GLOBAL THOUGHT LEADERS PREDICTIONS FOR MOBILITY 2021

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3000+ of you joined the conversation from Finally, I would like to extend my thanks to all over 80 different countries during the course 80+speakers that dialed in from across the of the two day event this year. We appreciate globe and shared their incredible knowledge it doesn’t quite have the same feel as a live, this year. As we wrap this year, we have put in-person event but it created a platform for together some predictions with the assistance business to continue and ensured that these of some Globalindustry thought leaders. We important Mobility conversations continued. hope some of these predictions will assist you to plan for a more successful 2021. The Covid pandemic has further high-lighted the importance of Mobility and Smart City Let’s make 2021 the year we technology. I think if we are to take one #buildbackbetter. message from this year’s event it would be collaboration. In order for us to accelerate Wishing you all the best for the year ahead. the progress of Smart and Sustainable Transport in our cities,technology providers, transport authorities, mobility companies, Keith Whelan OEM’s and Policy makers must continue to Event Director. collaborate. Let’s not waste the opportunity to #electronomous #buildbackbetter.

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The past year has been unique development, pricing, and options 1. Integration Standards: 2. MaaS for the Masses: in many respects. Smart Cities for customers going forward. Levelling the Playing Field Small- and Medium-Sized Cities have taken advantage of the crisis, The coming years will be the Embrace Mobility-as-a-Service and the reduced commuting most exhilarating yet for Smart Implementing data and integration that has resulted, to overhaul Cities and Mobility, with advances standards is an important and Inspired by success stories in their Mobility and transportation from OEMs, Tech Giants, city often overlooked aspect of larger urban areas, small- to agenda. Leading Smart Cities have governments and third parties. successful MaaS systems. At Trafi, medium-sized cities are seeing converted formerly congested We can look forward to new and we think effective MaaS networks the value in expanding their MaaS streets into bike lanes, created exciting hardware and digital are defined by their diversity, systems, freeing up congested pedestrian-only zones, set up innovations, which together can meaning the number of players streets and offering citizens a EV-only districts and charging transform the mobility experience from across the mobility spectrum variety of mobility options to networks, reduced speed limits in Smart Cities and beyond. that they involve. Integration choose from. At the same time, the on a citywide basis, and brought standards are great equalizers that technology these MaaS systems forward mobility initiatives reduce costs and barriers to entry, are built on is advancing at break- previously planned for future save time and allow companies neck speeds, allowing for easy years. and cities alike to provide better adoption and effectively reducing services. barriers to entry. Combining these Looking forward, a key battle in factors, it’s safe to assume that Mobility will play out between many smaller cities are poised OEMs and tech giants to to start building out their MaaS 1) own more of the mobility networks in 2021. value chain, 2) control the customer’s end- 3. Connected Cities: to-end experience, and 3) access The Future of MaaS and monetize the customer’s profile and usage data. OEMs are We’ve arrived at an exciting era innovating with fully connected for MaaS. Until recently, MaaS hardware and service concepts, systems were typically designed Christof which offer a portfolio of digital solely with downtown urban areas and driving-related enhancements. in mind. Now, MaaS is expanding Meanwhile, tech giants now its limits: the introduction of Schminke Managing Director provide embedded vehicle intercity systems like the Trafi- Commercial - Trafi GmbH operating systems, which deliver powered yumuv app in Switzerland an enhanced UX and improved allows multiple city networks to be application functionality directly connected with one another and to the customer. The outcome of accessed through a single app. this Mobility battle will influence Having “one app to rule them all” - particularly one that functions on a regional scale - has major benefits for users, offering them flexibility, freedom and a seamless travel experience. point to an acceleration in This trend away from high street mainstream awareness of global shopping, further enhanced by the Dr. Timo warming and air pollution and, reduction in commuter’s spending vitally importantly, a willingness in city centre workplaces, will not to just talk positively then accelerate a complete reappraisal Möller procrastinate, but to take of the future role of cities. For Partner | Head of McKinsey action. We all need to change retail, high streets need to our approach, behaviours and transition from being a function to Center for Future Mobility purchasing to help improve the an experience, and draw buyers world around us. A sustainability- back in to attractive destinations. first approach to mobility will This could be accelerated with 2020 has been a special year in support of capital markets, and on environmental issues when transform the environments we the growth of localism, with local mobility. Next year will also bring many special purpose acquisition enacting mobility guidelines. For live and work in. We still need to communities supporting local much uncertainty but one thing is companies have recently made instance, European officials are Rob do much of what we do today, business, and the rise of niche definite: mobility will continue to some successful deals. In planning to create more stringent but we need to do it in a far boutique stores, rather than evolve in exciting ways. 2021, disruptors will exert their carbon-reduction targets to meet more environmental way, always the large retail chains of today. presence more strongly. While the Paris Agreement about climate Fowler considering the impact on our Another possible outcome could Changing consumer they may compete with traditional change. Many governments are Chief Executive Officer surroundings. We must make be a mass redevelopment of preferences and a greater companies in some areas, they will also creating new incentives to of Volta Trucks these coming few years count in current retail and office space focus on sustainability cooperate with them in others. boost the sales of carbon-free the drive towards zero emissions. into residential space, to deal with Automotive technology will means of transport and others Acceleration in environmental the chronic shortage of low-cost When the COVID-19 pandemic continue to evolve in 2021 and are issuing guidelines with similar and air pollution awareness The ongoing demise of high- housing that exists. This could is controlled consumers will be consumers will have greater goals. Already, more than 150 street retail change the face of the Smart City more willing (again) to use public access to innovations. For cities in Europe restrict access to During the pandemic lockdowns, of the future completely, making transport and other forms of instance, 60 percent of premium their centers to reduce pollution we all noticed the improvements The coronavirus pandemic has them far more focussed around shared mobility. That is what OEMs plan to have some and carbon emissions. in air quality with the reduction of accelerated the demise of many of human needs than commercial consumers across the globe are form of level 4 automation in traffic movement. In November, the great high-street brands, which or corporate needs. That said, telling us in our regular surveys as their vehicles by 2025. Vehicle Long-term mobility shifts the UK Government led the world is of course very difficult for those as the producer of a full-electric well as real-life data is indicating electrification will also continue, in announcing an acceleration in personally affected. A combination large commercial vehicle that’s in urban context. We anticipate and innovations could drive EV Over the next decade, the the ban of internal combustion of cash rich, time poor families specifically designed for inner that sustainability will continue to costs down even further. (The changes in