Automechanika Istanbul Fair, which was held at TUYAP with the support of the Automotive After-Sales Products and Services Association (OSS), came to an end. Within the scope of the fair, OSS Association brought together industry professionals at the 8th OSS Conference, which it organized this year. Jean-François Bouveyron, Vice President of After Sales at Delphi Technologies Europe, Middle East and Africa, who was the keynote speaker of the conference, said, “New technologies in automotive! The end of the beginning for the aftermarket? Is it the beginning of the end?" He shared his knowledge with the participants in a presentation entitled.
“The goal should be to produce environmentally friendly internal combustion engines”
Stating that he was at the conference representing BorgWagner and its aftermarket branch Delphi Technologies, Jean-François Bouveyron said, “BorgWarner is a group of companies specializing in propulsion systems technologies, that is, technologies that move a vehicle. He has identified electrification and electric vehicles as his main focus.”
Stating that vehicle technologies are evolving with more environmentally friendly technologies, Jean-François Bouveyron said, “What zamWhenever I talk to politicians, I always hear this sentence; “our worst enemy is internal combustion engines”. No, actually, if we can create the internal combustion engine in an environmentally friendly way, we can actually move forward with this alternative.”
“Everything will happen very differently”
Pointing out that everyone is constantly talking about electric vehicles, Jean-François Bouveyron continued:
“Actually, the world will move towards electric vehicles; but it just won't happen. Apart from this, hydrogen injection and hydrogen hybrid vehicles will also enter our lives. Let's talk about e-fuels. Yes, we will start to see more electric vehicles on the roads and most of the passenger cars used in the city will be electric. In addition to light commercial vehicles and mini-vans used in commerce, buses used in urban public transportation, a large part of them will be electric, but we will see that a very limited portion of trucks and heavy vehicles will be electric. Most of these vehicles will still be running on diesel or hydrogen fuel systems. I would like to draw your attention to the following point; hydrogen will now be the new way to create environmentally friendly engines. I'm proud to say that we at Delphi Technologies were the first to sign a contract for fully hydrogen powered vehicles, and this is just the beginning. Now what do I mean by that? Electricity will be a privilege granted to passenger cars in use in the city; There will be hydrogen fuel cells for light commercial vehicles and hydrogen injection systems for trucks. So let's think about everything you heard today. Forget everything you've heard recently, because everything will happen in a very different way than what you've heard.”
“Change will not be like a tsunami wave”
Jean-François Bouveyron, stating that they have different perspectives on the after-sales vehicle market, said, “Although we like vehicles that are new to traffic, what really interests us is 5-10-15 year old vehicles, as we come across in Turkey as well as vehicles over 20 years old and these vehicles are in traffic. and their maintenance needs will continue. In 2030, 7 years from now, we predict that the proportion of passenger and light commercial electric vehicles in Europe will have a share of only 440 million out of 57 million vehicles. This is still a very low rate. If we look at heavy vehicles, the percentage of electric vehicles will be much lower and the vehicle park will be almost the same as today. Yes, we know that there will be some changes in the industry, but the pace of this change will be such that we will have time to prepare. So change will not be like a tsunami wave. A slow change will take place gradually," he said.
“We should not be afraid of new technology”
Jean-François Bouveyron, emphasizing that technical training and fault diagnosis will come to the fore in the sector in the future, said:
“If you need the information zamyou cannot access instantly, you will be out of the game. At this point, it is very important to implement new diagnostic technologies. An officer working in a different part of the world will be able to support you in diagnosis by connecting to your vehicle remotely. That's what we're trying to do as aftermarket companies anyway. The aftermarket will have a great future. We should never be afraid of a new technology. We just have to be prepared for it. What we do day-to-day is to bring together all the information, all the products and all the documents that the vehicles of today and tomorrow may need, and to present it to our customers, only in this way can we contribute to the future of the aftermarket.”