Wednesday 16 October 2024
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A day to discuss the challenges and opportunities of the automotive and services sector, but also to explore trends and actions to be taken for its future.
More than an event, THE EXTRA MILE by EQUIP AUTO is THE new European business meeting which will bring together all the players in the upstream and downstream automotive sector.
Managers, decision-makers, equipment manufacturers, manufacturer distribution and repair networks, exhibitors, institutional partners, public authorities, French and international media , one year before the fiftieth anniversary of the EQUIP AUTO show, take part in this already unmissable event.
With the Seine Musicale as a backdrop, let's make our ecosystem vibrate around conferences and debates that will nourish all of our reflections on the challenges of tomorrow's mobility.
Renowned automotive experts to speak at the event
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About the event
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Programme
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- 2:00 p.m.
· Registration
- 2:35 p.m. - 4:05 p.m.
· Electric and ultra-connected vehicles: the challenges of democratisation
- 4:10 p.m. - 5:10 p.m.
· Is the aftermarket straying from its mission of affordable maintenance?
- 5:40 p.m. - 7:10 p.m.
· THE EXTRA MILE #EQUIP AUTO Paris 2025: Committed to a competitive, profitable and affordable automotive business and aftermarket
- 7:15 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
1975-2025: Launch of EQUIP AUTO 2025
- 8:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.
Aperitif and dinner cocktail reception
Sponsors
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THE EXTRA MILE 2024 by EQUIP AUTO
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“The major challenges facing the automotive and services sectors”
2:35 p.m. - 4:05 p.m.
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1 - Electric and ultra-connected vehicles: the challenges of democratisation
Background: Renault and Stellantis are both launching electric vehicles at prices between €25,000 and €30,000 inc. VAT. The installation of battery factories in France and Germany is conducive to European sovereignty and lower cost bases. The connected and autonomous software defined vehicle (SDV) is a new issue to address. Is the electric, ultra-connected car of the future finally ready?
A-Automobile markets: headwinds or tailwinds?
European and international new vehicle markets are staying durably sluggish. Forecasts for the take-up of electric vehicles are being revised downwards. We hear from leading manufacturers (Renault, BMW), global OEMs (Forvia, Continental), industry analysts and representatives of the main trade associations.
B – Is the 2035 scenario for the end of fossil fuel engine production still credible?
The scheduled ban on the production of fossil fuel vehicles in 2035 is confronted with the harsh reality of EV take-up. Should it be reconsidered, at a time when manufacturers appear divided on the feasibility of meeting CAFE standards next year?
C-Innovation : is the affordable electric vehicle ready for action ?
Is the affordable, electric and ultra-connected car of the future ready to roll? A presentation of the strategic choices in the automotive sector to make electric vehicles less expensive.
D- Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) focus, the challenges of inclusion in mass produced vehicles
The advent of the software defined vehicle, proclaimed as unavoidable, raises many questions. Manufacturers are facing major challenges to their industrial sovereignty. Some are joining forces with the GAFAMs, while others are spurning them: the strategies can be divisive. An affordable technology, at the expense of loss of sovereignty?
4:10 p.m. - 5:10 p.m.
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2- Is the aftermarket straying from its mission of affordable maintenance?
Background: Owing to the technological development of cars, and under the combined effects of expensive components and inflation, vehicle collision repair costs are rising, while the price of used vehicles have also increased sharply. There is a risk of a fracture between these markets and motorists’ purchasing power. Leading players from the aftermarket compare their views.
A – Collision repair markets under pressure: analysis and consequences
Repair costs are skyrocketing; electric vehicles are being closely watched. Insurers offer their views.
- Repair costs: what are the explanations for spiralling costs (+26.2% between 2019 and 2023)?
- Electric vehicles: questions on the minds of insurers
- FOCUS: results of the September 2024 SRA Observatoire des Sinistres (damage claim observatory).
B – Higher mechanical maintenance costs: is the aftermarket straying from its mission of cost-effective servicing?
- The on-the-road fleet is expanding and getting older all over Europe. The aftermarket is now worth more than the new vehicle market. But the costs of parts and labour are rising quickly, making repairs ever more costly. What should we make of these developments?
- FOCUS: Tyre innovation and its consequences on the aftermarket.
C – Used vehicle focus: increasing prices, energy transition: what impacts on the used vehicle profession?
Used vehicles have seen their prices rise by more than 30% in three years. The bubble is now deflating, but transactions are also tailing off. Is it all downhill from here?
Two specialists, leboncoin and L’argus, discuss the process that makes used vehicles expensive, and show the avenues that can help to stop the rot.
5:40 p.m. - 7:10 p.m.
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3- THE EXTRA MILE #EQUIP AUTO Paris 2025:
Committed to a competitive, profitable and affordable Automotive business and Aftermarket.
Background: In this third round table, leading aftermarket figures speak out and reveal their strategies to enable the various markets - collision repair and maintenance - to remain affordable and profitable while also turning the corner of the circular economy.
A - Maintenance: players’ assets and strategies to maintain a competitive, affordable and profitable aftermarket.
- How parts and service retailers in France and Europe go about capturing old vehicle fleets, catering to cost-of-living challenges and providing garages with effective and efficient tools.
- The commitment of the tyre sector to offer more sustainable maintenance and limit cost of ownership.
- The role of boutique automotive businesses in the industry to guarantee access to affordable and sustainable maintenance.
B-Collision repair: Levers to maintain affordable insurance cover.
- Reusable parts: an untapped resource for cost-effective repairs
- Digitalisation and AI: levers in the insurance world to reduce downtime and make the customer journey smoother.
- Electric vehicles: adapting repair journeys
- Reducing the carbon footprint to help control costs
C – FOCUS: Electric vehicle maintenance
Presentation of GIPA’s comparative study: maintenance of electric and ICE vehicles in five European Union countries (services and costs).
D –Reuse, remanufacturing, eco-design: the circular economy becomes a strategic pillar for the aftermarket.
- The initiatives of VALEO and RENAULT - The Future is NEUTRAL, to make the aftermarket circular thanks to remanufacturing, both with ICE and electric models.
The resolute action of Revolte e-Garages, a start-up dedicated to the electric vehicle maintenance process.
From 7.15pm
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Launch of EQUIP AUTO Paris 2025 followed by an aperitif & cocktail reception
All about THE EXTRA MILE by EQUIP AUTO
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Find out more in the press release
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