Electric Mobility Worldwide: Trends and Challenges

The smarter E Podcast Episode 186 | August 8, 2024 | Language: English

Electromobility is developing rapidly around the world. Discussions about a possible return of the combustion engine persist, but many experts agree that electric mobility will prevail in the long term. What global trends are shaping the development of the electromobility market and which regions are leading the way? What are the driving forces behind the move away from the combustion engine and what challenges still need to be overcome?
Today we talk to Wulf Schlachter from DXBe Management Group about the global market development of electric mobility and the current market situation of the charging infrastructure. We also find out what differences and similarities Wulf has observed on his travels around the globe.

Timeline:

  • 02:18 What global trends can we currently see in the development of the e-mobility market?
  • 06:22 Which regions or countries are leading the way in e-mobility and why?
  • 10:25 What factors are driving the move away from the combustion engine worldwide?
  • 15:37 How important are government subsidies and regulations for the market penetration of electric mobility?
  • 20:26 What differences and similarities have you observed in terms of charging infrastructure during your travels

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Wulf Schlachter, CEO, DXBe Management Group

He is Chief Executive Officer of DXBe Management Group. Wulf started his career in 1996 as an IT-Consultant in the Web 1.0 based "Media & Telco" scene in Germany. During this time, Wulf realized projects with the most renowned customers and is considered as one of the Media & Telco pioneers in Germany. In 2007, he decided to leave Telefónica to found DXBe Management in Hamburg & Dubai (UAE) - A strategy & Management Consulting company - focusing on pure Digital business. He is one of the IoT & eMobility pioneers in Europe with several Advisory & Board Memberships positions.

DXBe Management brings you more than 14 years of experience in "Digitalisation & Transformation" into Digital Business models.

A group of highly talented experts and Wulf Schlachter founded DXBe in 2007 in Hamburg and Dubai to help organizations create a point of view about future opportunities and develop strategy and innovation capabilities to exploit them.

Started to realize Digital, IoT-Consumer (B2C) and Industrial IoT- (B2B) projects already in 2008 with some front runners companies in the Manufacturing Industry, followed by Logistics, Automotive and many more ... up to eCommerce and Financial Services providers over the years.

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