Global Shifts in the Automotive Sector Markets, Firms and Technologies in the Age of Geopolitical Disruption

Résumé:

The automotive industry is undergoing fundamental organizational changes related to the transition from the production of internal-combustion-engine vehicles towards the production of low- or no-emission powertrain technologies. In addition, the ongoing transformations in this sector are shaped by the dramatically changing geopolitical context – including the increasing technological rivalry between China and the West.

In response, this edited volume offers an in-depth examination of the automotive industry, with emphasis on the ongoing transformations in the international divisions of labour, the regional and national production models, and the established value-chain relations. Collecting contributions from established and emerging scholars from a range of disciplinary perspectives, the book brings together empirical research on different regions relevant for the changing globalized production system of the automotive sector – including the European Union, East Asia, and North America.

1. Introduction
   John Humphrey, Martin Krzywdzinski, Grzegorz Lechowski, Tommaso Pardi
   Pages 3-13
2. Car Markets in Transition: Can Emerging Countries Take the Lead?
   Tommaso Pardi
   Pages 15-40
3. Incumbents’ Responses to the Challenges of Producing Connected, Autonomous, Shared and Electric Vehicles
   John Humphrey
   Pages 41-65
4. Industry 4.0 and Its Implications for the International Division of Labor in the Automotive Industry
   Martin Krzywdzinski, Grzegorz Lechowski
   Pages 67-88
5. Bringing the European Union Back in the Automobile Sector After the Covid Crisis
   Samuel Klebaner, Sigfrido M. Ramírez Pérez
   Pages 91-114
6. The German Industrial Model in Transition: Electromobility Challenges in the Automotive Sector
   Grzegorz Lechowski, Nathan Weis
   Pages 115-141
7. Is Electrification an Opportunity or a Threat? The French Automotive Industry at the Crossroads
   Tommaso Pardi
   Pages 143-171
8. The Imposed Path for the Italian Automotive System
   Matteo Gaddi, Nadia Garbellini, Francesco Garibaldo
   Pages 173-199
9. Between Covid and Geopolitics: Emerging Production Networks in the New Energy Vehicle Industry in China
   Boy Lüthje, Wei Zhao
   Pages 203-228
10. Industrial Trajectories in the Brazilian and Indian Auto Sectors
    Praveen Jha, Hansjörg Herr, Bruno De Conti, Christina Teipen, Helena Gräf
    Pages 229-256
11. The Impact of Global Shifts in the Automotive Industry in the United States
    Bernard F. Swiecki, Kristin Dziczek
    Pages 257-288
12. From Automobile Industry to Mobility Industry? New Mobility Concepts and Policies in Japan
    Holger Bungsche
    Pages 289-316
13. Africa’s Automobile Sector—Development Opportunities in a Rapidly Changing Industry
    Tilman Altenburg, Justin Barnes, Anthony Black, Mbongeni Ndlovu
    Pages 317-342
14. Conclusions
    Global Shifts in the Automotive Industry. Outlining the New Arrangements Between Technology, Policy, Firms, and Markets
    Grzegorz Lechowski, Martin Krzywdzinski, John Humphrey, Tommaso Pardi
    Pages 345-365