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The electrification of the powertrain brings new challenges to manufacturers: OEMs as well as suppliers within the entire automotive value chain have to deal with a variety of new electric powertrains and their components. Besides new requirements on production technologies, quality aspects as well as recruiting and training of employees with the necessary set of new skills, organizations have to cope with the unpredictability of market development and political interests. With the use of a scenario-based model the article discusses the effects which occur at factory level with a focus on production processes regarding personnel and technical issues

In the future, collective use of cars in cities, such as car-sharing, will increase. This trend provides optimal conditions for the wider use of electric vehicles. However, a charging infrastructure which is easy to use and easy to integrate has to be available in urban areas. The infrastructure brings about two conditions: First, the shared use of electric vehicles has to be convenient for the customer. Second, it is necessary that the provision and operation of the shared used cars is profitable for the providers

The construction of an inductive charging infrastructure for shared use of electric vehicles in an urban area means different challenges. On the one hand, the electrical components must be selected, installed and connected in accordance with certain preconditions in order to work. On the other hand, the boundary conditions of the charging system integrated into the street have to be taken into account. This means a totally new starting situation for the operation of the technology, in particular in the use of an underground distribution system for the installation of the components