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  • A sustained boom: Global battery market continues on a growth trajectory

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    Global battery market set to grow at 34% per year until 2030 Electric vehicles will account for around 80% of demand for lithium-ion batteries over the coming decades Competition is growing from new European and US manufacturers as well as massively expanding Chinese companies
    Munich/Aachen, December 2023: Despite the recent deceleration in automotive manufacturers' electric

  • Record levels of electric mobility: 2022 saw more electric cars sold worldwide than ever before

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    The share of electric cars in new registrations rose to 15% in 2022 and will exceed 50% by 2030 Altogether 90% of electric car drivers depend on public charging stations – charging network expansion is picking up speed in Europe and in North and South America Germany ranks second as one of the top performers in the overall analysis. China tops the rankings once again
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  • Industry 4.0: Automotive industry sets the standards for digital manufacturing

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    Applications for predictive maintenance and vision-based quality inspection have reached very high levels of maturity Cross-functional smart manufacturing teams bundle digital competencies Clearly defined and fully integrated IT/OT target landscape and cloud-based Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) platforms make it easier to scale Industry 4.0 across the production network

  • Chip shortage in automotive and industrials despite lower demand for semiconductors

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    Up to 30% lower demand in consumer electronics results in revenue decline for semiconductor manufacturers in 2022 and 2023 Supply bottleneck for analog chips and microcontrollers set to last several years At the same time, advanced-node chips are subject to overcapacity and oversupply
    Munich, November 2022: After the start of the pandemic, demand for microchips was sent skyr

  • European EV charging market scaling up to successful business models before 2025

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    Rising EV sales are putting pressure on charging infrastructure to scale up fast In EV charging four types of business models will prevail Around 2025, EV specialists and energy and automotive corporations will start to consolidate the charging market
    Munich, September 2022: The European electric vehicle (EV) market is booming, leading the EV charging market to flourish. Com

  • Time to act: Vehicle electrification will reshape the European Aftermarket

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    Electric vehicles are set to make up 53 to 82% of all new vehicles below 3.5 tons sold in Europe by 2030 Aggressive sales scenario: 2038 could be the first year with more than 50% battery-electric vehicles on the road Electric cars need around 30%fewer aftermarket components, but create significant new opportunities
    Munich/Brussels, September 2022: The ongoing electrificatio

  • Automotive industry: Software spending set to rise to as much as USD 59 billion per year by 2030

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    Annual software costs could more than double by 2030 with existing vehicle concepts New software-based design approach will allow to avoid costs of nearly USD 16 billion per year starting in 2030 Software distribution can open up additional sources of revenue
    Munich, July 2022: As electrification, connectivity and automated driving functionality incr

  • Automotive Disruption Radar: 60% of potential car buyers consider buying an electric vehicle

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    Global EV sales as a percentage of total vehicle sales rise to 9.5% China, the Netherlands and Singapore top the ADR ranking Customers prefer electric models from electric-only automakers
    Munich, June 2022: Electric mobility is booming in spite of the difficult economic situation and tight global supply chains. As a share of global new car sales, electric vehicles and plug-i

  • Rising demand for lithium-ion batteries may lead to shortages in raw material supply

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    The lithium-ion battery market is expected to grow 30 percent per year until 2030 – driven by electric vehicles Development creates new supply chain risks, particularly around lithium, nickel and cobalt Mitigation requires increased vertical integration, supply chain regionalization and closed-loop battery recycling
    Munich, April 2022: Interest in battery electric vehicles (

  • Global semiconductor shortage to persist for several years beyond 2022

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    Chip demand set to rise 17% per year from 2020 to 2022, while supply will grow only 6% per year Additional capacity is not being built up in older semiconductors and will not offer relief in the short term The automotive industry's current design philosophy still relies on older chip generations, making it harder hit than other industries by the shortage

  • "Automotive Disruption Radar": New technologies in the global automotive industry take off despite the pandemic

    Electric vehicle penetration rises dramatically Increase in patents indicates steady progress towards autonomous driving New website www.automotive-disruption-radar.com provides extensive data on the trends in the automotive industry
    Munich, May 2021: Even the Covid-19 pandemic cannot halt the disruptive developments in technology and customer attitude trends within the automotive sector.

  • E-Mobility Index 2021: Electric vehicles in strong demand despite corona pandemic – especially in Europe

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    Munich, March 2021: Producing the largest number of electric vehicles and battery cells, China leads in the overall and the industry ranking of the "E-Mobility Index 2021". In the market category, G

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