Understanding the automotive industry: German OEM behaviour during the last 20 years and its implications

Author

Mazur, Christoph ; Contestabile, Marcello ; Offer, G.J. ; Brandon, Nigel P.

Author_Institution

Energy Futures Lab., Imperial Coll. London, London, UK

fYear

2013

fDate

17-20 Nov. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

14

Abstract

This work presents a study of how the automotive industry has responded in the last 20 years to pressures driven by economic and environmental issues, and by the transition towards electric mobility. Timelines for the major German automotive OEMs are presented to understand the industry´s behaviour in the past in order to design suitable policies that are appropriate to reach future goals around the electrification of road transport. Based upon a comparison of the pressures arising in the automotive sector and the companies´ behaviour with regard to technology choice and R&D, a set of hypotheses concerning this behaviour is then presented.

Keywords

automotive electrics; transportation; automotive industry; economic issues; electric mobility; environmental issues; road transport electrification; Automotive engineering; Batteries; Companies; Fuel cells; Hydrogen; Industries; Vehicles; Germany; low emission vehicles; regulation; vehicle manufacturers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electric Vehicle Symposium and Exhibition (EVS27), 2013 World

Conference_Location

Barcelona

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EVS.2013.6914996

Filename

6914996