How do regulations affect the affordability of electric vehicles? What type of new/different regulations are needed to bring to the market more affordable EVs?

The last Acte of Gerpisa (n°43) focuses on these questions from the the perspective of the European Single Market where small affordable EVs are lacking and EV sales are stagnating. It explores the regulatory causes that have led to the disappearance of city cars in Europe. It looks at the cases of ‘kei cars’ in Japan and electric mini-vehicles in China to understand how these countries have been able to preserve/develop this segment and with what effects in terms of decarbonisation of transport, access to mobility and industrial competitiveness.
Based on these insights, it proposes five key measures to promote the production and sale of small electric vehicles manufactured in Europe... https://gerpisa.org/node/8232

There are more than 300 new gigafactories in the pipeline for the next ten years for a total forecast capacity of more than 8 Terawatt hours, roughly equivalent to 800,000 new direct jobs. In less than a decade, the EV battery industry will replace the conventional powertrain industry as one of the main employer of the automotive sector.

The purpose of this international roundtable is to start a collective discussion within the Gerpisa international network on the consequences of this dramatic transformation of the automotive sector for the future of work and employment.

The roundtable is chaired by Thomas Klier, Senior Economist and Economic Advisor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
The participants are:

Kristin Dziczek, policy advisor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Boy Lüthje, professor at the Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou (SYSU)
Marc Alochet, associated researcher at the Ecole Polytechnique (CRG)
Tommaso Pardi, director of Gerpisa and senior researcher at the CNRS

Dynamique des parcs et dynamique des business aval: les enjeux de l'electrification
Intervenant/s
Bernard Jullien, Université de Bordeaux
Jocelyn Gombault, Observatoire de l'Automobile, ANFA

Speaker/s
Saon Ray, ICRIER, India
Discussant/s
Lorenza Monaco, GERPISA, ENS Paris-Saclay, IDHES

Global value chains (GVCs) are fraught with the phenomenon of fragmentation and dispersion of production across the world. India presents a unique example with its high potential in manufacturing capability but low integration in GVCs. In the book Global Value Chains and Missing Links: Cases from Indian Industry we examined the reasons why India has failed to integrate within GVCs so far and looked at key examples to understand the impediments in this process.

Plenary Gerpisa 2022: Evolving Supply Chain

Daniel Heller, Chuo University
Mike Jackson, Executive Director, Strategy and Research, OESA (Original Equipment Suppliers Association)
Flavio Volpe, Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association (Canada)