According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC),

‍limiting global warming to 1.5°C would require “rapid and far-reaching” transitions in land, energy, industry, buildings, transport, and cities. Global net human-caused emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) would need to fall by about 45 percent from 2010 levels by 2030, reaching ‘net zero’ around 2050. This means that any remaining emissions would need to be balanced by removing CO2 from the air.

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We’re racing against the clock. If we want our world to stay habitable, we need to look to the transportation industry as it is key to helping us turn down the heat. 

Why We Should All Be Rooting for New Mobility

The transportation industry is one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gasses, responsible for about 16.2% of all global emissions. Consequently, working towards making the transportation industry sustainable will have a positive and significant impact on the habitability of our planet. However, on its own, it won’t be enough to stop global warming or climate change. 

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We need the other big emissions industries to reduce and eliminate their greenhouse gas emissions as well. This is where new mobility comes into play.

The food that made it to your table was grown somewhere in the world, the clothes that you’re wearing were designed and sown in another part of the world, and perhaps you may have even considered commute times as you chose your current job? Movement is foundational to who we are as humans, the decisions we make, and the products and systems we create. We all have some kind of experience with mobility and this is why new mobility is in such a unique position to greatly influence and transform other industries.

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Influencing Energy Production – Adoption Creates Energy Pressure

The burning of fossil fuels for energy is what makes the transportation industry the largest emitter of greenhouse gasses. Inherently, that means that the energy revolution sits at the center of the mobility revolution. If we want sustainable mobility, we need to find a solution for sustainable energy production. The quicker we are at adopting new mobility the more we put pressure on energy providers to meet demand, make investing in green energy lucrative for energy providers.

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Influencing Industry – Green Routes for Goods & Raw Materials

The mobility revolution is clearly more nuanced than just building sustainable vehicles and replacing current energy sources with clean ones or else we would have already solved the transportation portion of our climate crisis. The transportation industry doesn’t just move people from point A to point B, it also moves goods and raw materials. New mobility provides us with an opportunity to reimagine how we move these items around the world as well as the ability to influence sustainable behavior in the industry (goods and raw materials production) sector. 

One way that new mobility can influence more sustainable production of goods and raw materials is by enabling the creation of what we call “green routes.” Green routes promote the sustainable movement of goods and raw materials as they can be optimized for the movement of local goods and raw materials (based on demand), safe and easily accessible for sustainable vehicles, and generously equipped with charging infrastructure.