In 2017, the US state of Georgia revoked a $5,000 electric vehicle (EV) incentive program, and instead imposed the country’s highest extra fee for registering an
Author Archives: Lukas Neckermann
Smart Mobility and the Power of People
(Lukas Neckermann, Managing Director of Neckermann Strategic Advisors, interviewed by David Hunt, Managing Partner of Hyperion Executive Search. This article was first published January 26th
Creating Smart Cities
FIVE QUESTIONS FOR… NEIL ZELLER, INVESTOR AND ADVISOR IN URBANTECH We are sharing excerpts from our new book, Smart Cities, Smart Mobility: Transforming the Way We
Autonomous Driving Index
Over the last few months, I have had the pleasure of collaborating with consulting firm Progenium in creating the first, comprehensive Autonomous Driving Index. We
Smart Cities, Smart Companies, and the Future of Work
We are sharing excerpts of our new book, Smart Cities, Smart Mobility: Transforming the Way We Live and Work. Here, Gabriel Scheer explains the link between
Mobility as a Service (MaaS)
Sampo Hietanen is CEO and Founder of MaaS Global – the Finnish company behind Whim, a mobile app that allows you to travel via
Smart Cities, Smart Mobility: Success is not a coincidence
Since writing The Mobility Revolution in 2014, I have been living, breathing, thinking and consulting about the three core topics that make up smart mobility:
The End of “Default Car”
By now it should be blatantly obvious: We are moving toward environmentally-friendly, productivity-enhancing, electric, autonomous and shared vehicles. “Default Car” – the notion that the personal car
Mobility-as-a-Service goes global
I’ve said it before, the age of “default car” is dead. Urban-dwellers and millennials are choosing apps over steering wheels. Citymapper, Moovel, Moovit, Ally App,
Utility Mobility, or Sheer Driving Pleasure
Several weeks ago, BMW unveiled its concepts for connected and shared mobility at an event in London’s Roundhouse. At the presentation, Board Member Peter Schwarzenbauer confided that