In the coming decades, the world will become even more urban and populous. The second quarter of the twenty-first century will be dominated by the need to retool economies to serve more people, decarbonise, adapt to climate change, and improve resilience in the face of viruses, cyber threats and other sources of fragility.
Leaders across the private and public sectors – including local governments – will, in turn, grapple with how the automotive, aerospace, and transport and logistics sectors can innovate and grow in the face of these headwinds.
The mobility industry is experiencing a major transformation in operations and mindset. It is moving from the ‘heavy footprint’ model of the twentieth century, characterised by physical, mass-produced, carbon-intensive assets, to the ‘light footprint’ model of the twenty-first, characterised by personalised and shareable mobility technology and software, alongside integrated, interconnected systems.
Trends and changes encompass not just the movement of people but goods, services and data as well. Navigating the tension and evolution of both legacy and emergent systems will require agility, adaptation, and a wide range of expertise.
Noisy debate will continue to play out across the industry, asking: How can the mobility sector respond to evolving consumer expectations to influence and lead a transformation towards cleaner, more connected and collaborative systems?
To make sense of the debate, we have created three interconnected article series focusing on interrelated aspects of mobility transformation and interviewed senior executives to shed light on what’s happening ‘on the ground’ as key automotive players work to shape the future of mobility.
In each piece below, experts with decades of experience in the field share insights on the trends shaping the sector now and in the years to come. We hear from brands who offer a closer look into their mobility journeys and learn about what goes on behind the scenes during the different stages in the value chain frameworks that guide mobility products and services.
03/05/2022 As trends in sustainability, technology and customer demands evolve, the question remains: what will the next generation of luxury vehicles be like? Mirko Bordiga, Managing Director of Maserati Greater China and Julie Laulusa, Member of the Group Executive Board & Managing Partner, Mazars in China, discuss the latest innovations in personal mobility and the luxury automotive sector and...
20/04/2022 The mobility sector is undergoing a period of transformation, and luxury automotive brands must stay ahead of the curve and ride the changes, all while remaining true to their DNA and brand identity. In the interview below, Emmanuel Thierry, Partner, Mazars and Peyman Kargar, Senior Vice President and chairman, INFINITI Motor Company, Japan, discuss evolving consumer expectations, emerging...
12/04/2022 Behind the scenes of well-known automotive brands are manufacturers building components to make the future of mobility real. These teams are responsible for automotive businesses designing tomorrow’s vehicles and shaping the sector’s next chapter. Below, Jeremy Rice, Managing Partner, Mazars discusses innovative partnerships and new safety measures with Alexander van Laack, President...
07/04/2022 New mobility services are changing the way drivers and passengers travel, prompting them to rethink ownership, business models and supply chains. Some brands are even going one step further by combining customer demands for sustainability with innovation. Veruschka Becquart, Development, Marketing and Communications Director, CaoCao Mobility Paris and Grégory Derouet, Partner, Mazars discuss...
13/10/2021 Shared mobility and ride pooling took a backseat in 2020 and early 2021 because of pandemic-enforced social distancing. But as people come out of lockdowns having radically altered how they commute and travel, what is the potential growth and development of shared mobility solutions like ride pooling? Robert Heinrich, CEO, MOIA, the ride sharing service of Volkswagen, and Christian Back,...
As the world becomes more urban and populous, demand for mobility services that get people, goods and services from A to B will rise. But as the planet heats up, governments and societies expect the automotive, logistics and aviation sectors to bring carbon emissions down. What the mobility ecosystem does next will affect us all.
Concern for climate change has steadily grown over the last decade, with majorities in France, Germany, Spain, the UK, Brazil, Australia [1], and many other countries, seeing it as a pressing security threat. Natural disasters – such as the 2020 Australian wildfires – and campaigns such as Fridays for the Future have effectively won the argument. Today, climate change is an urgent concern, but how...
As pressure grows on the automotive sector to become more sustainable and reduce emissions, there will be commercial (and reputational) opportunities for automotive manufacturers and others if they improve their sustainability and pricing amid new green policies, programmes and regulation.
Transport and logistics (T&L) companies that want to become more sustainable and resilient will recruit for data and analytics talent, collect data from new parts of the business, adopt a mindset of bold experimentation, and recognise that business as usual is over.
Achieving sustainable mobility requires scaling vehicle sharing, decarbonising the energy system, and funding and building infrastructure for electric vehicles and other alternatives to petroleum. As each country takes its own approach, what lessons can be learned from China’s experience?
Before the pandemic hit, progress on airline sustainability was gathering pace, passenger numbers were expected to increase steadily, and airlines were expecting to expand. Covid-19 has suddenly and radically changed the outlook. What is the extent of the pandemic’s disruption of the industry? And what might it mean for the future of air travel?
Ride pooling looks like an attractive solution to reduce carbon emissions and make people’s commutes and lives easier. With smart technology and green credentials that rival established public transport, it offers a vision for the future of mobility. Yet it faces roadblocks like public sector buy-in and passenger preferences. How does it score in practice, and how big is it likely to grow?
Integrating transport services – or ‘bundling’ – looks set to make mobility easier, greener, healthier and more personalised, especially in urban areas. So, what are the next steps to making bundling go mainstream?
Automotive consumers’ priorities have long been shifting from simply getting from A to B to comfort, status, entertainment, and more. Today, they are changing again, accelerating towards sustainability and ‘mobility as a service’ (MaaS). Companies in the automotive ecosystem that stand to win and grow in this environment will form strategic partnerships, make the best use of data, and be imaginative...
Driven by the growth in smartphone usage, concern for sustainability and the uptake of electric vehicles, carsharing is on the rise. In the coming years, this is likely to change how manufacturers and car rental companies operate: altering the market pattern of demand for cars and speeding up their adoption of data and analytics capabilities.
Most of the planet’s emissions are produced by cities and their populations: in the coming years urban mobility will have to play a greater role in reducing them. From hydrogen buses and smart traffic lights, to reimagined town plans and data-driven cycle routes, cities around the world are already finding ways to become greener and easier places to live and work.
Improving maintenance, delivering standout customer experience and smartly managing the supply chain: data promises to help mobility fly further in 2021 and beyond. But as more information is collected, how can it be put to best use? And what new risks does an abundance of data create for mobility businesses and insurers?
The last mile of the delivery process is the most challenging, complicated, and competitive part of getting a package to the doorstep. To meet the challenges of rising delivery volumes, growing customer demand and calls for reduced emissions, logistics companies are experimenting with data, drones and new business models.
Software robotics are helping companies streamline processes, cut costs, and free up employees to focus on higher value tasks. Today they are increasingly applied to support back office processes at mobility firms, and they are likely to enable more operational and front-office tasks too.
Any new mode of transport is naturally met with scepticism: is it safe? is it sustainable? is it useful? As the mobility universe experiments with transport up in the air and on the ground, businesses and policymakers need to create customer demand, answer critical safety questions and take the small steps that make the big leaps possible.
Fifth generation technology enables mobile devices to process more data at lightning fast speeds. In the short run that means improved functionality and faster mobile downloads, streaming and gaming. In the longer run it will enable connected vehicles, autonomous cars, real time access to information about how to make greener local journeys, and many other advances across the mobility spectrum.
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