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21 AutoData | August 2018 After more than a hundred meetings that took place in Brasilia to develop Rota 2030, most of the proposals fell by the wayside before reaching the end of the process - but the industry leaders came to the conclusion that the scenario ahead was take it or leave it regarding the little that passed through the federal sieve. Of the topics that got stuck along the way are special credit lines and debt refinancing programs for auto parts companies, mandatory vehicle inspection, fleet renewal, infrastructure improvements, urban mobility - which would include hybrid and electric technology for public transportation -, evolutions in the dealership chain, restructuring of the automotive tax system, more favorable Reintegra (Special regime for reintegration of tax for export companies) conditions for low volume manufacturers and a The labor reform, which was part of the discussion, ended up being approved separately but the industry still complains about its consolidation. And not even a single word about the extension of benefits to manufacturers installed in the Northeast and Central West of Brazil, which to the surprise and general amazement was announced by the President of Brazil, in March, during an event at the FCA factory in Goiana, PE. Not to mention about the trade agreement with the European Union. On the other hand, energy efficiency goals, investment in R&D, reduction of the IPI for hybrids and electric vehicles, and a timetable of safety equipment were approved. R&D incentives had a maximum ceiling of R$ 1.5 billion, but this is included to a total minimum industry’s investment of R$ 5 billion - by the MDIC calculations during the five years of Inovar-Auto, the companies invested R$ 25 billion in R&D. It’s not on the program… change in the way of P collection, which would change from cubic capacity and fuel to emissions and fuel economy.