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Our highlights of the City Car Summit 2016
Key insights from the City Car Summit 2016 on urban mobility, car sharing, and how automakers are adapting to new service models.
Von Lukas Golyszny
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The City Car Summit 2016 brought together automakers, suppliers, car-share operators and technology providers to engineer the next generation of urban mobility.
Key Themes
The two-day event explored how the automotive industry is adapting to changing urban mobility needs:
- The car must adapt, or die - Traditional automotive companies face disruption from new mobility services
- Car sharing as a service model - Moving from ownership to access-based transportation
- Corporate innovation in mobility - How established players are responding to startups
Our Takeaways
The summit highlighted the tension between traditional automotive manufacturing and emerging mobility-as-a-service models. Key questions discussed:
- How can OEMs transition from selling vehicles to providing mobility services?
- What role will autonomous vehicles play in urban transportation?
- How can cities, automakers, and technology companies collaborate on sustainable mobility?
The event reinforced our belief that service design thinking is essential for automotive companies navigating this transition.