The pros and cons of suming
We are all consumers. Consumption is what our economies are built upon. At the most basic level, A produces something and B buys it.
Honda’s hydrogen society
Once you look beyond burning fossil fuels, using any source of powertrain for vehicles is, in theory, possible.
Illuminating future cities
A shining example of how a private-sector partner can illuminate future urban development in collaboration with local leaders took place in Sweden's fourth largest city at the start of 2015.
The digital retail revolution
Since the advent of online banking and digital retailers such as Amazon and eBay, you can now get almost anything you can think of delivered to wherever you are with just a click.
Turning the auto industry upside down
Luca de Meo is a respected automotive industry player. He has twenty-five years’ experience working for Renault, Toyota, Fiat and, since 2009, the Volkswagen Group before taking the helm at SEAT last year.
Ford: thinking outside the car and the box
Ford is revising its business model to focus not just on how many cars it sells, but what services it should offer.
Autonomous drive shifts into gear
The number of people sharing the planet continues to climb toward 9.7 billion by 2050, according to projections by the United Nations. Guaranteeing universal access to basic needs is the only means to prevent human conflict and environmental disaster.
Personalizing prevention is the best cure
In the future, we not only have to find better ways to share the planet among more of us, but also have to deal with the fact that most of us will be on it longer.
Empowering cities, empowering people
Today, everything aspires to be smart: from the ubiquitous—the smartphone in your hand—to sometimes the ridiculous (Google Glass, Fitbit for dogs, Lily the selfie drone). But, if we want our future to be smarter, we need to start thinking beyond "smart for smart's sake" now.
Innovation outpaces insurance
Most car crashes are due to human error, so it makes sense to replace people with computers. However, even with autonomous driving accidents can still happen and questions about liability will inevitably arise.