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SEAT launches Mobility Advisor proof-of-concept powered by Watson AI running on the IBM Cloud

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—Jordi Caus, SEAT’s Head of New Urban Mobility Concepts. With IBM Watson Machine Learning, Mobility Advisor can learn a user’s preferences and make personalized recommendations for how best to complete a journey. —Juan Ramon Gutierrez Villar, Industry Solutions Leader, IBM Global Markets.

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Juniper: smart cities to ease traffic congestion, save 4.2B person-hours per year by 2021

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Juniper Research forecasts that smart traffic management and smart parking initiatives will save some 4.2 billion person-hours annually by 2021—equivalent to each city driver saving nearly an entire working day per year. Juniper notes that the smart city concept is now a global phenomenon.

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IDTechEX sees battery swapping as winner in 2- and 3-wheeler markets of Asia-Pacific

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In a new report, “ Battery Swapping for Electric Vehicles 2022-2032: Technology, Players and Forecasts ”, market research firm IDTechEx concludes that battery-swapping technology currently appears to be a winner in the two- and three-wheeler markets of the Asia-Pacific regions. Moon et al.

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PwC: by 2030, the transport sector will require 138M fewer cars in Europe and US; vehicle stock in China to climb ~50%; traffic to be heavier

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In a report exploring the impact on the trends on the industry in 2030—“eascy – The five dimensions of automotive transformation”—PwC suggests that as a result of novel sharing concepts, the stock of cars could fall from 280 to 200 million in Europe and 270 to 212 million in the United States. —Christoph Stürmer.

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Schaeffler to showcase Space Drive as advance for autonomous driving

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According to United Nations forecasts, two-thirds of the world’s population will be living in cities by 2050. To offer personal mobility to people living in places where space is at a premium, Schaeffler is working on technology concepts such as the Schaeffler Mover for which the technology group has developed new system solutions.

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Frost & Sullivan forecasts aggressive Megacities growth; need for right mobility solutions and Mobility Integrators

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Frost & Sullivan forecasts that about 4.5 This is creating demand for new personal mobility concepts. Top 20 Megacities by 2020. Source: Frost & Sullivan. Click to enlarge. billion people globally will be living in cities by 2025—about 60% of the world’s total population.

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Roland Berger: demand for purpose-built vehicles for ride-sharing, many electric, to reach 2.5M cars by 2025

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In a new report, consultancy Roland Berger forecasts that one million of these specially designed vehicles, many of them electric, are set to be sold by 2020 in Europe, the United States and China alone. Passengers, too, will benefit from the new mobility concept. Demand will reach some 2.5 million by 2025, according to the report.

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