The global demand for autonomous and electric cars that he expects from next year, will provide Juárez with a business opportunity.
Pedro Yu, general manager of Autokabel, said that in this border already components for this type of vehicles are manufactured.
The company in charge is precisely one of the, where cables are made for battery, terminals and distribution bars for brands such as General Motors, Ford and Tesla.
“The opportunity does exist, Juarez is a city very focused on the supply of the automotive industry, so we are adapting to where car manufacturers are taking us,” he said.
Detail that the battery cables that are manufactured in Autokabel feed the electrical systems of autonomous vehicles for these brands.
“Since saving, there is already some autonomy in vehicles, many already have devices for issues such as parking alone. For example, Tesla, one of our customers, has 100 percent autonomous vehicles, although it is still difficult to bring them fully to market due to liability in chosen, because if it happens, the due can blame the manufacturer, for issues of demand ; all this is still difficult, ”he said.
Despite this, he said that the market opportunity that Juárez has is very great.
“A lot of Juárez’s suppliers are focused on this market, everything is going well, and the self-employed are jumping from electric combustion,” he said.
According to data from Index Juárez, of the 330 maquiladoras that exist in the town, 30 percent are directly from the automotive industry, although that is a pull to other sectors that make up to 90 percent of the industry is related to cars. .
Aptiv is another of the local companies that within its plants already manufactures components for electric cars.
According to Adam Jonas, a Wall Street analyst at Morgan Stanley (US financial multinational), 2021 is shaping up to be a critical year for electric vehicle adoption and disapproval (of the internal combustion engine). which will dictate the pace of expansion, contraction, consolidation and multiple proliferation ”.
It is also estimated that global electric vehicle winds will grow by 50% or more next year, while winds from vehicles with internal combustion engines are expected to cross between 2% and 5%.