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| We continue to see tremendous momentum in new business awards and are well on our way to reaching our bookings target of roughly $32 billion by year-end |
| Our advanced technologies and capabilities will continue to drive strong performance across multiple industries |
| Revenues increased 7% to $5.1 billion, 2 points over the growth in vehicle production, reflecting double-digit growth in ASUX revenues and S&PS revenue growth in line with global vehicle production, the impact of the UAW strike in North America, as well as customer mix |
| EBITDA and operating income were both records totaling $727 million and $560 million respectively, reflecting solid flow-through on volume growth and ongoing operating performance initiatives, partially offset by unfavorable FX, timing related to customer recoveries, and the impact of the UAW strike |
| We expect continued sequential margin expansion as the headwinds related to supply chain disruptions continue to dissipate, customer recoveries are closed and the benefits from further cost structure actions take hold |
| Our customer relationships and new business bookings are stronger than ever, driven by robust demand for smart vehicle compute and software, high voltage electrification and ADAS solutions |
| So I think leveraging that over the last couple of years has helped that product line get to segment accretive margins very quickly |
| We're also benefiting from the transition to the software defined future across several other industries with opportunities in the commercial vehicle, telecom, AMD and industrial markets |
| Global automotive vehicle production has been stronger than we initially forecasted, as easing supply chain constraints have led to fewer disruptions enabling increased production |
| Our strong year-to-date results had put us well on our way to reach the top end of the full-year guidance we laid out in early August |
| Kevin, as you look -- Kevin and Joe, I mean, as you look at this, an optimist could say, hey listen, EVs are taking a little bit longer and we're going to run our programs as they exist right now, get better margins and returns in the interim, generate more cash and be able to fund the future more robustly, might be gross over the market a little bit, but our earnings and cash flow might be a bit better |
| We feel really good about it |
| So long winded way of saying it's too early to answer your question more precisely, but certainly to say we feel very good about where we sit from a growth over market standpoint |
| Having said that, we still strongly believe we're very well-positioned as it relates to growth over market given where we operate |
| For instance, just the growth and the Japanese OEMs had a very strong Q3 |
| And Aptiv is perfectly positioned to leverage our full system capabilities to enable a fully electrified, software defined vehicle |
| Revenues increased 13%, 8 points above vehicle production, the result of a 30% increase in active safety revenues, reflecting strength across all regions as the launch of our Level 2 and Level 2+ ADAS solutions continue to ramp |
| Our portfolio of advanced technologies and strong operating execution gives us confidence in our ability to further strengthen our competitive position and deliver sustainable value creation for our shareholders |
| As demand continues to increase for more advanced active safety solutions, our unique insights and proven domain expertise position Aptiv to deliver differentiated value to our customers |
| Lastly, we're proud to announce that Aptiv has once again been recognized as an automotive PACE Award finalist |
| Despite the operating challenges in North America, we were able to improve operating cash flow by over $300 million versus prior year, resulting in cash flow conversion of 200% in the quarter and an ending cash balance of $1.8 billion |
| Operating performance including lower supply chain disruption costs were positive in the quarter and offset the negative impact of higher labor costs |
| High voltage revenues increased 13%, reflecting strong growth across all product lines, partially offset by customer mix in Europe and Asia and the impact of the UAW strike in North America |
| The $4.4 billion in S&PS bookings that I mentioned previously included a low voltage architecture award with a Chinese OEM demonstrating the progress we're making further penetrating the local Chinese OEMs |
| Another strong quarter for Intercable Automotive with $400 million in new business awards, including a major award with a global customer in North America reflecting continued strong commercial traction and a high voltage system award with a European OEM that includes products across our electrical distribution, connection systems and Intercable Automotive portfolios, demonstrating how our full system approach sets us apart from the competition |
| We delivered another strong quarter exceeding our expectations despite some headwinds |
| Despite the slowing of EV production, we continue to expect our high voltage business to have a strong double-digit growth in 2023 |
| This recognition validates Aptiv's industry-leading technology as well as the value and impact our continuous innovation provides our customers |
| Performance in the quarter was strong, despite a challenging operating environment |
| The outperformance was driven by strength in active safety, where revenue was up 30% |
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| User Experience was down 5% in the quarter, reflecting the timing of certain customer programs and a more difficult year-over-year comparison |
| During the month of October, we experienced a negative strike impact of $100 million in revenue and $50 million in operating income |
| Also, ASUX margins were lower on a sequential basis versus Q2 2023 due to expected seasonality in Wind River's Q3 results |
| As I will discuss shortly, our growth over market was negatively impacted by the UAW strike in North America, as well as customer mix and program timing in Europe and China |
| In China, revenue was in line with underlying vehicle production due to our customer mix and slowing BEV growth |
| We had a much lower outlook |
| The UAW strike had a negative impact to approximately $30 million, and foreign exchange was a headwind versus last year |
| While tentative agreements have been reached with all three North American OEMs, there remains some uncertainty on vehicle build schedules as the OEMs work to finalize their plans to ramp up production during the balance of the fourth quarter |
| With respect to like the inability to generate anything close to a reasonable return on capital |
| I would note that while our revenue and adjusted growth rate remain unchanged, given the Q4 strike impact, we are forecasting our growth over market for 2023 to be below our long-term forecast range of 8% to 10% |
| Year-over-year ASUX margins in the quarter were negatively impacted by the timing of certain material inflation recoveries from customers, which partially offset the flow-through on incremental volumes and improved performance |
| High voltage electrification grew 13% in the quarter, reflecting a slowdown in growth rate from prior quarters |
| This EV journey for legacy OEMs has just been an unmitigated disaster so far |
| Customer recoveries offset material inflation and the negative commodity impact in the quarter, while foreign exchange, primarily the peso and RMB continued to present a headwind on a year-over-year basis |
| You're going to see growth rates slow over time |
| We do expect growth to slow |
| I think it's somewhat of a software business phenomena, Q3 is just a very slow quarter for them |
| And in the bottom half of the slide says continued inflationary environment, geopolitical uncertainty |
| That's sort of like a little bit of a headwind in the quarter outside of just the strike, obviously, in North America |
| Understand the questions in and around high voltage electrification and future growth rates, certainly Q3 was down relative to Q2 and Q1 this year |
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