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Automotive is evolving and merging into a larger mobility sector due to new digital capabilities with software (SW-defined car, for example) and data as its fuel (see dataspace) on the one hand and climate regulation on the other hand.

For example, at CES 2023 in Las Vegas Oliver Zipse, CEO of BMW, introduced its DEE show car as a shift from "the ultimate driving machine" to "ultimate companion".

How is the "Data Recolution" affecting this evolution of automotive? Read about our insights from first movers, pioneering, and award-winning initiatives and Gaia-X lighthouse projects like Catena-X and Gaia-X 4 Future Mobility.

Read about our experience how new data capabilities affect this evolution.


"Mobility Analytics" seriesFrom symptoms to root cause to first solutions

This series is applying “Economics of data” to the data-driven transformation of the automotive & mobility business: It starts bottom up to lay out the challenges systematically … from service shift in automotive (story #1) and mobility is broken (story # 3) … to first solutions, such as intermodal travel for speed and sustainability (story #4)?

1. The service shift: New mobility as big as traditional automotive, link
2. Power shift to data: The auto-less auto company?, link
3. Stuck in traffic: How bad is it … do we age faster … how can we fix it?, link
4. What’s holding back intermodal mobility?, link
5. Berlin digital twin: Yes, intermodal traffic is faster!, link
6. Hamburg digital twin: 30% faster travel with integrated mobility, link


Case study: RealLab Hamburg super-app

RealLab Hamburg mobility super-app case study

Winner of "Innovation Lab Award" by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action based on dataspace technology

  1. RealLab Hamburg official report (mobility super-app chapter): RealLabHH. 2022. Wir verändern Mobilität. Reallabor Hamburg (RealLabHH) , link
  2. Better performance - faster travel, easier to use:  Schlueter Langdon, C., N. Oehrlein, and D. Kerinnis. 2021. Integrated public transport: Quantifying user benefits – Example of Hamburg. Technical Paper ID 438, 27th ITS World Congress, Hamburg, link
  3. Consumer journeys and system architecture: Schlueter Langdon, C. and J. Eckert. 2022. Intermodal travel super app with agent system and dataspace: RealLab Hamburg implementation. Scientific Paper ID 1225984, 28th ITS World Congress, Los Angeles, link

Better Data = Better economics in mobility

  • Intermodal economics: Schlueter Langdon, C. 2021. Dataspace Enabled Mobility. In: Mertens, C., and C. Schlueter Langdon (eds.). Data Move People Anthology (version 1.0, October), International Dataspaces Association, Berlin, Germany: 27-41, link
  • Schlueter Langdon, C., and N. Oehrlein. 2021. How much better is public transport with intermodal? Quantifying user benefits of integration with micro mobility. Working Paper (WP_DCL-Drucker-CGU_2021-03), Drucker Customer Lab, Drucker School of Management, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA, link
  • Schlueter Langdon, C. 2020. Quantifying intermodal mobility: A parsimonious model and simulation. Working Paper (WP_DCL-Drucker-CGU_2020-06), Drucker Customer Lab, Drucker School of Management, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA, link
  • Schlueter Langdon, C. 2020. Pedal to the metal for intermodal travel. T-Systems Expert Blog (2020-12-14), link

Data-driven automotive & mobility @ Blog of International Dataspaces Association (IDSA)

Schlueter Langdon, C. 2021. Catena-X for GAIA-X: Will Dataspace Be the Word of 2021? (March 3rd), link

Schlueter Langdon, C. 2020. Mobility with IDS: Adding the “N” in NPM to RealLab Hamburg (October 12th), link

Schlueter Langdon C. 2020. Metamorphosis of Auto into Mobility (July 10th), link


Auto events

  • Hannover Fair: Catena-X dataspace goes live with Cofinity-X and beta phase, link
  • ITS World Congress Los Angeles: IDSA & Gaia-X goes USA, link
  • CES Las Vegas: What is BMW's DEE "ultimate companion", Sony's Afeela, link
  • Los Angeles Auto Show: LA autonomous, link
  • IDSA Summit Bonn: New IDS Mobility Community and “Data Move People” anthology, link
  • Deutsche Telekom Hackathon Bonn: Shaping the future of mobility, link
  • Startup Autobahn Stuttgart: New, data-driven mobility through dataspaces, link
  • Video - Startup Autobahn: Mobility-as-a-Service @ Telekom headquarters, link
  • Mercedes-Benz Supplier Forum Stuttgart: Daimler invites top suppliers, link

Auto transformation series @ Peter Drucker Customer Lab by chris.langdon@cgu.edu

Insights from 25 years of award-winning, data science-driven optimization projects on vehicles (from the "the world’s best car" to volume leaders), systems (e.g., in-car apps), and processes (e.g., remote diagnostics).

Auto 4: Auto versus Mobility … or Box versus Triangle. Working Paper (WP_DCL-Drucker-CGU_2021-06, 2021-06-13), Drucker Customer Lab, Peter Drucker School of Management, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA, link

Auto 3: One Future of Auto is Airlines – Yield Management Systems to the Rescue. Working Paper, MGT 317 Smart Products (2019-08-25), Peter Drucker School of Management, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA,link

Auto 2: The Auto Power Shift to Data – From Asteroid to Data Sandwiches and Exchanges. Working Paper, MGT 317 Smart Products (2019-01-19), Peter Drucker School of Management, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA, link

Auto 1: The Auto Service Shift and 7 Gaps. Working Paper, MGT 317 Smart Products (2018-05-20, Peter Drucker School of Management, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA, link


For data underpinnings, see our special insights section on "Dataspaces".

Chris S. Langdon
Chris S. Langdon

Business Lead, Data Analytics Executive and Scientist​

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