GEC NEWS WIREBosch is becoming a provider of mobility services for conurbations. In the future, the company will focus more on developing and providing mobility solutions in connected, smart cities. The demand for smart mobility concepts for the urban environment is rising rapidly worldwide.
More and more people in a limited amount of space will also mean more traffic, and thus more pollution, less green space, more noise, and more time wasted sitting in traffic. “With technological solutions, Bosch can help improve quality of life in megacities and conurbations. The main means to this end is emissions-free, stress-free, and accident-free mobility,” says Dr. Rolf Bulander, Member of the Board of Management of Robert Bosch GmbH and Chairman of the Mobility Solutions business sector.
At the Bosch Mobility Experience in Boxberg, Bosch is demonstrating how the company is shaping urban mobility: “Our efforts to help create an urban environment that is free of emissions, stress, and accidents are tied to three technological developments,” Bulander says: “automation, electrification, and connectivity.” For Bosch, the focus here is on getting from A to B without stress. To achieve this even in a bustling metropolis, public transportation, cars, self-driving shared and delivery vehicles, and other means of transport − in short: all the means of transport in the city − will have to be seamlessly connected with each other. “Multimodal mobility services that users can reserve with just a few mouse-clicks will play a major role in reducing congestion.”
The increasing automation of urban traffic will also result in greater safety and fewer accidents. Even now, Bosch’s motorcycle stability control MSC provides a kind of ESP for motorbikes. And the ABS for e-bikes that was recently premiered may also be an important lifesaver.
