Internationalisation as a component for successful industrialisation of electric mobility within Cluster Electric Mobility South-West

摘要

Progressing electrification and digitalisation of the transport sector lead to an enormous shift in the automotive industry and create major challenges and opportunities for industrial stakeholder all along the value chain. Cooperation between industry and research as well as knowledge transfer across technological sectors are considered to be key factors for a successful industrialisation of future transport technologies in traditionally strong automotive regions. At the same time, both trends to lead to significant changes in national and international automotive supply and innovation chains. New technology manufacturers and service providers will enter the mobility sector and have the potential to develop into new competitors. In future, players from industry and academia can only be successful when cooperating within strong regional innovation networks and with international partners at the same time. By supporting their partners in cross-border cooperation, cluster networks will play an important role in shaping the successful industrialisation of future transport technologies. This paper gives an overview about the internationalisation strategy of Cluster Electric Mobility South-West, which connects more than 125 players in the automotive region of Baden-Wurttemberg and is one of Europe's leading innovation network on future transport technologies.