Innovation Series Summary

**This post contains affiliate links and the publisher may be compensated if you make a purchase after clicking on these links.**   Through this month we looked at how four areas of innovation are dramatically changing automobiles: how they move, how they’re accessed, and how our experience in them is changing.  Specifically we looked at Vehicle Connectivity, Mobility Solutions, Fleet Electrification, and Autonomous vehicles.  All of these innovations are at least partially rolled out, but at the same time it is clear that there is an expectation of dramatic change in the next 5-10 years, where many of the items that are a novelty today will become at least a substantial minority, and in some cases potentially the dominant technology in place. I had the opportunity earlier this week to attend an excellent conference called AutoMobility LA – it occurs during the 4 days preceding the annual Los Angeles Auto Show.  The conference organizers did a great job of assembling excellent speakers and...
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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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