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Autonomous mobility is massively underestimated


I've got a passion for following the emergence of autonomous mobility. I've done this with an (almost) unhealthy obsession over the past decade. I've probably seen thousands of videos on Youtube and listened to hundreds of podcast, on this explosive topic.


In my view, autonomous mobility is still a massively underappreciated and underestimated topic. Both from a quality perspective (understanding that this is now happening) and from a quantitative perspective (that this will have massive economic repercussions).


In hindsight, I foresee the year of 2024 to become the year when autonomy in the mobility sector really took off and started its' S-curve adoption rate. The capability for computers to drive themselves is not a future scenario anymore - it is a current reality.


Here's a snippet from a presentation of mine at Latitude59 back in May:





In my view, autonomous mobility holds the potential to enable groundbreaking consequences such as the following:


🚗 Diminish personal car ownership significantly

🚕 Unleash subscriptions for autonomous mobility

🚨 Collapse car dealership volumes

🚑 Eliminate crashes and insurance

🏢 Restructure cities, unpave most parking spaces

☄ Restructure the entire mobility market

👩‍👩‍👧‍👧 Democratize the car for billions of people

💲 Make the car into a financial asset

🚍 Usher in mobile on-demand shops of all kinds

🚛 Make warehousing mobile

🌎 Unlock the sharing economy on a global scale

♻ Enable circularity on a global scale

🦄 Originate a new breed of usership unicorns


Autonomous mobility is so much more than a conversion from manual to autonomous driving. Instead, it could prove to be as big of a transformation as when we moved from horses to cars. The ripple effects will touch most industries.


In particular, I believe autonomous mobility will be the universal ignition for making the economic rationale of the sharing economy attractive (for the first time).


♻ When consumers are able to resell, rent out, or share physical products seamlessly, swiftly, and with low marginal cost - the incentive to make physical products last as long as possible could become a reality, and eventually apply a circular model.


Do not underappreciate autonomous mobility.






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PS. Tesla's Robotaxi unveil was delayed from 8/8 to 10/10.



 
 
 

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