consumer preferences, cars and vans to 2030, which Volta that don’t ‘go shopping’ in their city distribution, this transition be an important consideration, total cost of ownership for BEVs technology, and regulations will Trucks supported, and called for masses as they used to, and the could have a positive effect on our with more consumers opting has already reached parity with contribute to major mobility the ban to extend to commercial unit economics of cheap delivery business model, with many more for electric and micromobility internal-combustion vehicles in shifts. Regional variations will vehicles too. 2021 will also see the costs and the major reduction residents to serve with their online solutions, especially in cities. the C-segment). For technology continue to be apparent because COP26 gathering of world leaders, in corporate overheads, have deliveries. Global car sales may continue overall, we expect that software of differences in government meeting to set the agenda for the accelerated the exponential rise to decline from their 2019 peak will increasingly become the key response, the intensity of the next stage of tackling the climate of online shopping. I don’t see as more consumers consider differentiator for vehicles. pandemic, and other factors. For emergency. All of these milestones any short-term reversal of this. alternatives to car ownership. instance, private-car use may Regulation will continue to enable drastically decrease in some major Continued technology the mobility revolution European cities. In North America, disruptions and widely Regulators will continue to by contrast, this form of transport available innovations play a major role in helping the will see little change because mobility sector recover from there are limited incentives to Despite the pandemic, many the pandemic. Many mobility change mobility behavior. Likewise, companies have continued to solutions will have an intense consumers in greater China may invest in disruptive mobility local focus and consider regional increasingly rely on public transit technologies, including variations related to the pandemic, and rail but major cities in South autonomous technology, transportation preferences, and Asia will see little change in this connectivity, EVs, and other city layouts. area. areas. These businesses have the Continuing the trend seen in 2020, many regulators will focus accentuated further as people enforce new and better standards are increasingly looking for more for operators, increasing safety VOI TECHNOLOGY TRENDS active and socially distanced and overall trust. Most importantly, modes of transport that don’t regulation will lead to better evolve being cramped inside riding and parking infrastructure, FOR 2021 public transport or stuck in traffic. through the creation of more lanes and parking As e-scooter trials continue, alternatives, reducing clutter and shared e-scooters will become creating an easy to navigate and an integral part of people’s lives, more inclusive city for all, and whether it is to commute, shop, overall contributing to Vision Zero. Covid and a slow return to a with the drop in commuter visit friends and family or just new normal congestion, and the onward to enjoy the surrounding area. E-scooters will become even improvements in air quality. Air According to a recent Voi user safer and more sustainable In recent days, a coronavirus pollution will likely be enhanced if survey, 14 percent of rides replace vaccine has been approved for the utilisation of public transport cars, reducing pollution and As technology evolves, electric implementation, but it’s likely continues to drop, with a further congestion. These electric vehicles scooters will become smarter and that the positive sentiment of increase in personal mobility, like not only take up less space than safer. At Voi, we recently started the vaccine will outpace the e-bikes and e-scooters. motorised vehicles, but they can a collaboration with Dublin-based actual speed of rollout into the dramatically improve our urban micro-mobility start-up Luna, to mainstream, that would allow the Pre and Post-Covid behaviour landscape, freeing up space bring AI and computer vision to world to return to a new normal. changes will continue to drive previously occupied by cars that our scooters. These and other It’s likely that mass immunization people to adapt new and green can be transformed to benefit innovations are gradually being will take most of 2021, by which modes of transport local communities. introduced in vehicles, allowing time the current flexible working riders and e-scooters to be able practices, the acceleration of The poor air quality we breathe to respond better and faster to online retail and the avoidance of in our cities has been an Regulation will lead to its surrounding environment, Richard public transport will have become increasing problem. With a fifth better riding and parking pre-empting risks and making so embedded as to be very difficult of the country’s gas emissions infrastructure e-scooters an even safer mode of to change. This will fundamentally coming from transport transport for riders and other road Corbett and irreversibly change our city back in 2017 and up to six per Having launched the first trial in users, particularly vulnerable ones. Regional General Manager centre environments, meaning cent since 1990, according to the UK market three months ago, Improvements are not restricted of UK, Ireland and less commuters into city centres a study by the National Office we have seen increasing adoption to e-scooter software; they will Benelux for Voi and the consequent demise of of Statistics, the climate crisis of e-scooters as a new safe and span across hardware as well, the economies that serve these was the first precursor of major accessible mode of transport. with longer vehicle lifespans to communities, such as coffee changes in the way we move in During these few months, 250,000 guarantee minimal environmental shops, news agents etc. However, our cities. Following the start of rides were taken using our shared impact. Voi is carbon-neutral there will be upsides for mobility, the pandemic, these changes were scooters, and 300,000 miles since January 2020, and we are were ridden across the eight committed to continuing to adopt cities and towns where we are a circular economy approach to present, demonstrating the need reduce the impact of our scooter and demand for the service. As and service. demand for e-scooters grows, These improvements should be so does the need for regulation, complemented by better and safer which has been at the core of Voi’s infrastructure to ensure the safety way of working from day one. With of all road users, in line with Vision regulation in place, micro-mobility Zero, which like Voi was in Sweden. can play a major role in the shift For additional content, please visit: towards electric, shared and https://www.voiscooters.com/blog/ multimodal transport. Regulation will not only make it easier for cities to promote and manage new modes of transport; it will also Augustin Friedelis a well-known shared mobility expert with passion for micro mobility, mobility Augustin Dr. Florian Marc on demand service and public private partnerships. Some of his projects and reports can be Friedel Baumann Berg downloaded here. After launching CTO (Specializing in Uber in Germany in 2013, CEO of Automotive & AI) Augustin worked for companies FREE NOW Dell Technologies like Blacklane, Rocket Internet and Deutsche Bahn subsidiary Unstructured Data ioki. He is currently responsible players in Europe, like VOI and buying a product, this trend will Solutions Next year will be special. It is the Only a strong network that for intermodality service topics Tier have full pockets after their spill over to the vehicle sector as year after the pandemic, when combines various providers in the at Volkswagen AG. The views latest funding rounds. I would well. Services are emerging for The year 2020 was a game- vaccines hopefully bring society market will have this ability. expressed in this interview are his predict that this will lead to an multiple vehicle types, from e-bike changing year both for OEMs back to any kind of normality. personal ones and not linked to increase competition in medium over mopeds to cars and vans. All and suppliers. In 2021, From my perspective, we will see In the near future, locomotion will any Volkswagen activity. and smaller cities in Europe, as with the focus to provide