Tesla, CATARC and METI will present differentiated international markets and regulatory requirements for e-mobility at forthcoming World of Energy Solutions 2016. With ambitious targets for electric mobility, Japan and China are currently driving the organization of their national vehicle markets forward. In March 2016, for the first time, the Japanese government published its goals for the structure of hydrogen mobility: 40,000 fuel cell vehicles will be registered by the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. In addition, 160 hydrogen-fueling stations will be in operation.
From the Chinese perspective, activities are focused on increasing the current manufacturing capacities: In the first four months of the year, China manufactured 78,000 “New Energy Vehicles” — battery- and fuel cell-powered electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids. In April 2016 alone, 10,400 buses and 21,000 cars with alternative drives were manufactured. The manufacturing ramp-up will be complemented in China by the expansion of the infrastructure of recharging stations; incentive programs for municipal fleet providers and consumers as well as an innovation platform for the development of high-performance drive batteries. According to the federal China Automotive Technology & Research Centers (CATARC), in future, the average fleet consumption for the automobile manufacturers will be limited in such a manner that it will be mandatory to include New Energy Vehicles into the product portfolio.
“China is now taking its urban environmental problems very seriously and is redefining its industry and research landscape. Both in the hydrogen and fuel cell technologies as well as in the further development of battery-driven systems, the emission-free drives for cars and buses are being advanced. The combination of rigid pollutant regulations and attractive incentive systems is — in China and in leading European markets as well as the USA — the unavoidable way that needs to be taken in order to meet the requirements of the Paris World Climate Convention,” says Klaus Bonhoff from the German National Organization for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology.
Which requirements and opportunities the increasing differentiation of the international market will have on both the aspiring new vehicle manufacturers such as Tesla as well as the European automobile manufacturers and machine engineering companies, will be the topic of discussions at the World of Energy Solutions 2016 with the prominently staffed conference plenum “International Markets”. Yuki Maehiro, METI, Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry, presents the Japanese plans for hydrogen mobility turnaround. Cheng Wang, Vice Director of Beijing Operation, China Automotive Technology & Research Center (CATARC) introduces the current development in the Chinese e-mobility market.
Sunita Satyapal, Director of Fuel Cell Technologies of the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) in the Department of Energy, USA, explains the role of the fuel cell technology as a building block of the US energy and environmental policy. Diarmuid O’Connell, Vice President of Business Development at Tesla Motors, provides an outlook on the effects of the Tesla mega factory in the US and European car battery markets. Jürgen Garche from FCBAT Consulting in Ulm (Germany) provides and outlook on the effects of the European markets for stationary battery storage and drive batteries for electric vehicles.
World of Energy Solutions 2016 wants to build the crucial bridge between mobility and energy transition and will be held in Stuttgart (Germany), October 10-12.