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8 Collective challenges in the automotive industry THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENTS AND THE EU The challenges faced by the automotive industry – from dealing with resource scarcity to fighting climate change – calls for a wide-ranging approach. An approach that delivers inventiveness in future mobility, manufacturing and integrated safety. An approach on which competitive and sustainable vehicles depend. And for which public funding across EU members states is crucial and the governments and the EU have a big role to play... Cooperation: is necessary between funding bodies at the national and European level, along with an integrated exchange of information and ideas. Learning from each other will help the EU lead the world in automotive innovation. Research should build: on the work that has gone before, and be widely disseminated. This avoids stagnation and duplication. It requires an immersion in other research projects, past and present. Users should be involved: in defining the needs of freight delivery and different business models addressed by national- and EU-funded research. Involving transport and logistics operators as advisors helps make sure a project effectively helps meet the needs of supply chain operations. Easy-to-deploy solutions: are needed to ease supply chain operations in the short-term. Funding should be directed at these kinds of projects, where potential in practice is shown and there’s a potential for fast market take-up to the benefit of everyday business operations. Cross industry perspectives AEROSPACE AND THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY Meeting the ever-shifting challenges faced by the automotive industry cannot happen in isolation. It depends on ongoing and close cross-industry collaboration. Integrating breakthrough, precisionengineered technologies is one vital way in which the industry is meeting the challenges of the 21st-century head on… Harnessing aerospace findings helps us to… • Apply new technologically advanced materials with superior properties for true automotive innovation • Develop more streamlined vehicles for people and businesses • Work out new ways to protect the environment and preserve resources • Improve vehicle safety and security • Ensure cost-effectiveness Applications of aerospace Durable and adaptable multi-material lightweight design Sophisticated aerospace designs are helping the automotive industry move away from costly metal components, to lightweight, high-performance fibrereinforced plastic materials. Future-thinking advantages include: • Reduced assembly costs • Less driving resistance • Minimised fuel consumption • Better sustainability • Reduced life cycle costs Structural health monitoring (SHM) Remarkable aerospace techniques like SHM capture data, allowing an ongoing inspection of vehicle components – so repairs can be made at just the right time. Benefits include: • Enhanced vehicle reliability • Improved performance and maintenance procedures • Associated cost savings Anti-vibration technology Cutting-edge aeronautical research has made possible multi-functional components. This has driven forward innovations in vibration control – in the active damping of plate vibration in car roof structures, for example. Benefits include: • Reduced noise • Better driving experiences • Increased efficiency
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