Global Auto Industry Research Articles

Design and selection of government regulations for vehicle supply chains: A Chinese perspective

New energy vehicles (NEV) have become a major trajectory changer for the global auto industry and an important catalyst for global sustainable economic growth. The implementation of carbon cap and dual credit regulations has altered the competitive environment and strategy of conventional vehicles (CV) and NEV, and has attracted extensive scholarly attention. However, the collaborative governance of the two regulations is relatively limited. This paper constructs two stylized production models based on Cournot game to examine the impacts of different combinations of two regulations, including no regulatory intervention (NC, ND), consideration of dual credit regulation without carbon cap regulation (NC, D), consideration of carbon cap regulation without dual credit regulation (C, ND), and consideration of both regulations (C, D), on vehicle production decisions, and determine the optimal regulatory scheme and intervention intensity under varying conditions. The Lagrange functions and Karush-Kuhn-Tucker (KKT) optimization conditions are employed to solve for the optimal CV and NEV production decisions. The results show that carbon cap regulation not only reduces carbon emissions but also expands the NEV market size. Different regulatory combinations are applicable in different contexts, while collaborative efforts between carbon cap and dual credit regulation can enhance social, economic, and environmental potential within the auto industry under specific conditions. These findings provide important theoretical guidance for expanding NEV market and improving government intervention mechanism.

A Consideration of Whole-Life Carbon Emissions by Indiana Manufacturers in Efforts to Gauge Lifecycle Sustainability Records in the Multinational Automobile Industry

Purpose: The Ricardo Report (2020) recommends a holistic analysis of the effects of the global auto industry on sustainability by assessing the impacts of automobiles on the environment throughout their lifecycle. Much of the literature on sustainability in the transportation sector focuses on vehicle exhaust emissions and their contribution to urban smog, and there has been little consideration of emissions produced during the automobile manufacturing process itself. 
 Materials and Methods: This study builds on the lifecycle emissions approach recommended by the Ricardo Report. Specifically, data on the pounds of pollution emitted was collected from the Toxic Release Inventory report of major multinational automobile producers and analyzed via piecewise linear regression analyses to provide insight about the pollution emitted during a vehicle’s production. 
 Findings: The findings in this study will fill a gap in Ricardo’s “birth to grave” proposal to quantify whole-life carbon emissions in the automobile sector.
 Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: As sustainability efforts within the automotive market continues to evolve, it is important to analyze automobile whole-life carbon emissions rather than just what is emitted from the tailpipe, and this study fills a gap in the Ricardo Report by providing data related to the rates of pollution emitted during the manufacture of vehicles at multinational automobile factories in America.

Analyzing Geely's Acquisition of Volvo in Terms of Motivation, Risk and Competitive Markets

In recent years, the global automobile industry continues to develop, and mergers and acquisitions between enterprises have become an important strategic means of the industry. Geely's acquisition of Volvo has become one of the focal points of the global auto industry. This paper examines the Geely acquisition of Volvo, analyzing its motivation of acquisition and strategic goal, financing, potential risk, competition, and achievement. The study found that Geely's acquisition of Volvo enhanced Geely's position in the global market, strengthened the competitiveness of Chinese automakers, and accelerated the development of its own brands. At the same time, Volvo also gained a broader market and resources from Geely's acquisition, which helped to enhance brand value and market share. The research offers empirical insights for the automotive industry, guiding decision-making and providing policy recommendations. Investors should monitor industry dynamics, while leaders should evaluate strategies and enhance cross-cultural management capabilities. Governments can support domestic firms' global competitiveness and promote industry sustainability. In summary, this paper contributes to the understanding of the Geely-Volvo acquisition and offers guidance for stakeholders.

How Do External Networks and Strategic Targeting Impact Open Innovation in the Global Auto Industry

This research examines the interactions between open innovation (OI) strategies and competitive behavior in global automotive assemblers and suppliers. We show that these firms behave differently when engaging external networks to limit downside risks when dealing with competitors (and rivals). Specifically, we find that firms cross external firm boundaries for incremental, but not radical technology projects using nominal external links. Our results are aligned with emerging innovation trends in the auto industry where the locus of innovation has evolved upstream in the digital age, from final assemblers to suppliers. This study provides support for a theory to explain inter-firm competitive dynamics within OI contexts. In particular, it provides an explanation for boundary selection criteria when engaged in OI projects. We conclude with implications for theory and practice and provide guidance for potential future research.

