Mobility

One of the most active areas for innovation in today’s car industry is the development of mobility services for long-suffering city commuters. Ford has created a new business unit, Ford City Solutions, focused entirely on helping people move more easily through cities.

We need to consider that the rise of economies is often directly correlated with a rise in emissions. So how do we decouple the two? The solution lies in changing energy technologies and behaviors, while working to mitigate the current scenario.

When the first CUPRAs rolled out of the Martorell factory of SEAT S.A. outside Barcelona in 2018, few people in the car industry paid much attention. At a time when hype about autonomous vehicles was at its greatest, it seemed eccentric to launch a new challenger brand dedicated to high performance, good looks and the sheer excitement of driving.

For Karl-Thomas Neumann, chief executive officer of the Opel Group, there is no room for doubt: autonomous driving and electric vehicles are more than just buzzwords or passing fads.

"I thought that a green motor sport could have a great impact on technology and, at the end of the day, on people’s lives. That's why, for me, it made sense to create this."

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.

As the world’s largest automotive companies struggle to respond to the technical challenges of today, South Korean manufacturer Kia has been able to buck the trend and outperform the market with new models such as the ProCeed, a five-door shooting brake, a radical alternative to the traditional three-door hatchback.

Once you’ve experienced a car that drives itself, you will feel like you have stepped into the future.

Julie Felgar, Managing Director of Environmental Strategy: "Aviation biofuel is not a science experiment – it is real and it is a genuine alternative to fossil fuel."

SEAT has set up a new work model to promote a flexible, dynamic working environment that favours the work-life balance. This initiative is called Smart Work.