The creation of new mobility services and predictions of how people will use vehicles in the future has meant that traditional legacy vehicle manufacturers are being forced to re-evaluate how they run their businesses in a bid to stay popular and profitable.

Most OEMs realized that, to stay competitive in the automotive industry, they had to adapt to survive.

Keen to draw a firm line under “Dieselgate” and consign it firmly to history, Volkswagen arrived at the 2019 Frankfurt Motor Show with an announcement about a new logo, a heavily disguised and inaccessible new crossover addition to the ID range, and the production version of its first long-range EV.

The following pages are evidence that the world’s established and new automakers are increasingly focusing on electrified vehicles with increasing levels of connectivity and autonomy.

With such a shift-change in transportation, manufacturers and systems integrators are trying to ensure the transition from traditional cars to future mobility is as seamless as possible.

Fortellix has developed a set of software programs to clarify the measurable safety of autonomous vehicles.

Shanghai-based Aiways has high hopes for its first electric vehicle, the U5, an SUV built on a modular and scalable platform called MAS (More Adaptable Structure) with a focus on artificial intelligence.

The concept SUV/crossover sits on the Volkswagen Group’s MEB modular electrification platform, on which two electric motors (each driving one of the axles) combine for 225 kW of power, working together with an 82-kW·h battery.

The IMQ four-door concept features the next generation of Nissan’s e-Power drive system in a hybrid of multi-motor all-wheel-drive system and a 1.5-L turbocharged gasoline engine.