flexibility Automotive companies are the acceleration of existing trends not only be about the way users it already started in Germany. and comfort to consumers, in line focused on reducing costs, and an increasing need for agility get from A to B. Rather, we see The providers will also intensify with competitive total costs of improving the developer’s and flexibility of business models. the future of mobility in such a If it comes to mobility, the year to optimize their hardware, with ownership. efficiency and productivity and Also, the need for flexible solutions way that a platform aggregates of 2020 was a rollercoaster for focus on safety, charging and on end-to-end solutions for AD/ for consumers will continue to all available data in order to offer ADAS development purposes. shared mobility and adjacent more cost-efficient operations. #3: Continued Electrification grow after this time - as will the the most intuitive and tailor-made areas. After a strong start at New product extensions like population in the cities. user journey possible across many the beginning of the year, the charging networks, multiple Electrification of vehicles in private Apart from MLOps (Machine The trend that mobility platforms areas, which also includes external industry was hit hard by the modes (e.g., by adding bikes or and also commercial use cases Learning Operations), DataOps like ours will pave the way for factors such as the weather COVID-19 pandemic. Modes like mopeds) or V2X communication is set to increase. First signals becomes more important than people to move from A to B will forecast. We will integrate more ride hailing have seen dramatic could be on the agenda of the are emerging that ride hailing ever before. The development lead to much more seamless and and more data to offer a holistic drops in demand of up to 90% service operators. They might be platforms like Uber, Free Now or environment needs a rich holistic journeys in the next few experience for all our users. and are slowly recovering. After also more collaboration between Lyft are intensifying their efforts ecosystem of open-source years. a first panic phase, shared micro the different players and local to increase the share of electric tools and commercial Customers demand flexible and This shift from personal car mobility is valued by users and city authorities. vehicles used on their platforms. solutions specific to the individual mobility solutions - they ownership to shared assets and authorities as a convenient and Stimulus programs in multiple unique requirements of each want to move conveniently and Mobility as a Service in highly automotive company. safe form of transportation. The #2: Subscription as new countries are also creating more at one click, similar to the various dense urban areas will allow for situation in most markets is still form of leasing demand for electric vehicles as video- or music-on-demand more sustainable use of public volatile, so what could be potential private cars. The availability of Dell Technologies has put services. spaces, moving away from road trends and developments for Vehicle subscriptions will play a electric light commercial vehicles together the following map expansions and parking spaces 2021? more important role in the coming should also improve, followed by of workflow and possible For us, the platform of the future towards cycling lanes, tram years. Players in the different a much-needed electrification of ecosystem solutions. The is more than the combination lines, or playgrounds, reducing #1: Shared micro mobility markets have raised significant the delivery and logistics sectors in complete DataOps lifecycle is of different individual mobility congestion and converting the city on the rise amounts of capital in Series A and urban areas. The trend is triggered illustrated to provide guidance in options like ride-hailing, car- neighbourhoods into greener and Series B financing rounds. This by an increased pressure from setting it up. More information sharing or e-scooters. It includes liveable areas. Shared micro mobility operators will be used to grow the customer cities and also used for marketing can be collected from Dell all players in the mobility At FREE NOW, it is our mission will expand in more markets base and to shape the market. and PR purposes. Technologies Automotive sector, from the local public to empower smarter mobility and might come up with new Consumers are already used to Landing page. transportation systems to private decisions, help people to move products and services. The leading subscribing services instead of citizens who own a vehicle that freely and cities to thrive. We see they offer to others whenever they ourselves as a strong partner don’t need it. for regions, and the closer we interact, leverage information, and The key to success is collaboration. collaborate, the more curated, Multimodal mobility platforms efficient, and reliable will urban like us will contribute to a long- mobility concepts be in the future. term shift in mobility, as no single provider will be strong enough to cover all shared mobility concepts. Spin have hosted challenges to improve micromobility Cailin infrastructure. As cycling activity MICROMOBILITY TAKES continues to see gains across the U.S., local leaders will need Crowe to invest in the necessary OVER URBAN MOBILITY Associate Editor infrastructure to meet the growing demand and keep people safe. Smart Cities Dive

Cities will become smarter at AND TRANSPORT the curb: Autonomous delivery services Autonomous delivery technologies The ongoing trend towards At the same time, we’re currently will grace more city sidewalks: should only continue to grow The pandemic has ushered urbanisation will lead to two-thirds seeing tremendous traction for as an emerging staple for the in a new sense of urgency for of the world’s population living in micromobility solutions especially LUIS It’s been a momentous year for transport of goods in 2021. cities to make sense of their cities by 2030. As a result, cities in the field of last-mile logistics. autonomous delivery technology, curbs. Curbside competition have to cope with emissions and Online shopping for groceries and 2021 will likely see those Cities will support the cycling has become even more intense air quality as well as congestion. and household goods has seen SPERR services advance even further. renaissance with more over the past year as cyclists, Not in the future but today. skyrocketing demand with growth Investments and Tech companies like Starship infrastructure: food and e-commerce deliveries, Low to zero-emission rates of more than 50% since the Business Creation Technologies and Nuro, for and outdoor dining all compete micromobility vehicles will be a COVID-19 imposed lockdown. And instance, have worked “overtime” Local leaders have witnessed for space. Cities are expected substantial part of the solution. even if such growth rates may Another impact of COVID-19 is this year to deliver goods and a massive surge in cycling in to continue adapting curbs to Starting with the first- and not last in the long run, they will the big increase of micromobility groceries. And governments 2020. Cities like Minneapolis efficiently manage competing last-mile, micromobility will remain at a level we wouldn’t have vehicles used for urban trips have increasingly approved and Oakland, CA, for instance, needs and recognize the space eventually take over a big part thought possible at the beginning and commuting. Especially for exemptions for companies to closed off their streets entirely to as an asset for uses outside of of all trips made today in urban of 2020. ebikes, the trend to subscription- test their technologies in public. vehicular traffic to promote safer parking. areas. This includes private and based business models is cycling, while operators including business trips as well as logistics Not-owning urban mobility gaining momentum bringing a and delivery transports. lot of advantages for the users. Services and not owning vehicles Replacement and maintenance Electrified scooters, mopeds and will be the new normal for services are included and provide bikes are already widely used for urban mobility. The two main fast and easy support in cases of short-haul trips replacing cars but drivers of this development are theft and broken vehicles. even more so instead of public the increasing trend towards transportation. The latter is mainly urbanization and the lasting trend In the B2B sector, not