Developing innovative infrastructure for enterprises producing automotive components based on regional infrastructure growth poles

The analysis of the Strategy for developing the automotive industry in Russia until 2035 and conceptual approaches to the infrastructural support of automotive component production in the context of technological sovereignty and import substitution has been carried out. In the context of the withdrawal of foreign automakers and supply constraints, the Strategy focuses on its own component base formation, the platforms unification, domestic technologies development, and production localization. Special attention has been paid to the mechanism of state support through the Industrial Development Fund and the cluster investment platform. The author’s concept of infrastructural growth poles has been proposed. It is territorial agglomerations with a high concentration of automotive component production, which play a key role in supporting and developing the automotive industry. The fundamentals of the growth poles theory have been considered from the classical works of F. Perroux to the modern interpretations of P. Pottier, J. Boudeville, and M. Porter. The criteria for selecting territories for such poles placement have been presented, including research institutes availability, export and innovation potential, as well as the structural model of their organization. The study substantiates the need to integrate territorial, sectoral, and infrastructural planning in order to sustainably develop the automotive industry and achieve strategic goals by 2035, including increasing the share of domestic cars to 80% and expanding electric vehicles production to 25% of the market.

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