58. BOE Side Window Dimming Concept. 210
- Figure 59. SPD smart windows schematic. 211
- Figure 60. Mercedes “Magic Sky” sunroof. 212
- Figure 61. BMWi Vision Circular. 212
- Figure 62. PDLC schematic. 212
- Figure 63. Electrophoretic display applications. 219
- Figure 64. "Infinity" electrochromic mirror. 222
- Figure 65. Rear-view electrochromic mirrors, off (left image) and on (right image) state. 222
- Figure 66. Argil electrochromic film laminated between automotive glass for sidelite applications. 223
- Figure 67. Anti-reflective metamaterials plastic. 226
- Figure 68. Metamaterials in automotive applications. 228
- Figure 69. Illustration of EchoDrive operation. 229
- Figure 70. e-Tint® cell in the (a) OFF and in the (b) ON states. 232
- Figure 71. 1.39-inch full-circle Micro-LED display 235
- Figure 72. 9.4" flexible Micro-LED display. 236
- Figure 73. BOE Mini-LED display TV. 239
- Figure 74. BOE Mini-LED automotive display. 239
- Figure 75. Application of Magic Glass in office. 248
- Figure 76. Installation schematic of Magic Glass. 248
- Figure 77. Flexible microLED. 272
- Figure 78. LSAB009 microLED display. 277
- Figure 79. LG automotive displays. 280
- Figure 80. LG Mercedes Hyperscreen. 281
- Figure 81. Lextar 2021 micro LED and mini LED products. 282
- Figure 82. Surface-integrated displays in next generation vehicle interiors using OLCD. 288
- Figure 83. 9.4" flexible Micro-LED display. 290
- Figure 84. 7.56-inch transparent Micro LED display. 291
- Figure 85. PixeLED Matrix Modular Micro-LED Display in 132-inch. 291
- Figure 86. Dashboard - 11.6-inch 24:9 Automotive Micro-LED Display. 292
- Figure 87. Center Console - 9.38-inch Transparent Micro-LED Display. 292
- Figure 88. Samsung Display digital cockpit. 296
- Figure 89. Wicop technology. 297
- Figure 90. Synaptics’ SmartBridge SB7900. 303
- Figure 91. 7.56” Transparent Display. 306
- Figure 92. 7.56" Flexible Micro-LED. 307
- Figure 93. 5.04" seamless splicing Micro LED. 307
- Figure 94. 7.56" Transparent Micro LED. 308
- Figure 95. Holographic AR automotive display. 312
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