owning driven by the COVID-19 pandemic to consume services rather than vehicle fleets is already the but will remain on a high level in owning things. What today is the standard and will be extended the future. Since cars will be more standard in media consumption to micromobility vehicle types. and more pushed out of cities due (e.g. Spotify, Netflix) is also Interestingly, the last-mile food to regulation and zeitgeist, the key increasingly gaining momentum in delivery companies belonging to challenge is to seamlessly combine urban mobility. For several years the main winners of COVID-19 (and eventually merge) the public now, mobility sharing providers pandemic sector are currently transportation system with got more and more traction. electrifying their micromobility micromobility solutions provided Although they were hit hard during fleets. This often goes hand in by 3rd parties. Cities such as the COVID-19 pandemic they hand with the change to a Vehicle- Paris already conducted public will recover quickly. Indicators as-a-Service business model. tenders for shared micromobility are the fast increase of shared operators with the goal to provide mobility trips between the two a holistic and well-orchestrated lockdowns during this summer mobility offering for the citizens. as well the investors’ trust by Several recent multi-million Euro spending hundreds of millions investments into micromobility of Euros on the shared mobility operators confirm that this is the operators during the pandemic. way to go. Siddhant Gupta Head of Future Grid – Asia

1. Routed vehicles like public transport municipal buses and short- distance trucking will lead the transition to electric and subsequently to autonomous. Why: • Optimized predictability of traffic conditions and preestablished routes will facilitate better planning and adoption of EV • Lower fuel and maintenance cost playing a bigger role to reduced TCO • Business model innovation such as Battery as a Service and further reductions in battery costs will make the cost to operator at par of cities, some of the 75% of public diesel/petrol vehicle sooner space, otherwise taken by parked st nd vehicles and lanes, will maintain 2.Battery technology and business model (1 and 2 life) will drive Maya charging infra deployment its revised use as pedestrianized, recreational or passenger or • Extending life of battery beyond the 7-10 years within the vehicle in Ben Dror goods loading spaces, introduced 2nd life battery applications will bring down EV costs Lead, Future Mobility due to the pandemic. • 2nd life battery to then play a key role to overcome “localized grid Platform at World Economic challenges” for mass deployment of charging infrastructure The technological sophistication Forum & Global New of mobility hubs will intensify Mobility Coalition 3. AI in Digital solutions around depot management and energy to accommodate an increasing management will have the highest growth rate – early movers with number of users who seek a high- significant advantage The coupling of pandemic The 15-Minute City, coined by quality user experience as well as • Challenges around utilization of infra, localized grid constraints, load recovery and electrification efforts Professor Carlos Moreno and a greater variety of reliable and shifting and demand for ‘green charging’ to be solved through AI in cities will intensify, with a focus recently made mainstream by safe mobility options. Assisted models on high-mileage vehicles like Paris’ Mayor Anne Hidalgo, will by private sector innovators, ride-hailing, taxies and delivery be adapted by at least a handful cities will double down their • Increased uptake of digital solutions to counter behavioural vehicles. By harnessing the power of cities, tying recovery with local investment to create a smooth challenges around EV charging discipline (dedicated lots) of these fleets, every dollar spent business growth, neighbourhood and enjoyable transition between • Increased demand for “green charging” to drive energy management on the conversion of internal revival, and zero emission mobility. transport modes and dynamic to increase input % for renewables combustion engines to zero By meeting the educational, mobility services – two trends that tailpipe emission vehicles will work, shopping, recreational accelerated during the pandemic. 4. Smart Autonomous Charging Depots -> With the introduction of result in four times the carbon and cultural needs of a growing autonomous electric vehicles, charging depots will become smart and reduction compared with the population with increased human- autonomous, particularly for heavy duty vehicle fleets. average car. Backed by a joint powered mobility options for • Auto-park features to be deployed soon in heavier EVs, and coupled effort by T&E, Uber, Renault short distances complemented with opportunity charging to enable autonomous charging. Nissan, ABB, BP, Polis Network, by efficient mobility as a service GNMC and others, several cities modes (transit, shared rides) for • Using artificial intelligence backed algorithms, depots, utilizing are poised to lead the charge: longer distances, cities and streets pantograph-like technology, will arrange and prioritize the vehicles to Amsterdam, Lisbon, London, will be healthier and more resilient ensure readiness for their daily routing. Madrid, Paris, Berlin and Brussels. to shocks going forward. In these www.siemens.com.sg/emobility In order to offer the level of natives, but use data and digital comfort that is comparable with a tools to customize the offering and Lukas car, public transport will need to make public transport inclusive use real time data to be able to and accessible for everyone. adjust its supply to a demand, to Neckermann make needed changes in real-time, We should allow each user to Managing Director, schedule, available routes and design trips reflecting their number of trains available. personal preferences, special Neckermann Strategic Advisors needs or limitations. Thanks to Systematic collection, analysis and digitalization we will be able to usage of data will decide if public provide each user with information After the great reset of 2020, Integration and Disintegration: use of urban space, implementing transport will become modality that is truly helpful (available mobility has gained new meaning Companies throughout our new facilities (lanes and parking) of choice in the future and will escalators, trains with easy for 2021 and beyond. It will industry will re-evaluate their for bicycles, scooters, and Karolina be able to providing users with access) in the format that is the emerge as an industry in its own strengths and weaknesses within even autonomous delivery and comfort and safety that they need. most convenient (e.g. spoken or right, and impact even more facets the mobility value-chain, as well transport. visualized). of our day-to-day lives. Some as their key contributions to the Korth Public transport and smart cities thoughts: industry. It’s now clear that not We look forward to the Chief Digital Officer, should not only target digital one company – however large interactions with our clients, Head of Strategy at Electrification is a done deal: – can “own” the entire mobility partners, and many friends Siemens Mobility, Spain Driven by vastly increased vehicle space, as some have tried to do across the industry – have a great, choice, some gentle governmental in the last half decade. In 2021, healthy, and successful 2021 nudging, sufficient infrastructure, many more will spin-off or carve- and most importantly, better out entities that don’t yet have vehicle economics, the EV is a clear view toward profitability now approaching mainstream (just as Uber has done with its acceptance. 