After electric, is the next automotive transition already happening?

Posted on 19 Apr 2024 by The Manufacturer

Stephan Pottel, Manufacturing Practice Lead, Zebra Technologies explains how cars parked on streets attached to charging cables is fast becoming a common sight with the shift from combustion to electric never out of the headlines. And it seems some carmakers have already moved beyond the transition phase.

For example, Walter Mertl, Chief Financial Officer for BMW, revealed that the carmaker now generates more sales growth from electric vehicles (EVs) than combustion. But it’s a journey, and the speed of change varies for each carmaker and region. With about 100 million lines of code and 1,000 or more semiconductor chips, the digitisation and computerisation…

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