Electrification of transport at the convergence of mobility, energy for smarter city transformations
Written by: Jean-Pascal Tricoire : Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Schneider Electric Francesco Starace : CEO and General Manager, Enel Group As urbanization increases — an additional 2.5 billion people will live in cities by 2050 [1] — cities and suburbs will undergo significant transformations to create sustainable living conditions for their residents. Energy and mobility are the twin pillars of these transformations, and both will require radical adaptation to meet the demographic and economic growth without increasing congestion and pollution. The question is whether policy-makers and business leaders can harness and combine them in ways that maximize their benefits for environment and create greater efficiency and economic growth. The Fourth Industrial Revolution offers an unprecedented opportunity. The Fourth Industrial Revolution in energy and mobility systems. Mobility is changing. As electric vehicles (EV) become more affordable, some are predicting that t...