2021 will see fleets autonomous, micromobility, especially shift toward electrified and air transport operations, and fully-electric vehicles and some manufacturers have (which we have previously done with their mobility services called the “Corporate Mobility units). This is leading to more Breakthrough”). From an industry consolidation and integration, point-of-view, we can finally tick achieving better unit economics that box. and building stronger, more specialised companies. Mobility Value Chain: As an industry, mobility in all its Bricks and Mobility: facets will finally come into its Finally, a yet even wider ecosystem own. We see the emergence of of industries and facets of our a new value-chain for mobility lives will be impacted by mobility. – one that is not derivative of After the rapid rise of Covid- automotive or public transport. induced bicycle and pedestrian Tech suppliers (especially in infrastructure, as well as the and around autonomous and emerging discussion on the connectivity), manufacturers, “15-minute city”, Neckermann systems & data, fleet management, Strategic Advisors expects mobility operators and mobility real-estate developers and aggregators together represent a infrastructure investors to be Trillion Dollar opportunity within a next frontier for the Mobility this decade, and will be recognised Revolution. In 2021, many more as such, with a continuation of local governments and real-estate exciting funding-rounds and IPOs. developers will re-evaluate their e-scooter boom. Pandemic will not shared. So, all you need Prediction 1: Further consolidation in the AV industry ease in 2021, people will go back is to simply charge them but to their cars. But now we know, in micromobility, there are no There will be continued consolidation in the AV industry as start-ups and the curtain is down. So, it will not definition of , rules are OEMs alike focus on near term targets such as electrification and the move be back to old days. I big portion recently appearing, people are towards a software defined vehicle in a bid to lower costs, hit sustainability of those short distance rides we not used to them, they are all so targets and simplify vehicle complexity. took with a ton of metal will never light and open to vandalism and come back. Remember 80% of all they are almost always shared Prediction 2: The movement towards open cities during car rides are shorter than 15km in vehicles. So, you need more than the Covid-19 will continue. distance. charging. That is why you need a universal solution for all modes The genie is now out of the bottle with a realisation that long commutes With all these new micromobility of micromobility in one unified and heavy traffic do not have to be a necessity of daily working life. This will vehicles in our cities, we need way; should help cities, 3rd party transform our cities and its transportation systems but this is likely to have Çağrı to consider the definition of businesses, land owners, sharing Russell negative effects in the near term as operators struggle to adjust capacity to infrastructure. For comparison, operators to integrate in a smart & the changing demand. EVs need charging stations. connected way, keep vehicles safe Selçuklu Because they already have the and ordered, make the operations Vickers Prediction 3: Two steps forward and one step back for EVs Co-founder & CEO roads, the rules and people more user friendly AND charge CEO and Co-Founder are used to them. They are autonomously. That is why you at Future Mobility This year will see many more electric options from mainstream car Sharing economy has never been big vehicles, we only started to will see more of DUCKT (follow Campus Ireland manufacturers, but with the likely increased EV volume on our roadways, challenged this much. The world put electric in them instead of on Linkedin) solutions across the the charging infrastructure will struggle to keep up. This chicken and egg will with corona is a different place but gas. They are sadly and mostly globe starting 2021. continue this year. mobility is the same. We still need futuremobilityireland.ie to go from point A to B. Maybe we cannot share the space, but we can share the services. This 2. While micro-mobility is part will increasingly be under pressure is why, already growing demand of the perceived solution in for more directive strategies to on Micromobility, will grow even many cities, they want to “build deliver sustainable streets. more strongly for the coming back better” and so will want years in urban environment. But a controlled, data-led, insight 4. Autonomous vehicles for now, there is more pressure on delivering set of shared micro- personal use/ownership in a efficiency and economic aspects. mobility solutions that deal with European context will be seen as Companies will focus on these the range of challenges that they a diversion from the core needs topics on 2021. Efficient, green are now facing post Covid19. of delivering on sustainable cities. and user-friendly approaches will While AV will likely have shorter thrive. 3. The EU Green deal and term roles in freight and even bus/ aftermath of Covid19 put pressure tram operations, the widespread That is one of the reasons why clearly on the automotive industry use in personal cars, will there is a bike boom but more Thibaud to deliver on clean vehicles increasingly be seen as a diversion specifically an E-bike boom. Since and prevent replacing petrol/ from the above goals of delivering the pandemic started, now, some diesel congestion with EV on on a sustainable city that supports E-bike companies are the highest Febvre road congestion. The industry is the above issues of sustainable valued and top selling companies. Co-Founder & COO now - finally - rolling out lots of micro and macro-mobility. The E-bike prices went down 4-fold alternative EV’s but the change in one year because of market 1. in the aftermath of Covid-19, will be to adopt models of car 5. In 2021 we will see at least economics, cities are defining cities will face a slow rebuild ownership and use that again one large-scale deployment of more and more space for these of demand for classic public “build back better” and cleaner electric personal delivery devices vehicles. Countries are delivering transport as well as return and change cities in a way that (“sidewalk robots”), and a three- generous incentives for people to of discretionary travel which supports a healthier, more wheeled scooter as operators buy these vehicles. This has been supports much public transport sustainable - “Healthy Streets” / “15 continue to tweak the form types. eye opening for people towards use. This will create financial minute” city way. If this is seen as micromobility, right on top of the pressures re revenue as well not being delivered, governments as pressure to offer alternative means on travel energized and re-envisioned into structure – a balancing act of what’s called the “Fifteen-minute desires for services and “essential” city” – the urban planner’s century- needs, from buying groceries old manifesto of sustainable to walking in the park. The development. This pivot requires resulting activity patterns could flexible land use and zoning codes revolutionize the ways we use, (re) to match services with fluxing design, and experience city streets residents’ needs, a keen eye on and public spaces. equity-driven decisions, and street designs that enable mobility by two feet or two wheels. (The CAN STAYING CLOSE TO HOME more bicycle-like, the safer, more efficient, time competitive, and Meredith REVOLUTIONIZETHE (NEAR) FUTURE OF URBAN MOBILITY? more fun.) Glaser Arianne Almost overnight, cities faced an Prediction #2: Researcher at the unprecedented problem resulting Free the curb from cars Walker from COVID-19 prevention City officials and citizens are Urban Cycling Institute Chief Evangelist for measures: keeping services, local reimagininghow street- and University of Amsterdam Alexa Auto at Amazon economies, and essential workers curb-space could and should be Artificial intelligence is going to moving with reduced public more fairly distributed and used. help improve voice assistants transit, ride share, and taxi. What In place of car parking – which to make the interaction even solutions did cities overwhelmingly is overabundant, undercharged, more natural and conversational. turn to? 600 cities (and counting) and disproportionately benefits Our voice assistants will be able are deploying low-tech, low-cost privileged, white urbanites to maintain context and have solutions to repurpose existing – curb-side pick-up, street- a memory that helps us in our streets and car parking spaces eateries, outdoor dining, sidewalk everyday lives – the voice interface to ensure safe access to daily extensions, slow streets, and in the vehicle will get good enough essential services. From Bogota bike lanes will continue to gain that it replaces our dependency on to London, New York to Oakland, momentum. Echoing well-known the smartphone. cities have implemented well- facts, like most urban car trips are worn tactics of street experiments under 4 miles and the #1 global Meredith Glaser is a researcher Vehicles of the future will be to help people move and get a cause