12th Annual Powertrain Strategies for the 21st Century Conference:  What Are the Tipping Points for Electric Vehicles?

A Two Day Virtual Conference

July 15 and 16, 2020

*******Because of the coronavirus, this conference will be livestreamed with links emailed to registered participants********

Confirmed speakers include:

DAY ONE

Confirmed speakers include:

Bruce Belzowski, Managing Director, Automotive Futures will moderate the conference and discuss an analysis of powertrain strategies of nine companies selling in the US, and results from the 2020 Powertrain Strategies for the 21st Century survey.

Michael Safoutin, Engineer at the US Environmental Protection Agency, will review some recent EPA research on EVs as well as his recent research on issues related to electric vehicles.

Xavier Mosquet, Managing Director and Senior Partner, Boston Consulting Group, will discuss the results from his group’s recent research on EV tipping points.

Janghwan Shin, Research Fellow, Business Strategy Department, LG Economic Research Institute, will talk about his views about the future of EVs over the next five years, and the impact EVs will have on the automotive battery industry.

Karim Hamza, Principle Engineer, and Ken Laberteaux, Senior Principal Scientist at Toyota North America R&D will discuss their recent research results that focus on the time it will take for EVs to reach price parity with internal combustion engine vehicles.

DAY TWO

Confirmed speakers include:

Bruce Belzowski, Managing Director, Automotive Futures will moderate the conference and discuss an analysis of powertrain strategies of nine companies selling in the US, and results from the 2020 Powertrain Strategies for the 21st Century survey.

Michael McCarthy, Chief Technology Officer for the California Air Resources Board, will discuss new areas of EV rulemaking, and progress toward the 2025 ZEV mandate.

Thomas Miller, General Manager - Emerging Regulations and New Technology Research will provide a supplier perspective on the near term electrification of internal combustion engines as well as the longer term view of pure EVs.

Mike Dovorany, Vice President, Automotive and Mobility at Escalent , will share insights from EVForwardTM, the largest and most comprehensive study of future EV buyers. Mike will describe the six EV buyer types discovered in the study and talk to their key role in EV tipping points.

Sergio Muniz, Associate Professor, Technology Center/Transportation Department at the University of Parana, Brazil, will present the results of our latest research on EV performance in the US, China, and the EU.

Conference Registration

Cost: 

Automotive Futures Affiliates and Current UM Students, Faculty, and Staff, and Media: FREE

For all others: $200

Conference Sponsorship

Companies or groups interested in sponsoring this conference, please contact Bruce Belzowski at bbl@umich.edu or 734-936-2704. Sponsorship Amount (Minimum $1,000)

Powertrain Strategies Conference Sponsors

• Aisin Technical Center
• Argonne National Labs
• Bosch Corporation
• Denso Corporation
• Ford Motor Company
• Globalautoindustry.com
• Means Industries
• Valeo North America, Inc.
• University of Michigan Ross Business School: Corporate Education

Upcoming Events

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• November 17, 2020:  Inside China: Understanding China’s Current and Future Automotive Industry.  Our 13th annual Inside China conference has traced the rapid rise of the Chinese auto industry.  The largest automotive market in the world is such a unique market that it demands that we continue to examine both its current and future trends from a variety of perspectives:  consumer choice, marketing, product development, government support and regulations, alternative energy, automotive research and development, industry structure, labor, economic impact, and manufacturing.