The problem of greenhouse gas emission and traffic congestion in transportation industry makes the economy suffer extremely high losses. Therefore, it is imperative to improve transportation through revolutionary 6 trends. According to the report of oil price website, it will bring six revolutionary trends to the transportation industry in the future.
1. Virtual reality
Through virtual reality to achieve the purpose of enjoying the scenery of travel, which is the most environmentally friendly way of travel. In the future, people can easily enjoy the Peak scenery of Notre Dame peak or the sunset of Grand Canyon through very realistic 3D vision and VR hardware.
2. micro mobility
According to 2018 data from the U.S. Department of energy, nearly 60% of cars went out less than 6 miles in 2017; even up to half of cars went out less than 3 miles, and up to three-quarters went out less than 10 miles. This means that many cars are idle, and there are few opportunities for people to use personal cars on their daily trips. They only need bicycles and scooters with micro mobility characteristics to achieve the same purpose as driving.
Therefore, there are many new Electric Scooter Companies in the market. For example, bird, founded only two years ago, raised another $275 million in new capital in November, with a market value of $2.5 billion. Another start-up, lime, raised $310 million in February 2019, worth $2.4 billion. In addition, tier in Berlin is Europe's main competitor in this field, and under the leadership of vision fund, a large Softbank group, has raised another $60 million in new financing.
3. electric vehicles
According to statistics, the sales volume of electric vehicles exceeded 1 million for the first time in 2017, and doubled to 2 million in 2018. It is estimated that by 2040, electric vehicles will account for more than half of all new car sales.
In order to encourage manufacturers to develop electric vehicles, some countries even began to formulate policies to prohibit the import of traditional vehicles. For example, Norway has announced a ban on the import of cars with internal engines by 2025, India has also announced a ban from 2030, and France and the UK have banned imports by 2040.