of death for kids and young at the Urban Cycling Institute at designed with this in mind. While breath of fresh air.This window adults is car crashes, calls have the University of Amsterdam, many vehicles today are doing a of opportunity, potentially worth been made for street reform. The Netherlands. Her research better job with microphones and billions in health benefits, opens Reducing urban space for cars is focuses on policy innovation, noise elimination, this will be an at least three predictions for the now more prescient than ever. knowledge transfer,and capacity integral part of vehicle design in coming year(s): building for the transport planning the future. Prediction #3: field. Her work has been featured Prediction #1: Potential to revolutionize in a number of peer-reviewed Seamlessness of the voice Renaissance of urban activity journals and media sources. assistant experience will be even neighborhood centers If local amenities and services are She is also one of the world’s more important in the future Living hyper-locally disrupts increasingly within reach (#1) and most experienced educators – being able to interact with many intertwining aspects of “easy” to get to on two feet or two for professionals seeking to your voice assistant of choice in urban space, mobility, and activity wheels (#2), then mobility demand learn Dutch transport planning multiple areas of our lives. To patterns. The shift disrupts the would decrease and form around policies and practices. Meredith assist with this, interoperability practice ofcommuting to a central new patterns of local activity. holds master’s degrees in public between voice assistants will be business district and destination Human-scale urban mobility health and urban planning from critical, allowing people to get help shopping (think Champs Elysée). options eventually out-compete University of California, Berkeley. from their preferred general voice This means neighborhood the car and staying close to home assistant to interact with specialist commercial nodes are being re- confronts us with a new choice voice assistants. 2. MaaS Business Model(s): 4. MaaS & Real Estate: Micromobilty Market see continued growth in 2021. in cycling and walking. While Consolidation in Europe Over the past few years, the these policies have always been In most of these medium cities We start talking about Mobility autonomous vehicle market went supported by urban planners you will find only one company Hub around major Bus/Tram/ Given the speed and timing of through a bit of a hype cycle, and designers to reduce the per mobility service (one eBike Train stations, allowing people to COVID, there has been a rapid peaking in early 2018. Since impact of automobiles, COVID has company, one Carsharing brand park their car, bike, scooter before transformation in the European that point, many OEMs, supplies, served as the inflection point in etc.) that are manage by the getting in the Public Transport micromobility market. According startups, and investors have been which to enable cities to pursue city itself. So, for me, in these or to use a shared mobility when to recent news stories and press scratching their heads wondering more long term sustainability cities, the MaaS will become getting out the PT. For me, I can releases, many of the largest what will happen next. With the initiatives and active transportation the extension of the Public see also micro-mobility-hub in operators have been in active advent of COVID, social distancing, infrastructure investments. While Transport to improve the mobility private buildings, using the unused late stage fund raises to shore up and public health measures, there has been limited pushback of the residents and thus the parking and storage places to their consumer offers, expand new use cases and opportunities from certain individual and auto first business model deployed allow people from outside to park, their fleets, and increase their rapidly opened up over the course lobby groups (London and Berlin) Aurélien will be B2G2C (Business to why not recharging their eV/eBike/ geographic service areas. Namely, of 2020. The market for shared towards active transportation Government to Citizens) and it will eScooter, to manage the last & Tier, Voi, and Bolt have been the and commercial autonomous measures, 2021 will see continued be subsidized. Then you will have first mile(s) for deliveries. Here the standout micromobiity operators vehicles has now eclipsed that for digital and physical infrastructure Cottet private companies that will provide MaaS will be the tool to manage that have not only weathered personal autonomous vehicles, investments to support long term MaaS Project Leader at a B2B2EE (Business to Business to the grid of all these micro-mobility- the COVID financial storm, but thus the pivot towards robotaxis urban sustainable shifts away from Transdev & Member of Employees/Employers). hub have been able to attract massive and driverless trucks. This will the private automobile. the Board of Directors at equity capital investment, scale continue with rapid acceleration in The MaaS Alliance 3. MaaS & 5. MaaS & Traffic-lights: their operations, and aggressively investment, pilots, and commercial Employee/Employers: hire across all business units. partnerships in the coming year. “5 MAAS PREDICTIONS: Imagine that all the trip-planners Lime is the one US-based operator In addition, with widespread stay The employers will be the key in on a territory (used by private car in Europe that has been able to at home orders, quarantines, and Scott 1. MaaS in the next 3 years: the success of MaaS, especially in owners, by delivery drivers or by sustain their offer in Europe, albeit curfews, the market for outdoor medium cities. MaaS Travelers) are all connected with investment by Uber and the dining and home food deliveries One of the rare benefic effects of More than 90% the mobility is to the same data-lack. This should caveat that 66% of their growth has exploded. Therefore, we will Shepard the Covid-19 is the acceleration done by the daily local mobility, represent the information of has occurred outside of their see interesting value propositions CMO @ Iomob in the digitalization of many Public mainly by commuters. 70% of the trips planned. With home US market. This has left the from AI and mobility tech startups Transport Operations (Realtime Without the employers, the MaaS such tool the territory will be small to middle level micromobility continue into 2021, related to traveler information, M-Ticketing, won’t take off. Many employers able to manage its traffic lights operators in a bit of a cash crunch, human assisted and autonomous capacity information etc..). The work on the wellbeing of their dynamically in Realtime especially due to 1.) lack of consumer brand deliveries for parcels, packages, backbone of the MaaS is the employees at work, but the life when unexpected incidents occur. recognition, 2.) lack of geographic and even food to homes and Mass Transport. If this one is not of an employee starts when she coverage, and 3.) simply lacking businesses. digitalized, you cannot deploy a or he closes the door of her/his the scale required to success in MaaS. This digital acceleration home to go to work. We start European cities that offer a transit 15 Minute Cities and Active is opening the door to test and seeing big corporate proposing rich and multi-modal environment. Transportation learn MaaS initiatives/projects in mobility budget to be spend Therefore, we will see increased many cities. The more data we in Public Transport or Shared mergers and acquisitions of Finally, the most important trend will have on MaaS from different Mobility. The MaaS will be the these operators and / or their and prediction for the year locations, the more we will be able answer for the Human Resources divestment in the European ahead in 2021 is the widespread to find the right business models to harmonize the mobility policies market in the coming months adoption by governments of the for a financial sustainable MaaS decided by the company for a ahead. policies related to ‘15 Minutes operation(s) better and more sustainable Cities”. 