IT for Mobility
Mobility covers a large number of different technology areas and markets, which does not only encompass vehicles that take people from point A to point B, but also includes all kinds of technologies that make people more mobile (like for example mobile phones etc.). These, however, consist of a large set of sub-technologies that are hard to capture at the same time. In this project, the patent, trade, prodcom, investment and skills analysis focus on a sub-section of mobility, which is related to vehicles only, e.g. satellite navigation and radio-location, which are also the core technologies that are necessary to make autonomous driving work.
Enterprise mobility
The survey analysis captures mobility in terms of the workforce. The enterprise mobility market is made up of a conglomeration of mobile solutions and technologies, including hardware, software and services, empowering a borderless workforce to securely work anywhere, at any time and from any device. It does not include only the provision of smartphones or tablets to the workforce but also all the tools and applications for transforming key processes, from internal operations to operations with customers and suppliers, all the way from the shop floor to the top floor and from the back office to the end customers.
In February 2021, Europe’s Sharing Cities programme – a project with 6 European partner cities – triggered an investment of €250 million in smart technologies from public and private funds. The project brings together 34 partners from across government, industry and academia, with the aim of:
Málaga, a city in Southern Spain, has become the first place in Europe to trial full-size autonomous buses on a regular basis.
European car sales have seen the sharpest drop on record in the year of 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) predicts that the first steps towards recovery will be marked in 2021.
For the first time in the fashion industry, the Italian leader fashion media platform Edizioni AF has announced that their Spring / Summer 2021 collection will be based on the concept of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Since the global demand for high-energy and high-power energy storage devices increased, lithium-ion (li-ion) batteries have emerged as the dominating energy storage solution for portable electronics and electric vehicles.
The EU takes initiative to accelerate the research and innovation in 5G technology through their Public Private Partnership on 5G.
The worldwide production of electronic systems is growing and exceeded the €2,000 Billon for the first time in 2018. Electronic Components and Systems (ECS) includes both professional (e.g. Industrial & Robotics) and consumer electronics (e.g. PCs).
Mobility Technologies are a core part of the European manufacturing industry and are a clear focus for Europe’s strategy to re-industrialize.
Mobile technology and mobility largely adopted in consumers daily life have been brought to the business sphere meeting employees’ requirements to work anytime anywhere from any device in the same conditions as at the office.
The prosperity of connected cars also propel the progress of autonomous driving, which is commonly agreed by the auto industry as “the capability of a car to drive partly or fully by itself, with limited or no human intervention”.
