Automotive, Connected Mobility and Industrial Transition
From legacy car manufacturing to batteries, software-defined vehicles, sensors and autonomous systems.
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About this report
Europe’s automotive sector is no longer defined only by vehicle production, consumer demand or the replacement of combustion engines with electric drivetrains.
It is becoming a strategic industrial base in which value is moving towards batteries, processed materials, power electronics, semiconductors, sensors, software-defined architectures, vehicle data, charging infrastructure, industrial automation and grid-integrated mobility.
Key questions this report answers
- Why is Europe's automotive sector becoming a strategic industrial base beyond vehicle production?
- What defines the new automotive technology stack of batteries, power electronics, semiconductors, sensors and software-defined architectures?
- How do policy, regulation and competitive pressure shape the sector's transition?
- What is the defence-finance strategic assessment of this industrial base?
Inside this report
- Automotive as a strategic industrial base
- The new automotive technology stack
- Policy, regulation and competitive pressure
- Defence Finance Monitor strategic assessment
Who it's for
Strategy, corporate-development and investment teams that need an ecosystem-level view — budgets, industrial capacity and technology landscapes — before committing capital or capacity.
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