DRIVES project identifies the trends in the transformation of the automotive industry over the next 30 years

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DRIVES project identifies the trends in the transformation of the automotive industry over the next 30 years

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DRIVES project identifies the trends in the transformation of the automotive industry over the next 30 years

Mondragon Goi Eskola Politeknikoa is a member of the DRIVES consortium, which aims to identify human capital solutions for SMEs in the automotive supply chain

2019·12·17

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The vehicles of the future will be the response to citizens’ use behaviour, based on recognised trends on electrification, exchange, autonomy, and connectivity. This transition will lead the transformation of the automotive industry, which is why the demand for new skills is expected to increase over the next 30 years.

In this context, over the last two years, the DRIVES consortium has worked with ambition in order to understand the current situation of the needs of companies in the automotive sector in terms of skills and offers in the value chain. 

A survey has allowed us to understand better the drivers of change responsible for the needs of current skills. Five macro drivers have been analysed:

  • Change in the way of using cars (4 drivers of change)
  • Climate change, environment, and heat (4 drivers of change)
  • Globalisation and new players (3 drivers of change)
  • New technologies and new players (9 drivers of change)
  • Structural change (3 drivers of change)

The entities surveyed highlighted mainly the importance of structural changes in the business, which include obtaining new skills and training, and climate objectives. Even so, the full analysis of the surveys is not complete, and several key elements need to be clarified, such as cooperation between education providers and industry skills needs.

A report has been generated with the results evaluated and the knowledge obtained from the automotive sector. This report represents one of the key results of DRIVES and identifies the key trends in the automotive sector throughout the value chain.

The DRIVES consortium will begin to disseminate important results in the coming months and will make its first presentation at the workshop held during the Regions and Cities Week. Mangualde, as one of the Regions associated with the automotive group, alongside the DRIVES partners, promoted on 9 October a discussion on how this plan “will contribute to regional development by redesigning skills in the automotive sector”.

The DRIVES project (Development and Research on Innovative Vocational Educational Skills) has been co-funded by the Erasmus programme of the European Union under agreement 591988-EPP-1-2017-1-CZ-EPPKA2-SSA-B.