Auto Industry: 7 Emerging Trends
The automotive industry is operating in an acute transition mode, thanks to the economic, technological, political,.etc influences. And while car manufacturers administer their own tweaks to their products, OEM’s and auto part manufacturers would have to deal with their own set of challenges to adapt.
Several, emerging trends in the automotive engineering are evident as highlighted at PR Web.
1. Turbocharging will be popular again:
As a consequence of skyrocketing fuel prices smaller engines that generate more power would need to be built. Turbocharging already prevails in Europe, it would be in the US too by as early as 2010.
2. Internal combustion engine will evolve.
While the internal combustion engine stays, it will take on newer avatars owing to alternative fuel technologies used to drive the engines. For instance, plug-in vehicles, battery- powered cars and fuel cells powered automobiles. At the same time requiring, that the engines are ever more efficient.
3. Emergence of Biofuels
Biofeuls are likely to become popular in many parts of the world. For OEMs this means that they must rely on fail-safe materials due to a lack of standards for biodiesel. In Brazil use of biofuels has already achieved independence from petroleum fuel sources.
4. Consolidation of automotive fluids within assembly plants
Systems and processes for assembly plants meant to achieve less complex inventory management of fluids would be needed. And that this trend has already led to consolidation efforts that rely on multiple-use fluids.
5. Continuing vehicle electrification
Today as a result of advancements in electronics, most advanced electronic items can be added within the confines of 14-volt electrical systems. Consequently, most automobiles can be steered or braked electronically without voltage architecture beyond 14 volts. More systems will come under the electrical system’s reach.
6. The need to manufacture environment friendly refrigerants
A 2011 EU standard aims to eliminate the use of R-134a, the A/C system refrigerant currently used worldwide. The OEMs as a result need to devise ways to become compliant.
7. Emergence of Round-the-Globe Engineering
Major OEMs are setting up development centers around the globe. While Asian OEMs prefer satellite centers that take principal direction from a larger parent center, the North American model seems to allow these centers a given specific platform (and powertrain) development responsibility. And this necessitates local sourcing as well as local engineering and materials decision-making.
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Fred is a journalist with 7 years of experience. Though, as a professional he’s reported on myriad topics, his favorites are the auto and the healthcare industry. Two platforms he’s previously worked on are Themedica and Automotive-Online. He now blogs at: Automobile Hotspot.
January 28th, 2010 at 9:56 am
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January 28th, 2010 at 9:57 am
i've been an automotive tech for 13 years, i'm right now working on almost exclusively hummers. as the industry is going right now business is pretty slow and most places pay you by the job, so if you do nothing you get paid nothing, unlike an hourly job. Th flip side of that is some things that only take a few minutes may pay an hour or so, so that can be good. right now i make close to $25 an hour. the drawback to this field is you have to own your own tools, and tools are expensive, i have probably $40,000 invested in tools and there are still things i don't have or need and it's always changing. personally from the direction i see the industry going and with gas prices going up, i wouldn't recomend getting into the field, find something else to do, however, if you really want to get into it, get into a good program like GM ASEP or earn your degree at the community college, stay away from high priced tech schools, You'll learn more with experience. the biggest thing i can tell you is read!!!! magazines, service manuals, textbooks, absorb any information you can and know where to find out what you need to know and don't know, and buy tools, i mean snap on, or matco, craftsman is good too to start out with. lemme know if there's any way i can help you
January 28th, 2010 at 10:31 am
January 28th, 2010 at 10:51 am
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January 28th, 2010 at 4:35 pm
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January 28th, 2010 at 6:32 pm
It is definitely marketing or sales , as long as you have the skill of communication, with your knowledge of the cars, you can convince the buyers to buy the cars and you can get good commission for that plus your monthly salary..
January 29th, 2010 at 12:05 am
American Society for Quality – ASQ – 800-248-1946 (they do have a library at their headquarters called the Quality Information Center {QIC})
The ASQ has a number of magazines and journals that you will find articles relating to quality and the automotive industry.
The ASQ has two primary groups – local member units called Sections/Chapters (you could ask for a local contact to the Greater Detroit Section – they have a lot of automotive members there) and national groups called Divisions (there is an ASQ Automotive Division – and they have their own newsletter with a lot of articles).
Two other very good sources of information is the Quality Digest and Quality Magazine. They both cover the automotive industry as well as others.
The ASQ also has a number of books, training, blogs and other references that you might find useful.
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January 29th, 2010 at 10:45 am
I did try that once. But it was kind of hard to sell cars. I made a profit on one car but a loss on my second. The profit really fluctuates. It depends on the car's demand.
You need a good salesman and marketing promotions that would get your cars noticed.
You could give it a shot! It always seems to be a brilliant idea. But don't just jump into it. Make some informed decisions first.
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January 30th, 2010 at 7:15 am
NASCAR could do more to promote the brands. The cars have been custom built race cars for decades but they had differences between models that were still easy to see. The COT is truly identical no matter what the stickers say. They could find a way to make them more distinctive.
January 30th, 2010 at 1:51 pm
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January 30th, 2010 at 2:41 pm
How about automotive engineering? I know Clemson has a good program in it; I'm not sure where else does.
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(Brasil)