Research on Competitive Environment and Marketing Strategy of Small and Medium Auto Parts Import and Export Companies

In recent years, with the rapid development of the global auto industry, especially in my country, and the country's transition from supporting the self-owned brand vehicle industry to supporting the self-owned brand spare parts industry, my country's auto parts industry has also ushered in a new stage of development. At the same time , the auto parts import and export industry, which is closely related to this industry, has also developed rapidly. Most of the enterprises in this industry are mainly small and medium-sized enterprises. How to explore a path that is truly suitable for the development of such enterprises is worth exploring. This paper takes KL company as an example, obtains the information on the development of the industry in which KL company is located through field investigation and network research, and expounds the general situation of the development of the auto parts import and export industry through the combination of qualitative and quantitative methods, and summarizes At the end of this paper, it also provides countermeasures and suggestions for the formulation of KL company's future marketing strategy according to the actual situation. This research provides data and suggestions for the formulation of the development strategy of small and medium-sized enterprises in the auto parts industry. Theoretical reference enriches the content of the marketing strategy of the industry.

Study on the optimization of Chinese automotive supply chain under unstable environment

As a pillar industry of the national economy, the automobile industry is one of the fundamental forces in driving domestic demand and promoting economic growth. With the spread of the epidemic worldwide, various parts of the automotive supply chain have been disrupted. The current “supply cut-off” crisis in the auto industry has begun to receive widespread attention, and the impact on the global auto industry chain has already started to emerge. In the face of the increasingly unstable environment, it is worth exploring what impact the epidemic has had on the automotive supply chain, what risks are there for vehicle manufacturers and component manufacturers, and what insights this epidemic has for the upgrading and long-term development of corporate supply chain systems. Based on this, this paper will share some preliminary thoughts on the short-term supply chain response suggestions and long-term supply chain system construction in light of the epidemic from the supply chain perspective.

Platinum Group Metals: A Review of Resources, Production and Usage with a Focus on Catalysts

The major applications of PGMs are as catalysts in automotive industry, petroleum refining, environmental (gas remediation), industrial chemical production (e.g., ammonia production, fine chemicals), electronics, and medical fields. As the next generation energy technologies for hydrogen production, such as electrolysers and fuel cells for stationary and transport applications, become mature, the demand for PGMs is expected to further increase. Reserves and annual production of Ru, Rh, Pd, Ir, and Pt have been determined and reported. Based on currently available resources, there is around 200 years lifetime based on current demand for all PGMs, apart from Pd, which may be closer to 100 years. Annual primary production of 190 t/a for Pt and 217 t/a for Pd, in combination with recycling of 65.4 t/a for Pt and 97.2 t/a for Pd, satisfies current demand. By far, the largest demand for PGMs is for all forms of catalysis, with the largest demand in auto catalysis. In fact, the biggest driver of demand and price for Pt, Pd, and Rh, in particular, is auto emission regulation, which has driven auto-catalyst design. Recovery of PGMs through recycling is generally good, but some catalytic processes, particularly auto-catalysis, result in significant dissipation. In the US, about 70% of the recycling stream from the end-of-life vehicles is a significant source of global secondary PGMs recovered from spent auto-catalyst. The significant use of PGMs in the large global auto industry is likely to continue, but the long-term transition towards electric vehicles will alter demand profiles.

The Freeway Journey

The I-85 highway corridor through the American South has emerged as a key artery for the global auto industry over the last three decades. An influx of foreign capital has transformed the region into one of the world’s prime automobile manufacturing hubs. The easy mobility offered by I-85 and its tributary networks has been central to the economic and social transformation of the region. However, there are distinct limits and costs to this transformation that are frequently downplayed in the name of a technologically utopian approach to development. The I-85 corridor has facilitated the development of the auto industry in the American South, but it has also contributed greatly to the increasing capitalist exploitation of its people.

The 13th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Computational Transportation Science (IWCTS 2020)

Today's growth in big data, edge computing, high-performance computing, and machine learning has opened tremendous opportunities for advances in mobility. The 13 th International Workshop on Computational Transportation Science (IWCTS 2020) is particularly timely given the prominence of connected automated vehicles technologies in the global auto industry's near-term growth strategies, of big data analytics, unprecedented access to sensing data of mobility, and of integration of this analytics into the optimization of mobility and transport. These developments (as listed below) are deeply computational. • Transportation Planning & Modeling: travel behavioral analysis, modeling and simulation of population movements and freight transportation systems. • Transportation Operations: Connected and Autonomous (CAVs), Computational traffic flow models and control algorithms, role of transportation in community spread of a pandemic (COVID-19). • Infrastructure Sensing: Digital Twin, Data-driven approaches to transportation systems operations • Other Technologies: Urban sensing technologies, Geoinformatics and Regional Science

