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Getting Around The City

Innotrans2022

More from the InnoTrans 2022 event of mobility and transportation. The move to digital experience has accelerated. The trend of big companies and governments embracing start ups and smaller companies to help solve key problems facing transportation. One Berlin based start up is teaming up with DBahn for a car hailing service as part of monthly metro pass.

Autonomous automobiles were talked about, but I am not convinced. Right now this technology is in its infancy with many questions.

As I have written, I am in favour of anything that can get me around a city in less time.

VDL bus (Below) set the tone of a Star Trek Spaceship. Captain Picard could be at the helm.

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    Star Trek Interior
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    EM Card Charging Station
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    Train Motor

Soon, there will be more charging stations on the streets. I liked the Digital screen and minimal look of EM Card.

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    LA is getting a monorail

Traveling Los Angeles could get easier in the future with these two modes of transportation.

Skoda showed off a long train. I am sure there is enough space for all during rush hour. A Spanish tech company Zeleros told me their hyper loop concept will be operation in 2030.

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    Hyper loop Car
  • New Paris Metro Stock from CAF
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    Oliva Torras mock up of the
    Milan Metro Interior

Zipping around Paris for fashion Week will be easier on this rolling stock. Berlin Seating interior. I know this Milan Metro Line 1 interior all too well, during Milan Fashion Week it is my de-facto limo.

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InnoTrans 2022

What are some of the highlights from InnoTrans 2022? A lot. I will post more soon.

Exhibits that struck a cord with me at the transportation fair.

Grammer Seating, LG Lighting, Vienna Metro, VDL Bus, Koncar Tram.

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IFA 22 Highlights Pt1

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TCL Wearable

IFA Berlin returned to the city. Here is the first of a series of highlights.

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    WSI Glasses
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    UpCycle IT
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    FairPhone
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    Candy Kitchen

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    Tineco Tech Wok
  • Tooa Ice Cream Maker
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    City Transformer

Check back here for more detailed features and interviews.

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The Future of Getting There

Part 2 of the Black and Paper exclusive interview with Tamy Ribeiro on the future of mobility.   

I decided to shift the conversation from the challenges faced as a woman in the field, to ask her expert opinions on the future of mobility and our interaction with cars.  

We met at the Shift Automotive Conference during IFA Berlin.  How will Driverless Cars transform society? Will driving become more leisurely? 

Personally owned cars sit idle 95% of the time. There are pain points for insurance, licensing, parking, etc. With self-driving mobility as a service, people will have transportation at their fingertips with zero friction points. This will transform many aspects of our lives in a positive way. Not to mention the fact that reduced time spent behind the wheel frees up a lot of time for entertainment, news, radio, reading a book or anything else a passenger might feel like doing when they don’t have to focus on the road. So in that way, driving will absolutely become more leisurely.

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Out With the Old 

Cars will have to be designed differently.

Absolutely. When it comes to transportation as we know it today, there is huge potential to improve transportation with their current design. However, autonomous vehicles will bring new mobility services to the ecosystem, and in this case, new concepts will be developed. 

The design of a car will no longer be about making life easy for the driver, but rather for the passenger.  Which is what we’ll all become when we no longer have the need to have our hands on the steering wheel. That means extra focus can be given to comfort and entertainment, making being in the car a more leisure activity. 

Driverless cars have been a part of Sci Fi Films.  Reality seems trickier. 

Autonomous driving is one of the hardest challenges mankind has ever faced. It is a moonshot that needs to be worked on every day. Waymo, for example, is a leader in the market and has over 16M kilometers of driving on public roads and 16B kilometers of simulation. Still, they prioritize launching in regions where they can drive safely.  For those that are not aware of the complexity of driverless cars, cities like New York or Berlin would be the first choice when analysing market potential. However, Waymo is currently operating in Phoenix to learn, while adding more capability and geographical reach each month. It’ll be decades before self-driving cars are all over the roads.

Based in Hamburg, Germany, Amy Ribeiro is the Chief Mobility Evangelist  and Head of Partnerships for Wunder Mobility.