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„Peak Car“ und das Ende einer Industrie

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Wer ist auf „Peak Car“ vorbereitet? Das ist die große Frage in der Automobilbranche.

Bloomberg hat den aktuellen Stand des strukturellen Umbruchs in der Autobranche zusammengefasst:

“peak car”—a time in the not-too-distant future when sales of private vehicles across the western world will plateau before making a swift descent.

This is especially true in big cities where people are becoming more inclined to share rather than own a vehicle that sits idle most of the time. The number of Germans 25 and under getting driving licenses slid 28 percent in the past decade, and it’s a similar story in pretty much every other major economy.

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Regulierung der Micromobility: Bird will proaktiv sicherere E-Scooter- & Fahrradwege mitfinanzieren

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Da wir gerade von Bird sprachen, hier die neueste Nachricht vom E-Scooter-Startup, via Curbed:

Bird, the rapidly expanding dockless electric scooter company, announced two new initiatives this morning seeking to position the company as a safety leader among the current crop of urban mobility startups—and help give its users safe places to ride in cities.

The Los Angeles-based firm announced that it will form a new Global Safety Advisory Board led by David Strickland, former head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and more recently, spokesperson for the Self-Driving Coalition for Safer Streets, that will “create, advise, and implement global programs, campaigns, and products to improve the safety of those riding Birds and other e-scooters.”

Bird’s statement notes that the board, which will consist of transportation and safety experts as well as government officials and private citizens to be named later, won’t just focus on the safety of those riding scooters, but also pedestrians and bicyclists who share space with these riders.

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