As consumer attitudes shift toward more electrified transportation, there are still some challenges facing adoption—perception, infrastructure, range degradation, and total cost of ownership. What are recent consumer insights regarding EVs? When will the winds of change blow the hardest? What is the rationale for and against buying/leasing EVs? What are some regional variations for these trends and why? How will consumer inputs change over the short and long term?
Connected vehicles, especially autonomous ones, generate tremendous amounts of data that are required for a car’s operation. Some of that data is also valuable to many other industries. For the past 20 years, telematics services have used this data, but with data monetization business models still evolving, new, innovative applications are likely to emerge. What are auto data opportunities? Which industries hold the most potential? How is the energy sector impacted? What are potential barriers and regulation issues, including the impact of privacy laws? What are the business models? Should the car owner be compensated?