Automotive

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...