The International Energy Agency projected that by 2030, around 30 percent of all cars on the road are expected to be battery-powered electric vehicle. As EV production scales the greatest challenge continues to be driving range and lowering cost. This roundtable discussion will explore battery solutions, value chain integration, and infrastructure and charging developments.

Some of the key promises made in connection with SDV's are the potential for increased profitability and new business models. Whether directly - e.g., through FoD or data business - , or indirectly, through improved customer experience and individualization; whether top-line, through additional revenue, or bottom-line, through savings and process improvements - expectations are high. In practice, however, there are still huge challenges to leveraging this potential. The roundtable will discuss potential issues and approaches to monetizing SDVs.

The race to the SDV is currently characterized by focus on the Car OS and innovative features. And by a speed competition of the in-house development departments of the OEMs. What gets less attention, but is perhaps even more important, is the competence to manage complex software architectures at scale and to operate them cost-efficiently. And what role external partners can play in this. The roundtable will discuss important topics of collaborative value add architectures, make & buy, potential of standard & open-source software and the importance of integration and operation competence. 

Consumers are demanding EVs with longer ranges, particularly when EV infrastructure is not where it needs to be. To deliver vehicles with long range there are a number of considerations from battery type and cost to safety and efficiencies. As OEMs want to shift the conversation with consumers away from “range” and toward “efficiency” we will explore and analyse the considerations needed when strategizing ‘Range VS Cost’