Industry Overview
Striving for a leading position in all elds of sustainable mobility, the German approach is opening new windows of opportunity in all vehicle modules: powertrain, electrics and electronics, body, chassis and interior. In fact, there have never been so many business opportunities in the German automotive industry as there are today.
Germany
Source: vda
France
Italy
Japan
Korea
One Goal Different and Complementary Approaches The industry is pursuing two major technology paths In order to further reduce CO2 and other exhaust gas emissions as well as to make vehicles more energy efcient. The rst and most widely discussed is alternative drives. These include, for example: Hybrid vehicles Full electric vehicles (battery and fuel cell electric) Alternative fuels However, conventionally driven vehicles also offer signicant potential for further improvement. Examples include: Enhancing internal combustion engine (ICE) fuel efciency (e.g. turbocharging) Advanced powertrains (e.g. direct shift gearboxes - DSG) Exhaust gas after treatment New materials (e.g. lightweight) Electronics (e.g. tire pressure monitoring)
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Denmark
Czech Republic
France
Hungary
Greece
Ireland
Poland
Italy
Luxembourg
Spain
Portugal
Sweden
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United Kingdom
Netherlands
Finland
Germany
ICE vehicles including: Advanced combustion systems Biofuel-powered engines Micro/mild hybrids