Mobility Services

**This post contains affiliate links and the publisher may be compensated if you make a purchase after clicking on these links.** We started this series  on automotive innovation with  “The More Things Change…” and provided an overview on four major innovations coming in automotive – both in how they work and how they are used.  In the last article we discussed vehicle connectivity, and later we'll discuss fleet electrification and autonomous vehicles, but today the focus is on mobility solutions, also sometimes referred to as car sharing. What Are Mobility Solutions? There are a number of start-ups (or new organizations/divisions within very large existing companies) that are focused on the providing "mobility" - meaning solving the specific need of getting people around instead of the existing solution of selling someone a car (and then having them pay for it through a loan, lease, or cash they saved up).  Soon we'll have a feature article on some of the new mobility solutions, since many...
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The More Things Change…

**This post contains affiliate links and the publisher may be compensated if you make a purchase after clicking on these links.**   The "Internet Revolution" is now about 20 years in the making, dating back to the 1990's and overcoming a major hiccup in the dot-com crash in 2000. However, it picked up again as people recognized that the answer to everything humankind had accomplished until then wasn't equally suited to a stand-alone digital process.  Similarly, while more and more businesses are striking a better balance of how connected tools can facilitate, not replace, an existing process, it's important to recognize that the internet changes almost everything.   Since the second largest line item in many family's budget (after housing) is the money spent on vehicles, it's important to keep in mind what is (and what isn't) changing, since any lease agreement includes some bit of future forecasting.  While the lessor needs to do most of this forecasting in order to set the...
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