Launch Light Duty Vehicles Working Group

On September 7 and 8, 2022 UC Alianza MX hosted the first light-duty vehicle conference under the US-MX Electrification of Transport Taskforce.
On September 7 and 8, 2022 UC Alianza MX hosted the first light-duty vehicle conference under the US-MX Electrification of Transport Taskforce.

DATE

September 7-8 , 2022

Objectives

To present the progress achieved by the UC Institute for Transportation Studies research team.

Collect further input from industry, government, and academia for the Road Map to be presented at COP27 in Egypt.

Agenda Day 1

Welcome & Opening Remarks

  • Isabel Studer, UC Alianza MX
  • Dan Sperling, UC ITS
    Sandy Berg, California Air Resources Board
  • Iker Jiménez, Global Investment, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, México

Supply Chains: EV production and Markets in North America and Globally

  • Gil Tal, UC Institute of Transportation Studies

Supply Chains Dialogue: Strategic Perspectives for the US-Mexico Auto Industry

Roundtable Reflections

  • Julio Galván, INA
  • Fausto Cuevas, AMIA
  • Andrew Winkelman, US Embassy in México City

Life‐Cycle Assessment Considerations for Batteries and Battery Materials & EV’s End-Of-Life

  • Francisco Pares UC Davis
  • Alissa Kendall, UC Davis (Zoom)

Life-Cycle Assessment & EV’s End-Of-Life Dialogue: Strategic Perspectives for the US-Mexico Auto Industry EVs End-of-life: Risks and Opportunities

Roundtable Reflections

  • Miguel Medina, BMW
  • Rogelio Arzate, GM

Labor considerations, Human Capital

Sarah White, UC Davis

Labor considerations, Human Capital Dialogue: Strategic Perspectives for the US-Mexico Auto Industry

Roundtable Reflections

  • Luis Godoy, Global Economic Intelligence Unit at the Mexican Ministry of Economy o Alex Covarrubias, COLSON

Agenda Day 2

Infrastructure Planning, Grid and Charging Electrification

Gil Tal, UC ITS

Infrastructure Dialogue: Strategic Perspectives for the US-Mexico Auto Industry

Roundtable Reflections

  • Salvador Monroy, Ministry of Communications and Transportation, Mexico
  • Eugenio Marin, FUMEC

Global Perspectives on ZEV mandates

Dan Sperling, UC ITS

Global Perspectives Dialogue: Strategic Perspectives for the US-Mexico Auto Industry

Roundtable Reflections

  • Nazareth Black, Zacua
  • Eugenio Grandio, Tesla
  • Lizette Gracida, Toyota Motors Mexico

Closing Remarks

  • Martha Delgado, Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, México
  • Andrew Winkelman, US Embassy in México City
  • Dan Sperling, UC ITS
  • Isabel Studer, UC Alianza MX

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