Mobility as a Service (MaaS)
Sampo Hietanen is CEO and Founder of MaaS Global – the Finnish company behind Whim, a mobile app that allows you to travel via
The End of “Default Car”
By now it should be blatantly obvious: We are moving toward environmentally-friendly, productivity-enhancing, electric, autonomous and shared vehicles. “Default Car” – the notion that the personal car
Utility Mobility, or Sheer Driving Pleasure
Several weeks ago, BMW unveiled its concepts for connected and shared mobility at an event in London’s Roundhouse. At the presentation, Board Member Peter Schwarzenbauer confided that
Build more runways, electric aircraft are coming
This month, merely 28 years after the UK government first agreed to expand capacity in the South-East of England, Theresa May’s cabinet approved building a third runway at Europe’s busiest
End subsidies for parking before they kill us
End subsidies for parking before they kill us Parking subsidies – for city residents and for visitors – adversely impact a city’s air pollution, the
Collectively intelligent: Prioritising safety in autonomous systems design
Recent Uber and Tesla crashes (that led to the respective deaths of a pedestrian and a driver) continue a debate about the merits and
Ignore the Noise. Yes, Electric Vehicles are Cleaner.
Germany’s high court has now permitted cities to individually ban diesels. Hamburg was the first to ban pre-Euro 6 diesel engine vehicles on a mile-long
What do milk, diesel, and electric vehicles all have in common?
In 2017, the US state of Georgia revoked a $5,000 electric vehicle (EV) incentive program, and instead imposed the country’s highest extra fee for registering an
Smart Mobility and the Power of People
(Lukas Neckermann, Managing Director of Neckermann Strategic Advisors, interviewed by David Hunt, Managing Partner of Hyperion Executive Search. This article was first published January 26th
Creating Smart Cities
FIVE QUESTIONS FOR… NEIL ZELLER, INVESTOR AND ADVISOR IN URBANTECH We are sharing excerpts from our new book, Smart Cities, Smart Mobility: Transforming the Way We
Autonomous Driving Index
Over the last few months, I have had the pleasure of collaborating with consulting firm Progenium in creating the first, comprehensive Autonomous Driving Index. We
Smart Cities, Smart Companies, and the Future of Work
We are sharing excerpts of our new book, Smart Cities, Smart Mobility: Transforming the Way We Live and Work. Here, Gabriel Scheer explains the link between