BMW and Daimler merge their mobility companies
Mercedes-Benz and BMW have been the fiercest of rivals for more than a hundred years. Now, they’re teaming up to pursue the future of mobility together. In a surprise announcement, Daimler and BMW revealed plans...
FROM PARKING LOT TO PARADISE
This is a summary of the article "From Parking lot to Paradise", by Carlo Ratti and Assaf Biderman - Scientific American 317, 54 - 59 (2017). Carlo Ratti is director of the Senseable City...
Carsharing Market Analysis: Growth and Industry Analysis
Carsharing Market analysis & Growth
The latest carsharing industry analysis provided by UC Berkley’s TSRC show that in October 2016 carsharing was operational on all continents except Antarctica. TSRC estimated that there were carsharing organizations...
Comparing car-sharing schemes in Switzerland: User groups and usage patterns.
By Henrik Becker, Francesco Ciari, Kay W. Axhausen, (ETH Zurich, Institute for Transport Planning and Systems, Stefano-Franscini-Platz 5, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland)
Free-floating car-sharing schemes operate without fixed car-sharing stations, ahead reservations or return-trip requirements. Providing...
The Sharing Economy and the Future of Personal Mobility: New Models Based on Car...
By Olga Novikova, Technology Innovation Management Review, 2017
The sharing economy is an emerging phenomenon that shapes the cultural, economic, and social landscape of our modern world. With variations of the concept of the sharing...
ReFeel eMobility launched Sustainable Mobility in the Corporate Car Sharing World
Last October, there was the official launch of ReFeel emobility that presented in Italy the first eco-sustainable corporate car-sharing project within a network of smart-working centers.
The electric corporate car sharing service is based on...
Carshare’s cost: prices levels in the US (2011-2016)
The cost to carshare is falling down.
In this study, the researchers Joseph Schwieterman and Alice Bieszczat - from DePaul University, Chicago - explore the changing prices and level of taxation for carsharing in the...
The Reimagined Car: Shared, Autonomous, and Electric
By Brian Collie, Justin Rose, Rahul Choraria, and Augustin K. Wegscheider (Boston Consulting Group)
This report is part of BCG’s ongoing research on the reinvention of automotive, a series of publications focusing on new technologies...
CO2 EMISSIONS: IMPACT OF CAR SHARING
The problem of CO2 Emissions.
In September 2013, over 40 Dutch organisations, including local governments, employers, unions, nature and environment organisations and financial institutes, entered into an Energy Agreement on sustainable growth (SER, 2013). The...
How mobility players can compete as the automotive revolution accelerates
By Kersten Heineke, Timo Möller, Asutosh Padhi, and Andreas Tschiesner
We often hear people ask, “Who will be the winner in the transformation the mobility sector is facing?” As autonomous driving, shared mobility, connectivity, and...
