"In order to offer competitive products in the face of the rapid changes within the automotive industry, we need more cost savings and greater speed in the areas of production and automation of manufacturing processes," said Marco Weiß, Head of New Mobility & Innovations at Volkswagen Sachsen GmbH, in a statement.
"That's something that we've heard that there is interest in, and we are exploring how could we turn that hypothetical functionality into a real tool," says Avery Ash, head of autonomous mobility at Inrix.
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"I really do believe that the consumer market as a whole is ready for something new," said Kevin Burden, head of mobility at Strategy Analytics, an industry consulting firm.
"The appeals are likely to be the first cases to test the freelance model in the broadcasting industry against the IR35 legislation," said Jennifer Henderson, the BBC's head of global mobility and employment tax, in the broadcaster's submission.
"Lack of money is not the problem," said Barnabas Malnay, head of Mobility and Multimedia Cluster (MMKlaszter), a group that encourages contact between investors and start-ups and organizes training sessions.
If it seems like Daimler is investing in everything and anything that moves, so to speak, in fact there is a method to this madness: it wants to fill out the many complicated aspects and permutations of car services with corresponding future bets in what its head of mobility services, Jörg Lamparter, describes as a "broad portfolio".
"With the addition of Invensys Rail, we are in an excellent position to offer best-in-class solutions and technology to rail operators worldwide," Sami Atiya, head of Siemens's mobility and logistics division, said in a statement.
Commenting in a statement, Arun Srinivasan, executive VP and head of mobility solutions at Bosch UK said: "We believe that the collaboration between Bosch and TfL will enable us to accelerate the development of technologies, products and services that have a positive impact on city life".
"Our plan is to put ourselves out of business," said Maj. Gen. Nick Williams, the head of mobility flight operations at Prince Sultan.
Brian Katz, who is director and head of mobility at Sanofi, says there are even more changes under the hood that should appeal to enterprises.
