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A new era

Accelerating towards 2020


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The current economic crisis has accelerated deep structural change in the automotive industry, setting the stage for sustainable growth. High-cost exporting countries will see domestic capacity closed as vehicle production continues to migrate to the "new Detroits". Lower-cost centers dotted across India and China and other locations in the regional trade zones of North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the European Union. High-volume global platform architectures will become the norm. And, convergence will drive the emergence of new business models characterized by alliances with players from other industries to support new technologies.