CEO @ KERB | Smart Parking | Smart Cities | PropTech Solutions for your Building(s) | KERB-side Mobility Solutions | International Keynote Speaker/Conference Presenter
Consider for a second a world where car ownership becomes unfashionable, and tens of millions of people opt for car-sharing instead. A quiet wave of behavioural change is already unfolding before our eyes. (We just can't see it yet.) China's electric vehicle (EV) market will be the trigger to turn this change into a tsunami. The world's cheapest, fully functional EV is currently the China-manufactured 'Changli', which retails at just USD1,200. (Re-read that number - there are no zeros missing.) A more viable mass-market alternative is BYD's Seagull, which retails at USD11,000 and offers a range of over 400km/250 miles. With the plummeting prices of electric vehicles, more and more younger drivers are questioning why they'd ever own a car. Per the article linked below, the global car sharing market is set to explode, reaching $15.4 billion by 2028 and attracting nearly 65 million users. What's interesting is how urbanisation and environmental concerns are driving this shift: people are realising they don't need the hassle of owning a car when they can just share one. Another interesting data point is the gender and age divide: in Europe, car sharing is dominated by men, while in Canada, more women are sharing cars than men. It's an exciting trend to watch because the Sharing Economy extends far beyond cars - most notably into the private parking space in the suburbs of major cities, from where most cars will begin their first journey of the day. Car sharing is not without its security+access+parking challenges. Fortunately, KERB has got those three covered. And we'll soon be offering two-way API integrations with all of the main car sharing platforms. Please reach out - at [email protected] - if you'd like to discuss how your city, company or building could leverage KERB to accelerate this shift to what will be a dramatically different (and hopefully 'greener') urban landscape. #SmartMobility #UrbanSustainability #CarSharing #SmartParking #SmartCities