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Do you know who your car is talking to? It could be a parking meter, traffic signal, the emergency services, or even other vehicles. Driven by the potential benefits of the Internet of Things, automakers are among the earliest adopters in the fast lane.

SEAT presents its new micromobility products globally, the SEAT MÓ eScooter 125 and the SEAT MÓ eKickScooter 65.

Home to a fast-growing community of technology start-ups, Barcelona is also on the frontline of the digital revolution that is changing the shape of cars forever.

In Germany, one in every four EV sold in the last two years has been a BMW i3, and the model is the third most popular EV in the world.

As a decade of unprecedented change ends and a new year dawns, the social and economic consequences of technological innovation are becoming ever more apparent. On the frontline of transformation is the global car industry, which dominated the economy of the 20th century and is now advancing towards an uncertain future.

Wilko A. Stark, VP Daimler Strategy & Product Strategy and Planning: "Connectivity is just part of digitalization, which is leading to profound changes in the industry that will affect our business in every way."

One of the greatest challenges discussed by delegates at Davos in recent times has been how to decouple economic growth from increased energy consumption. After the two hottest years on record, the environmental and economic imperative is now greater than ever before.

In a not-too-distant future, ordinary consumers will even be able to sell the power stored by batteries in their parked electric cars back into the network.

You cannot have a digital revolution without a democratic revolution, and that is what we are trying to do in Barcelona.

Such has been the success of the business model that BlaBlaCar has become one of the fastest growing transport companies in Europe.