Supplier involvement in flex-fuel technology development: The general motors and Volkswagen Brazilian cases

Yu, Abraham Sin Oih; Nascimento, Paulo Tromboni de Souza; Nigro, Francisco Emílio Baccaro; Frederick, Bjorn Werner Biben; Gatti, Wilian; Mello, Karine Gargioni Pereira Correa de

doi:10.1109/picmet.2009.5261960

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“…The technical and marketing maturity of the Brazilian subsidiaries of automakers such as VW and GM, both of which have advanced R&D centers in Brazil, help explain their leading role in the introduction of ethanol and, later on, flex-fuel engines (YU et al, 2009a). The same seems to be true regarding the development of electronic fuel injection systems by tier 1 auto parts suppliers -Bosch and Magneti Marelli (YU et al, 2009b).…”

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confidence: 84%

“…Part of the data and information was collected in 2008, particularly those concerning the introduction of flex-fuel technology by tier 1 suppliers operating in Brazil -Bosch, Magneti Marelli and Delphi (YU et al, 2009a;NASCIMENTO et al, 2009a). During this first stage, we also interviewed GM and VW experts, which allowed a comparison between the joint automaker/ supplier development strategies adopted by these companies (YU et al, 2009b).…”

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Institutional factors in subsidiaries technology strategies

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Silva²,

Starke-Rodrigues³

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How subsidiaries arrive at technological strategies that may become emergent at the global level? Fossil fuel cars dominate the world markets. Now, flex fuel cars are the Brazilian local dominant design. Clearly, subsidiaries made differing choices in market entry timing and engine compression ratios. Why did the main Brazilian auto industry subsidiaries get deeply involved with flexible fuel cars? How did they arrive at their current technology strategies? To explain their strategies, one must consider Brazil's local institutional factors a large and fast growing local market, the long sugar cane history, government incentives, the subsidiaries' relevance to their headquarters, their early involvement in the development of ethanol-fueled vehicles, and the subsidiaries' differing R&D autonomies.

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Section: Product Development At Brazilian Automakers Subsidiariesmentioning

confidence: 84%

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Institutional factors in subsidiaries technology strategies

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Starke-Rodrigues³

et al. 2013

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“…In this context, flex-fuel engine technology matured, allowing greater flexibility by consuming different fuels, a major reason why it became the predominant technology in the Brazilian automotive market (Brito et al, 2019). Importantly, Brazil occupied a relevant place in the race to develop this technology, in which tier 1 global auto parts companies such as Magneti Marelli, Bosch and Delphi competed (Yu et al, 2010).…”

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Potential impacts of the Mercosur-EU agreement on the automotive value chains in Brazil and Argentina

Dulcich

2023

Econ. soc.

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This paper investigates the potential effects of the Mercosur-EU agreement for the automotive value chains in Argentina and Brazil, identifying the trade balance movements of each partner. Its main results point to an improved trade balance in most automotive and auto parts products for the EU. Besides differences in international competitiveness, other factors prompt these results, such as differences in production scale between partners, greater tariff preferences granted by Mercosur, greater potential demand for vehicles in Argentina and Brazil than in the EU, higher regulation requirements on product and process quality in the EU market, among others.

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“…These systems require a temperature sensor, gasoline reservoir, fuel pump, injector, battery, and heater. 47 Like other engine technologies, the FFE technology is evolving continuously to meet power demand and emission standards as shown in Figure 5. The development of CSS and fuel injection systems along with optimized CR for FFE is considered to improve the performance and drivability up to fifth-generation FFE.…”

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Critical review on recent progress of ethanol fuelled flex‐fuel engine characteristics

Azhaganathan

Ashok

2022

Intl J of Energy Research

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Summary Ethanol‐powered spark ignition (SI) engines have the potential to mitigate the twin crisis of fossil fuel depletion and exhaust emissions. However, the successful promotion of ethanol is hindered due to the restriction of fuel blend diversity and design features in the conventional SI engine. The fuel flexibility can be overcome by the use of flex‐fuel engine (FFE) technology with appropriate changes in engine design features for a wide range of ethanol blends. The understanding of FFE based on various technical aspects has greater potential in the automotive sector. Therefore, this review paper provides a holistic approach to critically analyze the various technical aspects of FFE. In this work, the application of ethanol blends on FFE output characteristics is reviewed critically considering the effects of engine operating conditions and parameters. Further, the impact of ethanol blends on material compatibility, cold starting characteristics, and unregulated emissions are analyzed. The outcome of the study shows that combustion and performance characteristics such as cylinder pressure(CP), heat release rate (HRR), and brake thermal efficiency (BTE) are improved in FFE operation due to the clean‐burning characteristics of ethanol blends. Also, carbon monoxide(CO) and hydrocarbon (HC) emissions decreased without any significant improvement in nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions with a wide range of ethanol shares in FFE. Finally, this study summarizes the present status of research in FFE and creates a route towards the direction of multidisciplinary research need in the future that supports the application of different types of biofuels in FFE.

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Supplier involvement in flex-fuel technology development: The general motors and Volkswagen Brazilian cases

Cited by 7 publications

References 16 publications

Institutional factors in subsidiaries technology strategies

Institutional factors in subsidiaries technology strategies

Potential impacts of the Mercosur-EU agreement on the automotive value chains in Brazil and Argentina

Critical review on recent progress of ethanol fuelled flex‐fuel engine characteristics

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