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105: Benedict Evans and Horace Dediu discuss Micromobility


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This week, we release the first of the many incredible sessions from the 2021 Micromobility World conference, wherein Benedict Evans and Horace Dediu discussed the disruptive potential of micromobility. It was an incredible conversation between two people who clearly have a lot of time and are excited by each others ideas. We hope you enjoy it!
Specifically they dig into:
- Why Benedicts background as a historian makes him a great analyst.
- The micromobiltiy disruption thesis - low end, the asymmetric nature of unbundling trips (market for vehicles vs. market for miles), the role of fun/enjoyment, speed of interaction
- Why micromobility is more interesting that autonomy
- The role of Marchetti’s constant in transport, and why that matters for micrombility’s unique capabilities
- What the rise of elevators can teach us about new urban transport technologies
- What the platform game will look like in this space.
- What the impact of COVID has been on how we think about transport
- How micromobility will enable Amazon logistics API to fulfil deliveries
- Tackling ‘Should the thing move, or the person move?’, and why that matters to micromobility.
- Why the low cost of micromobility platforms will allow real world marketing kickbacks similar to how ‘surfing’ on the internet works now - ’take me somewhere interesting’
- Why the rise of new forms of transport like automobiles enabled new crimes and the rise of Bonnie and Clyde
- Why cities will likely eventually move towards dynamic road pricing
If you prefer video, check out the video of it on the Micromobility Industries Youtube page here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QAedjTudoQ
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