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  • 15 April 2025
    April 15, 2025
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Robotaxis: Beyond Autonomy, It’s About Superior CX

AI, Autonomous Vehicles
I recently participated in an on-stage discussion about the state of autonomous mobility at the Ride AI Summit in Los Angeles. During the event, I engaged in several conversations with other participants about the robotaxi customer experience. The essence of these discussions reaffirmed what I’ve long maintained—customer experience, rather than […]
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  • 18 December 2024
    December 18, 2024
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Yearend Thoughts On the OEMs’ Path to New Mobility

Autonomous Vehicles
A couple of days ago, while maintaining my website, I realized that I hadn’t written a new blog post for over two months. It’s not that I haven’t been writing. I published several invited pieces relating to my new book and am currently working on a piece about the European […]
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  • 12 June 2024
    June 12, 2024
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The Three Cultures Impacting the Automotive Industry

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Recent automotive industry news made me realize again that the road to new mobility will not be a straight line. The twists and turns we encounter and will continue to encounter, will come as the result of economics, business models, industrial policy, politics, national security, but also culture. Mobility is […]
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  • 26 March 2024
    March 26, 2024
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The OEMs’ Dilemma with Software-Defined Vehicles

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Automakers are facing a complex dilemma relating to software-defined new energy vehicles. Should they proceed with aggressively investing and developing software-defined vehicles while facing a slowdown in demand for battery electric vehicles (BEVs), or continue developing Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) and hybrid vehicles (including plug-in hybrids) that are based on […]
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  • 23 January 2024
    January 23, 2024
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CES 2024: AI and SDVs

AI
Another CES is behind us. The automotive and mobility extravaganza of years past was replaced this year by an AI extravaganza. For the automakers and their suppliers that participated at CES this year was about AI and Software-Defined Vehicles (SDVs). There were lots of demos involving AI and SDVs, and […]
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  • 17 August 2023
    August 17, 2023
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How Ford and Rival OEMs Are Pursuing Recurring Revenue from Customer Services

AI
Automakers want to capture a larger percentage of their customers’ lifetime value than they do today. As newcomer automakers, led by Tesla, are already demonstrating, to achieve this goal incumbents will need to offer services that the customer finds relevant. On Monday, Ford announced the creation of the Integrated Services […]
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  • 01 June 2023
    June 1, 2023
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Ford CMD: The Right Goals Are Set; But Can The Company Execute?

AI, Big Data
Last week I attended Ford’s Capital Markets Day. Ford held the CMD to report on the progress of its three divisions and the goals they will be measured against. This piece focuses on the goals relating to software development and customer experience and their impact on the recurring monetization of […]
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  • 08 March 2023
    March 8, 2023
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Generative AI in New Mobility

AI, Big Data
In the previous post, I discussed AI’s role in new mobility. I identified the three roles AI can play as an enabler, a differentiator, or a monetizer. The recent explosion of interest in generative AI begs the question: could generative AI contribute to new mobility and if so, in which […]
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  • 19 January 2023
    January 19, 2023
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Big Data and AI In New Mobility

AI, Big Data
AI is viewed by many exclusively as a prediction technology. The availability of large, diverse, and information-rich data sets combined with the power of neural networks has been responsible for achieving incredible results even in complex, multi-faceted situations. Every aspect of new mobility has benefited from AI’s prediction power. The […]
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  • 11 January 2023
    January 11, 2023
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Software-Defined Vehicles: Automakers Should Stick to their Plans

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Automakers must address two questions because of the environment they are currently facing. First, will they be able to make the announced Software-Defined Vehicle investments in the timeline they were projecting, or will they need to slow down their investment pace? Second, will they face any negative implications if they […]
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