Era of Transition

Environment is deteriorating! Global warming is for real! Cities are turning into gas chambers! Several flora and fauna species are on the verge of extinction! Life expectancy is on a decline!

The 21st century world is not oblivious to these human cries. So much so, that the international community was quick to recognize the environmental concerns back in 1997 to have set out de-carbonisation goals in the Kyoto Protocol. The urgency of the situation has again been highlighted, through the 2015 Paris Agreement, to intensify actions and investments to achieve sustainable low carbon future. Britain and Ireland have already declared climate emergency. Countries have set out Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs), the key focus of which remains to be the transport sector worldwide.

The rapid growth of urbanization, population, wealth and energy security concerns over the last few decades has brought about substantial transformations in the mobility services and business models. The automobile industry is experimenting newer pathways to provide cost-effective mobility services, achieve efficient land use, create new jobs, achieve self-sufficiency in generating energy for vehicles and substantially improve public health. From going electric to inculcating practices of ride-sharing to transcending to autonomous driving, the industry is revolutionizing the meaning of mobility.

The study is an attempt to bring forth the regulatory as well as business ingenuities from countries that are leading the mobility transition charts and which can be modelled into the Indian scenario with collective and integrated efforts from across stakeholders, given the current country-specific challenges.

Also refer to : https://mymamaa.blogspot.com/2019/09/future-mobility-in-india.html