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[email protected] Elisa Robles Director General of the Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI) Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness Dear members of the Spanish Green Vehicles Community, It is a great honor for me to welcome you to the sixth Spanish Green Vehicles Cars annual con- ference. I am also very pleased to perceive the interest of the Spanish regions to host this event that it is becoming a key date to shape a challenging future ahead based on our R&D state of the art project results. Spain has a long tradition in automotive industry, nowadays Spain held on to 12th position at a world level and 2nd position at a European level in number of vehicle production. In 2013, more than 2 million of vehicles were manufactures and it is expected an increasing production to 2.4 million in 2014 and more than 3 million for the next years. These fi gures refl ect a promising future for this sector, that it is the third largest exporting sector in Spain, representing the 16% of the country´s entire exports and 10% of the GPD, either directly or indirectly. However, huge new markets are attracting production and the partnership between OEMs and suppliers is in a process of transformation where decision in research themes are a backbone to defi ne tomor- row’s winners that will build a new landscape.