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What is the greatest challenge you see in Which project do you think is the most audacious moonshot in the industry that you hope Mobility/Smart Cities in the next 5 years? BARRY succeeds? Walking the talk and making a profound decline in A project that was previously considered an audacious moonshot was to eliminate congestion, but COVID19 has the emissions connected to the production and use LUNN given us the opportunity to re-imagine the way we work and in the process reduce congestion in our major cities. of cars. By 2025 we will have to be well on our way CEO of Provizio towards climate neutrality. What are you most concerned about in Mobility/Smart Cities? What is the project that most excites you The increasing cost of congestion and reduction in liveability and liveable spaces in our cities still remains a concern. Which project do you think is the most in your space? audacious moonshot in the industry The application of long range sensors with AI on- Which other person/company in the space of Mobility/SmartCities do you admire? that you hope succeeds? the-edge to prevent collisions on our roads. Mobileye continue to lead the way towards automated driving and EuroRAP (iRAP) are making significant I have one in mind, but I can’t talk about it right now improvements in road safety through the application of technologies and the star rating of roads. :) What is the greatest challenge you see in Mobility/Smart Cities in the next 5 years? What are you most concerned about Moving from a car centric view of the world to in Mobility/Smart Cities? a mobility as a service future presents a huge The lack of transparency and open source solutions challenge with a lot of vested interests pulling in the in the car industry today. If we are to succeed we opposite direction. But what an opportunity. need to be able to talk openly and honestly about our shared challenges and cooperate more. Which project do you think is the most DOMINIC PAPA audacious moonshot in the industry Vice President, Smart State Initiative Arizona Which other person/company in the that you hope succeeds? Commerce Authority space of Mobility/SmartCities do you The end of private vehicle ownership would admire? change everything and I hope it happens sooner What is the project that most excites you in your space? All of the consumers making the switch from ICE to rather than later. Autonomous vehicles, flying cars Smart State Governance Framework EV, these are still early adapters who aren’t afraid and other moonshot efforts all depend on this to learn something new in order for change to transition. What is the greatest challenge you see in happen. Mobility/Smart Cities in the next 5 years? What are you most concerned about The ability for “smart regulation” to incentivize and keep up with the in Mobility/Smart Cities? technological pace of mobility solutions. Safety. We as an industry have a safety record that should embarrass us all and I hope society, in a Which project do you think is the most audacious moonshot in post Covid environment, decides enough is enough the industry that you hope succeeds? and pursues a safer, cleaner future. Michigan’s Connected Corridor with Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners

Which other person/company in the What are you most concerned about in Mobility/Smart Cities? space of Mobility/SmartCities do you Silos across different levels of government (federal/state/city) admire? Bryan Salesky and the Argo project have impressed Which other person/company in the space of me to date. Bryan appears to have a grounded Mobility/SmartCities do you admire? approach to autonomous mobility and uses the Trevor Pawl - Chief Mobility Officer, Michigan word safety as much as he uses the word robotic. Quietly, slowly and safely will win the autonomy race which has been dominated by empty rhetoric to date. BRUNO IÑAKI IGLESIAS AGUINAGA AZEVEDO Head of Technology and Innovation Futurist for Tecnalia Co-Founder and CEO of What is the project that most excites you in your space? AddVolt The development of a new type of air taxi more adapted to urban operations What is the project that most excites you in your space? What is the greatest challenge you see in Mobility/Smart Cities Fully autonomous and all-electric refrigerated in the next 5 years? Semi-trailer, with electric recuperation axle Global optimization of the future multimodal transport to obtain a more energy efficient transport increasing the availability at the same time. What is the greatest challenge you see in Mobility/Smart Cities in the next 5 years? Which project do you think is the most audacious moonshot in the PAUL-ADRIEN Cleaner and quieter goods distribution, namely the industry that you hope succeeds? infrastructure needed to promote the adoption of Fully autonomous cars electrified vehicles and with alternative fuels. CORMERAIS What are you most concerned about in Mobility/Smart Cities? Founder & CEO at pony Which project do you think is the most Multimodality optimization for achieving a safer and more energy efficient mobility ecosystem What is the project that most audacious moonshot in the industry that excites you in your space? you hope succeeds? Which other person/company in the space of Mobility/SmartCities do you admire? electric cargo bikes Autonomous truck Richard Branson

What are you most concerned about in What is the greatest challenge you Mobility/Smart Cities? see in Mobility/Smart Cities in the next 5 years? Driver’s quality life development of Which other person/company in the space of Which project do you think is the Mobility/SmartCities do you admire? most audacious moonshot in the There are very good examples of organizations which VIOLETA BULC industry that you hope succeeds? are promoting with their specialized teams a seamsless EU Commissioner for Transport (Former) pony good distribution which contributes for a better mobility SHIN-PEI & Curator of ecocivilisation of people and goods at inner cities. What are you most Companies like HAVI which is reusing the oil from fried TSAY Director of Policy, Cities What is the project that most excites concerned about potatoes that they collect from their customers to use you in your space? & Transportation at Uber in Mobility/Smart to power their HVO Hybrid trucks which distributes the Ecocivilisation Cities? goods in electric mode at inner cities. Out of cities, those Trucks use the oil from fried potatoes What is the project that most excites conservative regulation What is the greatest challenge you see in you in your space? to traction while it recharges the Truck’s battery for the Mobility/Smart Cities in the next 5 years? next quieter and cleaner inner city delivery. At same time low emission zones Which other Absorption capacity person/company it promotes a circular economy. in the space of Another relevant example is THT new cool which is rent- What is the greatest challenge you Which project do you think is the most Mobility/SmartCities ing semi-trailers equipped with refrigerated systems fully see in Mobility/Smart Cities in the audacious moonshot in the industry that do you admire? electric and autonomous powered by a battery which next 5 years? you hope succeeds? VanMoof; Swapfiets; Véligo recharged at powergrid or by the trailer electric axle. outdated policies and practices standing in the Mobility on demand way of shared goals like carbon reduction and increasing transportation access What are you most concerned about in Mobility/Smart Cities? Which project do you think is the inclusion and standardisation for the benefit of all most audacious moonshot in the industry that you hope succeeds? Which other person/company in the space 100% zero emission transport platforms of Mobility/SmartCities do you admire? People behind MAAS What are you most concerned about in Mobility/Smart Cities? lack of political will

Which other person/company in the space of Mobility/SmartCities do you admire? EV Hybrid Noire JAYESH JEAN-CHRISTOPH HEYNE JAGASIA Global Head of Future Grids at Siemens Smart Infrastructure Host of the AI in Automotive Podcast What is the project that most excites you in your space? The full switch to electromobility, powered by 100% renewables. Curbing emissions from transport is crucial in the fight against climate change. We have the chance to redefine how people and goods are moved. Charging infrastructure What is the project that most excites you in your space? must be made available everywhere and access and billing as intuitive as possible. The charging infrastructure should be Artificial Intelligence in Automotive & Mobility efficient, which includes conversion efficiency as well as dynamic and parallel charging. Charging an electric vehicle must industries. become as easy as charging a smart phone.

