Business Strategy and Innovation

A mobility living lab is a test bed and key tool for open innovation in the connected, automated, shared, and electric (CASE) mobility domain. Living labs enable collaboration between regional governmental authorities, research institutions, and OEMs to develop technologies in a real-life environment best suited for specific local mobility landscap...

Intelligent Mobility Japan, 2020 is a virtual summit organized by Frost & Sullivan on November 24 and 25, 2020. This is a 2-day interactive conference, which hosted on a unique virtual platform to discuss and evaluate Growth Opportunities in new Mobility Business models covering Personal and Public Transport Systems. The conference presenters inc...

The Volkswagen-Ford Partnership will open many doors for both companies in global markets, leveraging each others strengths and presence across various regions. The aim is to design and manufacture approximately 45 EVs for both companies, using VWs MEB EV architecture, and this will help both companies dominate the global market, given their extens...

19 Nov 2020  |  North America  |  Market Research

Strategic Analysis of the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and PSA Group Merger

With $170 Billion in Revenue, 8.5 Million in Vehicle Sales, $6.5 Billion in R&D Potential and $4 Billion in Synergies, the FCA-PSA Merger is Poised to Give Strong Competition to Global Automakers

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The proposed merger between the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and the PSA Group is one of the most significant mergers among automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The merged company will be called Stellantis and will become the fourth-largest automotive OEM in terms of sales volume. This mega consolidation is driven by the need for ...

The Latin American (LATAM) passenger vehicle market has witnessed a major downturn in recent years (2014-2016), given generalized fall in GDP growth rates across key industries and major national economies, devaluation of local currencies against the US Dollar, drop in primary commodity prices, rising inflation rates, and loss of purchasing power p...

Over the past 50 years, the North American automotive industry has become strongly integrated between Mexico, Canada and the United States. Canada and the US signed the Automotive Products Agreement in 1965, which led to the gradual reduction of trade barriers and paved the way for greater collaboration between Canada and automotive hubs in the st...

The aim of this study is to research and analyze the short-, medium-, and long-term impact of advanced lightweighting materials in the automotive industry, especially with regard to magnesium and aluminum. Readers of this report should be able to understand the trends that these metals are setting in the industry and how their use can be compared t...

Automotive inventories are at an all-time high and traditional automotive retail practices are not facilitating faster sales to reduce the inventory that is crippling the margins of original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). Moreover, the adoption of electric vehicles has not made a sizable impact as expected by the industry. There is a distinct need...