A World Different for Non-public Vehicles

Alexander Boone, Senior Director Mobility Improvements, SIXT

In keeping with present United Nations estimates, 70 % of all folks will dwell in metropolises in 2050. The explanations for this are apparent: rising urbanization and robust inhabitants progress. This growth is accompanied by rising site visitors and environmental air pollution. Already right this moment, the world’s inhabitants spends a complete of round 7 billion hours a yr caught up in site visitors jams. This presents huge challenges, notably within the space of mobility. A social megatrend – the growth of the Sharing Financial system – accompanies these developments.

The worldwide mobility supplier SIXT has subsequently set itself the aim of providing its clients worldwide a real various to non-public vehicles via an more and more networked fleet, constant buyer orientation, a residing tradition of innovation with sturdy technological experience and a horny value/efficiency ratio. SIXT is current in round 110 international locations worldwide and, with gross sales of EUR 2.93 billion (2018), one of the worthwhile mobility corporations on the earth.

SIXT is a pacesetter within the growth and use of latest applied sciences.

As one of many world’s main suppliers of high-quality mobility companies, SIXT takes social and technological adjustments under consideration and surprises each the mobility market and its clients time and again with each disruptive and modern options – most not too long ago with the launch of the ONE mobility platform in February 2019. This distinctive IT platform makes it attainable to combine varied digital mobility options. For instance, SIXT can supply its clients worldwide straightforward digital entry to greater than 270,000 automobiles, over 1.5 million drivers and 1000’s of e-scooters in only one app. By integrating the SIXT lease, SIXT share and SIXT experience merchandise, customers of the SIXT App will be flexibly cellular wherever on the earth – with out even proudly owning a automotive.

  ​SIXT supplies clients worldwide with a complete community of taxi, limousine and digital companies   

SIXT lease is SIXT’s common automotive rental service. Clients can lease automobiles through the SIXT App and at round 2,100 SIXT stations worldwide. As well as, at high airports in Germany and Europe, it’s attainable to pick automobiles digitally half-hour earlier than the beginning of the rental interval and open them immediately through the SIXT App. With SIXT Fastlane, clients save attainable ready time on the pick-up station. For long term rental intervals, tailored flat charges for particular person mobility may also be booked as subscriptions.

SIXT share is increasing its mobility providing to incorporate automotive sharing companies in three main German cities. SIXT share combines versatile utilization – from a couple of minutes to 27 days – with Germany-wide return choices within the varied enterprise areas and in any respect SIXT stations. SIXT share additionally offers clients entry to 1000’s of e-scooters from its cooperation companion TIER Mobility.

SIXT experience supplies clients worldwide with a complete community of taxi, limousine and driving companies. Along with companion provides, the SIXT App contains one of many world’s largest provides of its form: clients will be picked up at brief discover in over 250 main cities in Europe and the USA or e-book transfers prematurely in over 60 international locations.

The ONE mobility platform, which additionally contains the combination of Web of Issues (IoT) purposes, is on the core of the brand new SIXT world. That is linked to a linked automobile options put in within the automobile and to the client’s app. The system allows customers to entry their desired automotive simply and conveniently through their smartphone and Bluetooth connection. If required, SIXT customer support can even open or shut the automotive through distant management utilizing the GSM (World System for Cell Communications) cellular radio normal, which additional enhances user-friendliness. SIXT already makes use of this expertise in its SIXT share and SIXT Fastlane merchandise.

The client additionally receives so-called static and dynamic automobile information generated through the telematics field through the SIXT App. The static data contains the automotive model, the automotive sort, and specs resembling engine and tools, for instance. The client can also be dynamically knowledgeable in regards to the situation of the automotive, for instance with regard to the tank filling or if the sunshine has not been switched off. Each telemetric information units are strictly separated from private information throughout processing and use. In fact, all digital purposes of SIXT, in addition to the combination of IoT, are totally compliant with the essential information safety regulation.

The ONE mobility platform just isn’t solely fed with information generated through the telematics field. Along with networking the automobiles, a considerable amount of different information can also be fed into the platform, resembling on-line information or data from the producers in regards to the automobiles.

If these information units are mixed and in contrast, new enterprise fashions might emerge sooner or later. For instance, data out there on-line in regards to the parking state of affairs and the site visitors state of affairs or the climate could possibly be supplemented with telemetric information in actual time and thus processed to the benefit of shoppers. Using the windshield wiper might, for instance, be in contrast with the info of the climate companies and thus be used to enhance the data. By networking the automobiles, communication with different clever programs can also be conceivable, resembling between automobiles and e-charging stations or petrol pumps.

The continual enlargement and optimization of merchandise, companies and networked automobiles is subsequently on the coronary heart of the customer-centric evolution of the ONE mobility platform. The corporate intends to systematically broaden the mobility companies provided through the platform within the years to come back. It’s conceivable that public transportation and networked e-bikes in addition to vehicles and drones driving autonomously may even be bookable through the SIXT Appin the long run, for instance. Right here, SIXT will proceed to depend on cooperation with automotive producers and different service suppliers because it already does right this moment.