this week marks an outstanding milestone for car Express, as we have published our 1,500th issue. because 1988, we’ve been leading the method in UK automotive publishing with our regular mix of news as well as tests.
As our columnist Mike Rutherford shows this week, a great deal has altered over the years. however I suspect that it’s little fry compared to what’s to find over the next decade. Something that was reinforced to me once again last week when I spent the afternoon with Carlos Tavares, the visionary CEO of Peugeot, Citroen as well as Vauxhall owner PSA.
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• “Many told me car reveal wouldn’t last 15 issues, never mind 1,500”
Tavares set the tone for proceedings when he admitted that PSA no longer wished to be understood as just a “cutting-edge vehicle manufacturer” however likewise an “efficient mobility provider”. We’ve heard this chat before, however the scale of PSA’s aspiration is breathtaking.
Put just there isn’t a single piece of pie Tavares doesn’t want his finger in. I was introduced to rental schemes for EVs, bikes as well as scooters, apps that enable repairers to quote for jobs, new digital platforms to purchase or offer utilized cars, ingenious E-commerce concepts as well as more.
Why does all this matter? Well it is particularly appropriate provided the publication of a report last week by analyst IHS Markit that predicts car sales are set to decrease from 80 million a year to 54 million over the next two decades in Europe, the US, China as well as India as urbanisation as well as digitalisation see people accept on demand car services. In a nutshell, vehicle makers will have to do much more than make cars.
And even in this area modification is coming fast, as Tavares cautioned exactly how autonomy might limit the democracy of personal car transfer because of the sheer cost of the tech. fretting stuff.
However it evolves, one thing is for sure. The speed of modification for vehicle makers as well as individuals over our next 1,500 problems is going to greatly outstrip what we’ve seen already – a really interesting prospect.
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