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2021-03-19

Listen To New PSR PowerTALK Podcast

Now, you can listen to the leading analysts and editors from Power Systems Research discuss the outlook for powertrain news each Tuesday by region and by targeted industry segments on PSR PowerTALK Podcast.

PSR PowerTALK podcasts include Forecasts by PSR analysts, interviews by PSR analysts with industry leaders and production reports on specific applications produced by Carol Turner, Senior Analyst at Power Systems Research.

You can listen to the PowerTALK podcasts on your favorite podcast provider or by visiting the Power Systems Research PowerTALK Podcast Archive on this website.

Visit the PSR PowerTALK Podcast Archive

2021-03-16

North American Economic Outlook – March 2021

Yosyf Sheremeta, PhD,  Dir. of Prod. Mgt. & Customer Experience, analyzes the North American economic outlook with special emphasis on the Administration’s efforts to control emissions.

Transcript

Welcome to the PSR PowerTALK podcast, produced by Power Systems Research.

00:06 Jim Downey:

Good morning and welcome to this podcast by Power Systems Research. Today we’ll be discussing the North American market outlook for.2021. I’m Jim Downey, Vice President of Global Data Products here at Power Systems Research. I’m joined by my colleague, Yosyf Sheremeta, who is the Director of Product Management and Customer Experience.

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2021-03-09

Power Systems Research Sees Strong Commercial Vehicle Demand Continuing

OEM Off-Highway recently interviewed Power Systems’ Chris Fisher for their OEM Industry Update podcast. Here we present it with their permission

This week on OEM Industry Update we speak with Chris Fisher, Senior Commercial Vehicle Analyst, Power Systems Research, about the current state of the North American commercial vehicle market. He says truck demand continues to be strong and is expected to remain so through 2022 and possibly even into 2023. Inventory stocking and solid growth in single family housing are among the factors positively impacting the market. 

Transcript

Welcome to the PSR PowerTALK podcast, produced by Power Systems Research.

00:13 Sarah Jensen:

Welcome to OEM Industry Update; a weekly podcast examining the latest news and technology trends impacting product development teams and the heavy-duty on and off highway equipment Industries. I’m Sarah Jensen, editor of OEM Off Highway and in this week’s episode I’ll be speaking with Chris Fisher, Senior Commercial Vehicle Analyst at Power Systems Research, about the current state of the North American commercial vehicle market. Let’s take a listen now:

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2021-03-04

Brazil MHV Production Outlook Webinar, March 17, 2021, Sponsored by ABM

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Carlos Briganti
Carlos Briganti

In this episode of the PSR PowerTALK™ podcast Carlos Briganti, Managing Director of the Power Systems Research South American operations, analyzes the outlook for MHV production in Brazil, with special emphasis on the trends away from diesel power.

He will be presenting this information in more detail during a webinar sponsored by the ABM on March 17, 2021. The webinar is sponsored by the Brazilian Association of Metallurgy, Materials and Mining (ABM). There is no charge for the ABM webinar.

You can register here for the webinar: https://www.abmbrasil.com.br/eng/inscricoes/difusao-digital/webinar-tendencias-tecnologicas-volumes-para-veiculos-comerciais

The ABM is a non-profit civil association whose objective is to bring together individuals and companies aiming collective actions that promote the development of people, technical and scientific evolution and innovation in processes, products and management in their areas of expertise. PSR

Transcript

Welcome to the PSR PowerTALK podcast, produced by Power Systems Research. Today Fabio Ferraresi, Director of Business Development, South America and Carlos Briganti, Managing Director, South America, will discuss the outlook for medium and heavy vehicles in Brazil.

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2021-02-26

PowerTALK™ News, February 2021

Chris Fisher, senior commercial vehicle analyst at Power Systems Research, provides a forecast in the February 2021 issue of PowerTALK™ News for MHV. 

Here are more articles in this issue:

  • North America: Electric Motorcycles
  • DataPoint: Global Snowmobiles
  • Europe: Volvo Penta Plans Zero Emissions
  • South America: Brazil Vehicle Exports Up 22%
  • Taiwan: Innovation Powers Gorgoro Network
  • Japan: Honda Launches Electric Bike
  • South Korea: Hyundai Offers Custom EVs
  • Indonesia: New Tesla Investment?
  • India: Union 2021 Budget Misses Mark
  • Russia: KAMAZ Plans EV Buses

Union Budget 2021 Misses Mark for Autos

Aditya Kondejkar

The Union Budget 2021 is very important since it comes during an unprecedented pandemic. The most significant pain points of the economy are the lack of demand and liquidity. The shrinking market’s impact and the weak demand is evident after the Economic Survey said that the country would experience a current account surplus for the first time in 17 years.

The automotive industry is the key stakeholder of the country’s economy. It suffered extensive sluggishness in the past 10-12 quarters after introducing GST, the new safety norms, insurance regulations, axle, and emission norms. These led to a hefty increase in purchase costs. The industry was waiting for direct announcements to reduce purchase cost and improve customer sentiment

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Tesla Proposes Investment in Indonesia to Promote EV Industry

Akihiro Komuro
Akihiro Komuro

The Indonesian government announced on Feb. 5 that it had received an investment proposal from Tesla. The country is the world’s largest producer of nickel, which is essential for the production of batteries for EVs. In order to promote the EV and battery related industries, Indonesia had invited Tesla to invest in the country.

Details of the talks between Indonesia and Tesla cannot be disclosed due to confidentiality agreements, but it is said that they have mainly discussed battery and energy storage solutions. The Indonesian vice-minister said, “If Tesla only wants to buy raw materials, we are not interested. The proposal is more than the procurement of raw materials and extends to energy storage systems such as MegaPack, PowerPack and Powerwall,” he said.

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Honda Launches Electric Bike for Business

Honda announced the “GYRO e:” and “GYRO CANOPY e:” as planned commercial models of electric three-wheeled scooters for business use that use replaceable batteries. The new models will be marketed as the Honda e: Business Bike series together with the BENLY e: business electric two-wheeled scooter, which has been sold to corporate customers since April 2020.

The GYRO series will be used in many business applications such as deliveries. The GYRO series is a three-wheeled model with one wheel in the front and two in the rear to increase stability, and there is also a “CANOPY” model with a roof and wipers that can handle a little rain.

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Gogoro Network Powered Through Innovative Solutions

To date, there have been over 151 million battery swaps, an average of 2.8 per second.

Erik Martin
Erik Martin

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Imagine being asked to design and build a totally new, green energy infrastructure for an entire country — from scratch.

This was the goal given to Gogoro Network (GN) General Manager Alan Pan (潘璟倫) by Gogoro founder and CEO Horace Luke (陸學森). Sitting down for an interview with Taiwan News, Pan described some of the issues electric scooters faced before Gogoro, including limited charging solutions due to lack of space in Taiwan and high battery and maintenance costs.

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