GM bets big on batteries: A new $2.3 billion plant cranks out Ultium cells to power a future line of electric vehicles

In April of 1966, a shiny white Chevrolet Impala became the first car off the assembly line of a new General Motors plant in Lordstown, Ohio. It was the glorious start of what became a checkered history for the area. This blue-collar town survived an infamous labor strike in 1972, the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of GM in 2009, and a string of unmemorable small cars—including the Chevy Vega and Cavalier—before emerging as a symbol of industrial rebirth with the production of the Chevy Cruze in 2010. □ But things soon went to hell again, and GM shuttered the plant in 2019. Even then, the pain wasn't over. The plant became a political football for President Trump, who urged local residents not to sell their homes, because of jobs he promised to restore. He later rebuked GM for not building COVID-19 ventilators in a factory it no longer owned. (By that time, GM had sold the mothballed plant to Lordstown Motors Corp., a long-shot electric-truck startup.) □ Now, nine-lives Lordstown is getting another chance to play a significant role in the automotive future. Whether it succeeds hinges on the biggest multibillion-dollar question in the global auto industry: Can GM, or any legacy automaker for that matter, transform itself into a true rival to Tesla, whose electric cars—and sky-high stock price—dominate the EV space? To do that, it'll need better, stronger, more-affordable batteries. That's where GM's Ultium project comes in.

Chemical earnings crater in quarter

With countries in North America and Europe mostly under lockdown, the second quarter bore the economic brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic. The US Bureau of Economic Analysis estimates that US gross domestic product shrank by a record 32.9%. For chemical companies, it was the worst quarter in decades, with nearly all firms posting double-digit drops in sales and earnings, and a handful posting losses. Most companies have been cutting costs, some opting for layoffs. Exposure to some sectors was particularly painful. For example, in his remarks to analysts on July 29, BASF CEO Martin Brudermüller estimated that the global auto industry saw a 45% sales decline during the second quarter. Aerospace might have been worse. “What we’ve seen in aerospace is just unprecedented,” Huntsman CEO Peter R. Huntsman told stock analysts. Hard-up airlines aren’t even taking delivery on airplanes that are already built, he said. Huntsman posted a $30 million

Product modularity and performance in the global auto industry in China: the mediating roles of supply chain integration and firm relative positional advantage

ABSTRACT Drawing on the knowledge-based view of the firm, we examine the role of supply chain integration and firm relative positional advantage (FRPA) in mediating the main effects of product modularity on firm performance. We use data collected from module suppliers to the Chinese automobile industry to empirically test the model. The findings reveal the mediating roles of supply chain integration and FRPA as well as the joint effects of supply chain integration and FRPA on the product modularity-firm performance relationship. The study also tests the application of the mirroring hypothesis in the context of the Chinese auto industry.

Global auto industry and product standards

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Analysis of the Business Models of the Intelligent and Connected Vehicle Industry

Intelligent connected vehicles (ICV) are recognized as a great opportunity with huge social benefits by the global auto industry. Governments of various countries attach great importance to them, and traditional Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and technology companies are also introducing them into consumers’ lives by virtue of various business models, thereby generating practical value. The business model plays a decisive role in determining whether a company can share the ICV market cake and its future position in the industry. More importantly, it will also determine how fast the ICVs can become reality from imagination. In this paper, the ICV industry ecosystem was sorted out, the business models of ICVs adopted by mainstream OEMs were analyzed, and five typical business models were summarized, i.e. platform model, self-transformation model, traditional Tier1 dependence model, alliance model, and outsourcing model. On this basis, the SWOT analysis method was adopted to systematically analyze the internal and external advantages and disadvantages of the five business models, and forward insights on enterprises’ developing and maintaining the competitive advantages in the ICV industry were proposed from five perspectives of technology, market timing, customer experience, brand, and data.

China and the Reshaping of the Auto Industry: A Dynamic Capabilities Perspective

ABSTRACTChinese firms are grappling with the four paradigm shifts around electric, connected, shared, and autonomous vehicles that are roiling the rest of the global auto industry. This article, which follows my earlier MOR article about the auto industry (Teece, 2018a), looks briefly at the development of capabilities in these fields by Chinese firms. It then analyzes the prospects for Chinese firms to use them to gain a stronger foothold in the global market, and for multinationals to continue to prosper in China. The paradigm shifts are creating new entry points for Chinese firms to capture value in the industry, and some potential global contenders have demonstrated solid dynamic capabilities in electric vehicles (Geely), shared vehicles (Didi Chuxing), and autonomous vehicles (Baidu). However, multinationals are also moving forward in the same fields and have strong complementary assets such as respected brands and well-honed dynamic capabilities.

