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Post-Car World: Why Laugh at Change? Definitions of the Car and Potential Changes

2014

Far from the sirens of Modernism and the models founded on a standard vision of humanity, the scope of the Post-Car World research project is pluralistic. This project, funded by the Fonds National (Synergia), aims to create urban planning scenarios, focusing on the role of the car. Originally based on our investigation of people's relationship with the car, the plurality of practices and their possible (and desired) alternatives will likewise enhance these scenarios. This plurality of views will be the gauge of the pragmatism of the scenarios proposed, along with the fact that they tend to exhaust the practices and expectations to come.

The Vision for the Future of Mobility

Journal of Business Anthropology, 2020

The automotive industry is going through a transformation. Disruptive technologies and tools are shifting the business model from one of automobiles to one of mobility. To accomplish this shift, automotive companies are embracing acquisitions and partnerships. In a time when the consumer electronics industry is delivering new products to market at a rapid rate, automotive manufacturers must identify ways of getting new products and features to customers faster and with high quality to maintain or increase market share. We provide an analysis of interviews with global automotive company professionals to understand the impact that quality requirements have on innovation and the advanced product design process. The research contributes to the literature on innovation and quality, identifying organizational behaviors and practices that facilitate or obstruct the development of high quality fast-to-market innovations, particularly in the area of mobility.

Garage Wala: Transforming India's Automobile Service Landscape Through Digital Innovation

International Journal for Research in Applied Science & Engineering Technology (IJRASET), 2024

This study explores the transformative potential of Garage Wala, a burgeoning entrepreneurial venture in the automobile service industry, designed to bridge the gap between vehicle owners and service providers in India. Garage Wala's innovative business model, predicated on the seamless integration of digital technology with traditional car repair services, aims to offer unprecedented convenience, quality, and reliability to vehicle owners. This research paper delves into the genesis of Garage Wala, examining its strategic response to the burgeoning demand for accessible, trustworthy, and efficient automobile maintenance services in an era marked by rapid urbanization and the proliferation of vehicle ownership. Through qualitative and quantitative analyses, the paper assesses Garage Wala's market positioning, operational strategies, and the sustainability of its business model in the face of evolving consumer preferences and intense competition. Drawing on the latest industry data, the study highlights the critical role of digital platforms in enhancing service accessibility, fostering consumer trust, and streamlining operations within the automobile service sector. Furthermore, it evaluates the challenges and opportunities presented by the Indian market's unique characteristics, including regulatory hurdles, the informal economy's prevalence, and the increasing emphasis on environmental sustainability. The findings underscore the potential of platforms like Garage Wala to redefine automotive service paradigms, contributing to a more organized, customer-centric, and sustainable industry landscape in India. This research not only provides valuable insights for academics and practitioners but also offers strategic recommendations for similar start-ups navigating the complexities of the Indian market.

The New Mobility Paradigm. Transformation of Value Chain and Value Proposition Through Innovations

The Automobile Revolution, 2016

Meeting the need for transportation when the population will reach nine billion people in 2050 will be challenging for our societies: Driven by external costs like global warming, noise or congestions and supported by new policies and growing customer awareness, the current mobility paradigm based on cheap fossil fuel energy and high CO 2 exhausts comes to its social, economic and environmental limits. Innovation can provide value propositions to meet the mobility needs of future generation. Innovation in products will foster new energy efficient, low CO 2 emitting electric vehicles. Innovation in services, triggered by the net economy, will simplify travels, improve the value of time, the use of assets like cars, bikes, parking, taxis, plane etc. while driving or parking and emphasise environmental aspects. Customers can in this way cut costs, extend the mobility means, meet people etc. Bundling mobility solutions will further facilitate access to seamless mobility experience. Jugaad innovation and reverse innovation finally can meet the needs of developing countries and subsequently of developed countries and provide methods on how to do more with less. The value propositions of mobility solutions will therefore deeply impact the future: new raw materials, components, vehicles and services will emerge; new players will reshape the value chain, capture competitors' customers and customer value, thus challenging traditional OEM's with new products and services; even customer will be part of the value chain and become prosumer (either consumer or producer, as the case may be). Simultaneously sustainable mobility will rise and propose an answer to the current systemic challenges and externalities our societies are facing.

Evolutive Scenarios For A New Concept Of Sustainable Mobility

SIM Sustainable Design and Manufacturing Conference, 2016

The present paper reports on an investigation of new mobility and manufacturing concepts, carried out in the framework of a research project funded by the Regional Government of Campania for an innovative development of the automotive supply chain. With reference to a new concept of sustainability that involves citizens and communities, the scenario depicted is characterised by an integrated innovation that affects people, new technologies and, generally speaking, as well as by the appearance of alternative models generated by individuals and by the small production realities scattered across the territory. Just like the manufacturing industry is increasingly moving towards new forms of production, the mobility sector is also undergoing deep transformations. It is with this approach of radical renewal that the present research tries to re-imagine the new systems of interaction and involvement of users – co-designed models, and digital manufacturing modes leading to the efficiency of services and production processes in the automotive sector.

2006: "A Social Problems Framework for the Critical Appraisal of Automobility and Sustainable Systems Innovation," Mobilities 1(1):23-38,

Mobilities, 2006

Over the past three decades, critical assessment of the automobile has evolved from a focus on the technical inadequacies of the internal combustion engine to a more comprehensive appraisal of the sociotechnical system for providing mobility. The following study charts the evolution of this discourse by focusing in particular on the way in which the Worldwatch Institute has interpreted the various problems of the motorcar during this timeframe. There are now indications that a more thoroughgoing systems view of automobile dependency is developing predicated upon three problem dimensions: fuel use, urban congestion and sedentary lifestyles. The analysis presents a social-problems framework for beginning to conceptualize more sustainable modes of mobility in the post-automobile era.

The Evolution of the E-Vehicle Industry and its Path Towards Setting up Dominance in Automobile Industry - A Case Study

International Journal of Case Studies in Business, IT, and Education, 2021

Background/Purpose: The electric vehicle (EV) has gained a lot of attention from researchers in the twenty-first century as a green travel tool, leading to a series of in-depth studies. With the advancement of high-capacity batteries and electric vehicles, the value of electric vehicles will skyrocket, posing new problems to the power grid's safe and stable operation. This article briefly discusses a certain area of electric vehicles, such as government legislation, employability options, market trends, problems, and solutions to connected issues. Objective: The growth of the vehicle industry and its progress toward the government of India's "Make in India" mission for electric vehicles, as part of the National Electric Mobility Mission Plan to set up dominance in the automobile industry. Design/Methodology/Approach: Presentation of information collected from various scholarly articles, web articles, and analysis using the SWOC framework. Findings/Results: Based on...