Mobility

• Nearly two-thirds of passenger-kilometers travelled in China by 2040 will be in self-driving vehicles, generating two trillion U.S. dollars in combined revenues from mobility services and sales of autonomous cars.
• The designs of accessible connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) need to be finalised by 2024 to ensure the UK is able to benefit from widespread self-driving vehicles and connected and automated mobility services by 2030.
• Over the coming decade we will need bold and ambitious spatial plans to reshape the built environment, helping to reduce the need to travel, and maximising the use of walking, cycling, public transport and shared mobility.
• Global oil demand is expected to be 91.9 million b/d in 2020, the first downgrade in several months, reflecting the stalling of mobility as the number of Covid-19 cases remains high [lead by] weakness in the aviation sector.
• McKinsey finds that implementing the most promising use cases in just four very broadly defined areas of mobility, healthcare, manufacturing, and retail alone could increase global GDP by $1.2 trillion to $2 trillion by 2030.
• Incorporating future mobility thinking into strategic investment planning is vital for sub-national transport bodies as the nature and methods of travel will change greatly over the coming years.
• Lisbon is reshaping its mobility landscape with new park and ride projects, bus corridors, and the use of electric vehicles for public transport (with 420 new buses and 25 new trams by 2023).
• Most agreed the strong influence on the market exerted by the Paris Agreement on climate change could cause the share of electric mobility to rise to up to 30% of global automotive production by 2023.
• With automotive manufacturers such as Nissan planning to sell at least 1 million electric vehicles annually by 2022, and Audi set to reach 800,000 by 2025, it is clear that the electrification of vehicles is gathering momentum in the mobility sector.
• Led by countries such as Australia, India, and South Korea, the Enterprise Mobility market in Asia-Pacific is forecast to reach US$ 129.9 Billion by the year 2027, while Latin America will expand at a 18% CAGR through the analysis period.
• The Reduced Innovation Case would translate into a decrease in automotive battery demand in 2040 compared to the Sustainable Development Scenario equivalent to ten times the demand required for mobility in 2019.
• Under any scenario and independent of the type of power generation, Italy's power grid must by expanded over the next two decades, because increased electric mobility will require additional capacity in the power grid to accommodate the higher charging loads for vehicles.
• Similar to e-mobility, demand for shared mobility is expected to increase in the next decade, largely driven by three use cases.
• The demand for energy generation from renewable sources as well as fossil fuels would rise from 600 TWh at present to over 700 TWh by 2030 in Germany, primarily driven by the expansion of electric mobility.
• The European Commission recently proposed to make 2021 the year of rail and rightfully insists the shift to rail will be a key driver for a more sustainable mobility system.
• India's transport sector can save 1.7 gigatonnes of cumulative carbon dioxide emissions and avoid about 600 million tonnes of oil equivalent in fuel demand by 2030 through shared, electric, and connected passenger mobility and cost-effective, clean, and optimised freight transport.
• The Chile government is already developing its post-pandemic stimulus package with a heavy focus on energy decarbonization by 2040 backed by aggressive policies targeting growth and further deployment of renewable energy and electric mobility.
• Austria's strategic approach to reducing demand in the transport sector and to achieving its objective of fossil-free mobility by 2050 is to shift transport to modes that are more efficient and to increase the use of alternative fuels and technologies.
• MaaS equally has many benefits for the business world - understanding the Total Cost of Business Mobility could help travel decision makers in the corporate world save hundred of thousands.
• The next 20 years will bring significant changes as electrification, shared mobility, vehicle connectivity and, eventually, autonomous vehicles reshape automotive and freight markets around the world.
• The global market for Mobility as a Service is forecasted to grow at CAGR 38.9% to register a value of USD 484.20 Billion in 2024.
• South Korea's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport has announced that it aims to commercialize urban air mobility (UAM) services in the domestic market in 2025.
• Research drones are already flying in 64 cities around the world, and the urban air mobility market will be worth $1.5 trillion a year by 2040.

Last updated: 04 October 2020