The Production Cost Battle

2026/02/05

Summary
Introduction
THE EURO 7 COST TRAP
INCALCULABLE COST RISK
COSTLY POWERTRAIN ASSEMBLY
COST ANALYSIS AND ASSEMBLY TIMES OF ICE AND BEV VEHICLES
ADDED VALUE GIVEN AWAY
COST PARITY NOW ACHIEVABLE
GIGACASTING AND THE TRUE UNBOXED PROCESS 2.0
HIGHLY EFFICIENT PRODUCTION OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES
STRONG IN CORE COMPETITION

Summary

This report contains a Spotlight article from Springer's automotive technical magazine "ATZ" www.atz-magazine.com. and "MTZ" www.mtz-magazine.com. Springer is a German company affiliated with MarkLines.

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About Automotive Technology Magazine ATZ

Motorwagen-Zeitschrift (Motored Vehicles Magazine) was founded in 1898 as an automotive technical magazine. From 1929, the name of the magazine was changed to "ATZ (=Automobiltechnische Zeitschrift: Automotive engineering magazine)". In addition to being published in German, the English edition has been available since 2001.

The Production Cost Battle

Electric mobility is leading to a re-invention of established production processes. This is also because no other vehicle concept makes it possible to implement the principles of the digital factory so advantageously. What is more, manufacturers who are not prepared to rethink their production strategies and finally liberate themselves from assembly-intensive components are taking an almost incalculable cost risk.

Material from: Andreas Burkert, Correspondent of ATZ/MTZ/ATZ electronics, The Production Cost Battle, IN THE SPOTLIGHT article from ATZ worldwide [01/2026] [the websites of Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, which are available at www.springerfachmedien-wiesbaden.de] reproduced with permission of Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH.

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