The politics of technology bans: Industrial policy competition and green goals for the auto industry

After decades of failure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the transport sector, several jurisdictions have in rapid succession announced future goals to phase out sales of internal combustion engine vehicles. This article argues that these announcements are predominantly a form of political signaling in a green industrial policy competition for alternative transport technologies, notably electric vehicles. We show that such signaling games in green industrial policy are likely to emerge when market growth for alternative technologies initiates industrial policy competition, which explains the clustered timing of political signals. A country’s position in the global auto industry, however, shapes the domestic political economy for announcing a phaseout goal. Countries with aspirations to develop export-oriented EV industries seek industrial upgrading; countries with existing export-oriented auto industries promote industrial renewal to maintain international competitiveness; and importing countries pursue phaseout goals primarily for environmental reasons. Our findings suggest that industrial upgraders can induce incumbent producer countries to participate in green industrial policy competition, leading to the “trading up” of energy technology policy goals. This contrasts with classic patterns of environmental policy competition, in which advanced industrialized nations are the pacesetters.

The Eco-Driving Behaviour: A Strategic Way to Control Tailpipe Emission

The global auto industry is responsible for 15.9% of carbon emission (OICA) and among that, vehicle users are responsible for around 80% of carbon emission (JAMA). Awareness about environmental problems caused by this emission is rapidly increasing among people and governments are organizing various campaigns to make people familiar with the eco-driving concept. Vehicle users do not realize that their driving style has a direct influence on fuel consumption and this, in turn, leads to unwanted carbon emission. Therefore, there is a need to understand the car users' eco-driving behavior and explores the awareness level of passenger car users. Data has been collected from 400 respondents through the help of a structured questionnaire with a focus on eco-driving behavior practices. Analysis of this data showed that the pressure given to accelerate the engine is transformed into tailpipe emission. Therefore, this study highlights the importance of inculcating eco-driving behavior among car users in particular and vehicle users in general.

Top 10 Tech cars: 2018 [Top 10 Tech Cars

IN THIS YEAR'S TOP 10 TECH CARS, as in the global auto industry at large, the Great Disconnect becomes more obvious. On the one hand, virtually every carmaker offers models that deploy technology in unabashed pursuit of energy efficiency and reduced environmental impact. In our group of honorees this year, the Tesla Model 3 and the charming Kia Niro hybrid fit in this category. Yet for all the talk of a Tesladriven tipping point in electric transportation, EVs still make up a 0.5 percent drop in the global ocean of new cars. So in the real world-well, at least in the United States, where Washington is actually looking to weaken fuel economy standards and where a record two-thirds of buyers are choosing an SUV, pickup, or other light truck-today's automotive innovation is arguably more about utility, horsepower, and performance.

Logistics implications of electric car manufacturing

The increasingly important role of electric cars manufacturing needs to develop new logistics concepts in automotive industry. This article analyses critical issues in logistics operations of electric cars based on the in-house perspective of the car manufacturer. The purpose of this paper is two-fold. Firstly, to verify existing research about the impact of electric car manufacturing on logistics operations. Secondly, to investigate concrete logistics implications based on different electric car operations models. Therefore, we use manufacturing phenotypes, which can be applied to separate and classify configuration and coordination principles and helps to reach a better understanding of relationships with their logistics implications. The presented model is based on real case study data of global auto industry and supports the academic study of cross-site comparisons. A holistic and consistent understanding of different operations types in electric car manufacturing will be necessary, which will help in evaluating the actual and future supply chain forms in the car industry.

The Drive Control System of Micro Logistics Electric Vehicle

Energy saving and environmental protection become two major topics in today's world. But with the rapid development of the global auto industry, energy consumption and environmental pollution problems also arise, so how to develop electric vehicles, especially how to promote the sustainable development of the electric car has become the outstanding problem faced by automotive industry in China. Motor drive system is the core component of the electric car, so it's extremely important to drive motor selection [. This paper mainly introduces the characteristics and performance of all kinds of drive motor, and determine the type of logistics in electric vehicle drive motor and the selection of drive position.