SHOPSHART AUTOS – CUSTOMER INFORMATION – NOVEMBER 18, 2021 -4
2021 Automotive Industry Challenges and Trends
BorgWarner, a U.S. automotive supplier headquartered in Michigan, is on its way to electrification, too. The company has signed a Business Combination Agreement aimed at accelerating and improving its electrification capabilities. Internal Combustion Engine – Are Its Days Numbered? Following the carbon emission elimination regulations, many companies in the world strive to let the combustion engine exist though advance it by using modern technology. Why don’t they want to stop using it? Firstly, because full electrification costs a lot. Secondly, the demand is still low, probably because of the poorly developed charging infrastructure and high prices for such vehicles. Thus, Mazda has been researching the opportunities for creating biofuel by using algae. They aim to develop a low-emission technology by combining the internal combustion engine and electrification capabilities. The company is researching the possibility of applying renewable fuel – made of algae. According to the research as part of its “Sustainable Zoom-Zoom 2030” program, it will release as much CO2 as algae have absorbed when growing. Besides, their cultivation doesn’t harm the environment and can be grown in the ground unsuitable for agriculture. They plan to reduce carbon emissions to 90% in 30 years. As stated above, Mazda is not the only company striving to ‘save’ the combustion engine. There are attempts to utilize entry ignition technology to save the combustion engine. In theory, the technology is expected to be efficient, though it’s unproven yet. Some additional research should be done before implementing it. One variant is homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) and the second one is pre-mix charge compression ignition (PCCI). Mazda is the first company that has already developed the HCCI engine in its premium-grade MAzda3 and CX-30 models. The SkyActiv-X engine is based on petrol and diesel technologies. Battery Production: Tesla’s Giga Berlin Commands the EU Market Despite a number of challenges on the way to the Tesla Gigafactory establishment in Berlin, today this plant is expected to produce 500,000 vehicles per year during the first phase. At the same time, it’s believed that Tesla has underestimated the potential of the new factory and its capabilities and the output is supposed to be about 2 million items manufactured. One more great advantage of Tesla and its Gigafactory is that it controls pricing being the leading battery manufacturer in Europe. Besides, Elon Musk is confident that this plant is going to be the largest battery manufacturing factory in the world. Reducing Vehicle Weight with Composites Jaguar Land Rover is working on reducing electric cars’ weight by using composite materials instead of steel and materials alike. This company is going to be the first to produce such vehicles in 2022. Their technology will make cars 77 pounds lighter which will provide an opportunity to apply more powerful batteries for EVs and plug-in hybrids. Infotainment 2021: Android Operating Systems for Tech Giants Today more and more concerns prefer third-party operating systems instead of spending time and money to develop their personal infotainment technology. One of the important changes in the infotainment system today is that users want to have built-in services without the necessity of applying USB and their smartphones to get what they need. Indeed, Google is the prime infotainment provider in the contemporary automobile market replacing QNX. Ford has also signed the agreement with Google recently, following the examples of other companies such as Audi, Volvo, and Renault Nissan Mitsubishi Alliance. The company is working to launch its first Android-based vehicles in 2023. Google suggests the in-build system with all its services like Google Maps, Voice Assistant and other services for navigation, communication, and entertainment without being distracted from driving, including Google Cloud services application. Specialists predict Google Automotive to become the leader in just 3-4 years, and still, Apple is the main rival. Here’s a list of the car models where wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are available: As you can see, despite the pandemic effect on the industry, it still develops at a pretty good pace and overcomes the arising challenges successfully. We’ll keep track of the automotive sphere and see what else this year will bring.
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