Energy and Natural Resource Providers

IHS Automotive Consulting helps energy and natural resource providers deal with the changing nature of fuel requirements of the automotive industry through services such as:

Market Opportunity, Market Entry and Expansion Strategy

• IHS Automotive Consulting can help energy and natural resource providers understand the future fuel demand landscape through the delivery of near-and long-term quantitative forecasts of trends in fuel type and demand for both new-vehicle fleets as well as the in-use parc
• We forecast new vehicle sales by fuel type (gasoline, diesel, ethanol, CNG/LPG, electricity and hydrogen) using near-term data sets and long-term scenario analysis
• You receive forecasts for overall demand by fuel type as a function of time for 17 different in-use fleets around the world

Technology Forecasts

• IHS Automotive consultants can perform an analysis for energy and natural resource providers relating to the evolution of technologies specific to individual markets or companies
• Leveraging our proprietary data and syndicated research, our consultants can project for you the expected pathway a technology will take based on various factors.  

Impact Assessment

• IHS Automotive Consulting leverages the broad expertise across IHS to furnish energy and natural resource providers with scenario-based impact assessments of regulatory policy on jobs, costs, on the evolution of vehicles, components or technologies, as well as on the outlook for companies as a whole
• Clients receive a report-based on a combination of quantitative and qualitative analysis-that can offer insights into the rationale for a policy change or suggest inputs for their business plans to seize new opportunities or enter new markets

Custom Market Sector Forecasts

• IHS puts several hundred econometric modelers at your service, providing off-the-shelf and custom-developed forecasts for virtually anything for which there is associated historical data
• We can provide your forecasts under standardized IHS Automotive Scenarios as well as in the form of alternative outlooks specifically developed for you
• Use our forecasts to drive your business plans and to benchmark your corporate performance against competitors and the industry
• We also develop regional-level market forecasts, where data is available, to assess your dealership or sales-office performance in specific market areas

IHS Automotive Consulting conducts global scenarios analyses to address the fundamental concerns facing energy and natural resource firms and answers key questions, such as:

• Under different scenarios how will alternative powertrain and propulsion systems and developments such as advances in battery technology shape the evolution of the transportation fuels mix?
• How will vehicle emissions policy impact the automotive industry and powertrain developments?
• What factors are needed for widespread adoption of plug-in electric vehicles?
• How will market fundamentals in transportation fuels influence key legislative actions and policy decisions?
• Can transportation fuels policy avoid causing unintended consequences in one market while trying to optimize another?
• What are the environmental impacts of alternative fuels and alternative powertrain technologies?
• How will the new equilibrium in transportation fuels and technologies affect carbon emissions?
• Where are the growth opportunities and how are the potential returns and associated risks influenced by different business environments?