The new frontiers of the automobile industry / Mini-conférence

A l’occasion de la sortie du dernier ouvrage collectif du Gerpisa sur les « Nouvelles Frontières de l’Industrie Automobile" (Palgrave 2020), co-edité par Alex Covarrubias et Sigfrido Ramirez, la mini-conférence 2020 du Gerpisa se focalisera sur le rôle de politiques publiques dans la transformation des industries automobiles mondiales, avec une attention particulière au processus d’electrification et de digitalisation de gammes en Chine, Etats-Unis et Allemagne. La mini-conférence se déroulera essentiellement en anglais.

8h30 - 8h45 Accueil - Café

8h45 - 9h00 Tommaso Pardi (directeur du Gerpisa)
Ouverture de la mini-conférence

9h00-10h00 Présentation de l’ouvrage « The New Frontiers of the Automobile Industry » (Palgrave 2020)
Alex Covarrubias (Collegio de Sonora) & Sigfrido Ramirez (Max Planck Institue de Francfort)
The book examines the shifts in power and geographical location occurring in the industry, and outlines the key role that public policy has in generating innovation in entrepreneurial states.

10h00-11h00 Overview of the U.S. Automobile Industry
Thomas Klier (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
Contextualizing the major disruptive forces currently facing the industry, the presentation focuses on critical aspects of the market and production of vehicles in the United States as well as on the role of the government.

11h00-11h15 Pause - Café

11h15-12h15 The development of the Chinese automobile industry seen through labour relations
Frido Wenten (London School of Economics)
The presentation traces the emergence, expansion, and diversification of the automotive industry in China through the lens of changing industrial policy priorities and explores their implications for innovation and employment relations.

12h15-13h15 Déjeuner

13h15-14h15 The global Impact of Chinese norms on EVs
Marc Alochet (Ecole Polytechnique)
The presentation explores the impact of Chinese regulations on the global EV industry. While a great deal of research has been done on the impact of these regulations on the Chinese market, what will be their impact on the global market? In particular, will they affect the performance and architecture of EVs developed by global manufacturers?

14h15-15h15 Accelerating the transition to electric mobility in Germany
Heike Proff (Université de Duisburg)
The presentation is based on a new electric mobility forecast developed together by the University of Duisburg-Essen with Deloitte Consulting. It stresses the necessity of forecasts in times of long-term discontinuous changes (as in transition to electric mobility.) It shows that with the just decided climate actions the aims of the German government (10 Mio. electric cars in 2030) cannot be reached, but simulations help to find approaches to accelerate electric mobility.