What is the greatest challenge you see What is the greatest challenge you see in Mobility/Smart Cities in the next 5 years? in Mobility/Smart Cities in the next 5 Population growth and urbanization are advancing rapidly. As our cities get larger and more densely populated, we have years? to ask ourselves, how our cities can become more human-centric. We need to minimize their impact, the air- and the 1) Crossing the chasm from concept to reality - noise-pollution, to make our cities more livable. The full electrification of transport in urban areas plays an important role. both for mobility and smart cities. We have to electrify public transport, urban commercial transport and provide public charging infrastructure for those 2) Legal / policy-level support from Governments / who do not have access to off-street parking. We need to start thinking differently about infrastructure – and reflect the local bodies will require a level of progressiveness changing needs and attitudes of today’s world. that is often hard to find. LINA 3) Competing with big industry players - as a Which project do you think is the most audacious moonshot in the industry that you hope mobility startup, how do you level the playing field KONSTANTINOPOULOU succeeds? or change the rules of the game? Secretary General at EuroRAP Autonomous driving will impact the future of mobility tremendously. It will help to reduce traffic and thus emissions. If the 4) Cultural - are people willing to change their remaining vehicles can be electrified, even better. If we think a step further, than those electric self-driving vehicles could behaviour? So far, this has proved to be easier autonomously find their way to the next charging point. Which could be even located in a logistics center or depot outside said than done. What is the project that most excites you in your the city. This again would free up space in our cities and make them more livable. space? Which project do you think is the most Safer road Infrastructure and its relation to Connected and What are you most concerned about in Mobility/Smart Cities? audacious moonshot in the industry Automated Driving I’m most concerned about climate change and consequently also carbon emissions. There is no planet B, we must act that you hope succeeds? now! Direct and indirect electrification have a huge potential in driving the decarbonization of our society. Electrification Making shared mobility (especially personal What is the greatest challenge you see in of transport is one field of action, electrical cooling and heating for example is another one. We have to look at energy vehicles and commercial vehicles) a reality with Mobility/Smart Cities in the next 5 years? efficiency and a more sustainable use of resources. the right price, proposition, value and consumer The impact on reducing road fatalities behaviour change drivers. Which other person/company in the space of Mobility/SmartCities do you admire? Which project do you think is the most audacious There is no single person I admire, since decarbonizing our society is not a one man or woman mission. I admire everyone What are you most concerned about moonshot in the industry that you hope succeeds? that is willing to act on climate change and to do his or her fair share. It is in our nature to preserve the status quo, to stay in Mobility/Smart Cities? CAVs driving in mixed traffic with conventional vehicles right in our comfort zone. Which is why, I have a lot of respect for the people, communities, cities that proactively reduce Too much fluff; too much vapourware with very carbon emissions or even aim to become carbon neutral. Change is never easy but there is no other option. little concrete stuff on the ground damages the What are you most concerned about in Mobility/ credibility of the entire industry, including of those Smart Cities? participants that have something tangible of value Ensuring we can meet the Vision zero fatalities by 2050 to offer Which other person/company in the space of Which other person/company in the Mobility/SmartCities do you admire? space of Mobility/SmartCities do you Those companies that meet the UN SGs and at the same time admire? innovate! 1) Arrival is doing a fantastic job in thinking ground up with a clean slate, what a van / bus should be. 2) What3words has an incredibly powerful proposition that straddles industries and segments and has the potential to be the world standard in addressing for the 21st century. FLORENCE MILNER General Manager for the UK and Ireland at Lime

What is the project that most excites you in your space? VIK BHIDE How to convert the 60% of <3m car journeys to walking, cycling, scooter or who another Director of The City of Tampa green mode Mobility Department

What is the greatest challenge you see in Mobility/Smart Cities in the What is the project that next 5 years? most excites you in your Infrastructure - decades have been spent making cities work for cars, how do we undo that space? MaaS and electrification Which project do you think is the most audacious moonshot in the industry that you hope succeeds? What is the greatest challenge Car free city centres you see in Mobility/Smart Cities in the next 5 years? What are you most concerned about in Mobility/Smart Cities? Attracting transit ridership Levels of infrastructure, also will to change Which project do you think is the ADAM RIDGWAY Which other person/company in the space of Mobility/SmartCities do you admire? most audacious moonshot in the Chief Executive Officer at One Moto S-Park, a bike rack system that can use kinetic energy from cycling to charge batteries industry that you hope succeeds? Open MaaS platform with mass-transit What is the project that most excites you in emphasis for mid to long trips your space? What are you most concerned Data-driven Mobility about in Mobility/Smart Cities? ALEX GILBERT The ability for public and private sector What is the greatest challenge you see in Senior Strategy Manager mobility partners to establish a workable Mobility/Smart Cities in the next 5 years? for Commercial Energy at framework CapEx vs. OpEx Transport for London YVES-MICHEL Which other person/company in Which project do you think is the most the space of Mobility/SmartCities audacious moonshot in the industry that you What is the project that most excites LEPORCHER do you admire? hope succeeds? you in your space? Blockchain Technology Expert for Tesla Induction charging - smart roads within smart cities. Group Renault Deploying EV chargepoints across the land to enhance our journey to an electric, low-carbon What are you most concerned about in future Mobility/Smart Cities? What is the project that most excites The time it takes for legislation to be approved, we live in you in your space? a world where agility prevails and many start ups in the Blokchain project called XCEED What is the greatest challenge you see mobility space can adapt, where as the public sector may (eXtended Compliance End to End) in Mobility/Smart Cities in the next 5 years? bottleneck to halt progression. Governments that never stop arguing! What is the greatest challenge you see in Which other person/company in the space of Mobility/Smart Cities in the next 5 years? Which project do you think is the most Mobility/SmartCities do you admire? Converting Smart (technological) city to Connected audacious moonshot in the industry Rivian, LG, Bosch, Sono Motors (human) city that you hope succeeds? Matt Allen, Pivot Power Connected Autonomous Niki Shields Which project do you think is the most Vehicles (CAVs) Roger Atkins audacious moonshot in the industry that Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning (Tesla) you hope succeeds? What are you most The integration project applied in MEDELIN concerned about in Mobility/Smart What are you most concerned about in Cities? Mobility/Smart Cities? People not doing their Increase transport usage efficiency and reliability for homework before any and every citizen installing kit

Which other person/company in the space Which other of Mobility/SmartCities do you admire? person/company in the space of Wu Chunfeng, chairman of Chengdu Aerospace Mobility/SmartCities do you admire? Science and Technology Microelectronics System The Dutch and Scandinavians Research Institute Co., Ltd.