New technologies are shaking up the mobility market - and creating new access for neighbouring sectors. The energy concept of the future is inconceivable without electromobility.
Electric cars are the beginning of a different logic of energy and mobility. Powered by renewable energy, e-mobility will be a central component of a smart and resource-conserving urban lifestyle.
This will make electromobility a growth market in the coming years, in which more and more companies outside the automotive industry will participate. On the other hand, the expansion of renewable energies requires intelligent grid management via additional flexible storage systems.
The batteries in electric vehicles are ideal for this: "vehicle-to-grid" is the magic formula of the future that will turn cars into energy storage systems. Electric vehicles will thus become innovations that overcome old industry boundaries.
The providers of traditional mobility (car manufacturers, railways, public transport, airlines) will experience a change in the way they view mobility. In future, road users will demand more consistency, less pressure to adapt and a clearer design that makes it easier for them to use the various modes of transport. Numerous services will emerge around connected driving and the provision and use of intelligent charging infrastructures for electromobility, including billing models. New players will emerge on the market and establish themselves with innovative ideas.
Access design will be crucial: simple, intuitive and standardised. Anyone who expects customers to have to own a number of e-fuelling cards in order to actually obtain electricity for their vehicle across the board will be lost in tomorrow's mobility market. Future success will not be determined by compartmentalisation and maximising profits, but by openness, cooperation and the resulting added value for customers. Joint research into better batteries, suitable charging infrastructure, new drive technologies and lightweight construction will bring about a massive opening up of the industry. After all, it will hardly be possible to develop everything on your own and bring it to market maturity.