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More Discussion, Less Regulation: Interview with Ioannis Lalissidis
Ioannis Lalissidis, Beirat KG Mobility
Mobility

More Discussion, Less Regulation: Interview with Ioannis Lalissidis

Since March 2025, Ioannis Lalissidis has been part of the five-member Advisory Board of the eco Mobility Competence Group (CG). In this interview, he introduces himself and his goals.

29.04.2025
“The Internet Industry is the Heart of Tomorrow’s Mobility”
Dr. Julian Weber
Mobility

“The Internet Industry is the Heart of Tomorrow’s Mobility”

The eco Mobility Competence Group is pleased to welcome its new Advisory Board Member, Dr. Julian Weber. As Senior Consultant for In-car Data, Cybersecurity & AI at the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA), he aims to expand the potential of smart mobility, protect it against risks and work with the industry to make it fit for the future – together with key stakeholders.

24.04.2025
From Customer Centricity to the Use of AI
Philipp Merlitz
Mobility

From Customer Centricity to the Use of AI

Philipp Merlitz on his goals as a new Advisory Board Member of the eco Mobility Competence Group.

09.04.2025
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Mobility
press release

Discussion Paper from the Mobility CG: The Direction Needs to Be Set Beyond the Upcoming Legislative Period

The results of the current coalition negotiations will largely determine Germany's future transport policy.  The steering committee of the Mobility Competence Group of eco – Association of the Internet Industry is therefore calling for the incoming German federal government to set a clear course to ensure that tomorrow's mobility is digital, sustainable and innovation-driven.

18.03.2025
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Mobility

AI in the Automotive Aftermarket: A Glimpse into the Future

The automotive aftermarket is no longer just about the classic spare parts business or simple maintenance work. Today, the focus is on modern, data-driven technologies that open up new possibilities for manufacturers, service companies and customers alike. Artificial intelligence and machine learning play a key role here,...

18.03.2025
Interview with Dr Judith Puttkammer, Advisory Board Member Mobility Competence Group
Mobility

Interview with Dr Judith Puttkammer, Advisory Board Member Mobility Competence Group

Dr Judith Puttkammer joined the Advisory Board of the eco Competence Group Mobility in December 2024. In this interview, the expert on data spaces for mobility data talks about the importance of sovereign data spaces, regulatory priorities and the role of innovative technologies. She also provides insights into how she would like to contribute to the work of the competence group with her experience as Deputy Head of Mobility Data Space at acatech and what impetus she hopes to provide for the mobility policy of the future.

17.02.2025
7 Reasons for Future-Proof Data Spaces in the Automotive Market
Mobility

7 Reasons for Future-Proof Data Spaces in the Automotive Market

To realise the true potential of this technology, a solid foundation is needed – a scalable and secure data infrastructure. This is where, for example, Gaia-X, Europe’s pioneering initiative for a sovereign digital infrastructure, comes into play. Here are seven reasons why Data Spaces, according to Gaia-X standards, could be the key to success.

26.11.2024
Interview with Juan Hahn, Leader of the eco Mobility Competence Group
eco

5 Questions for Juan I. Hahn, HAHN Network

eco Association's Leader of the Mobility Competence Group, Juan I. Hahn from HAHN Network, talks in our eco member interview about new challenges and trends in the automotive industry.

26.08.2024
Interview with Juan Hahn, Leader of the eco Mobility Competence Group
Mobility

Interview with Juan Hahn, Leader of the eco Mobility Competence Group

An interview with Juan Hahn about his personal mobility behaviour, the opportunities and challenges of mobility in the future and his goals as the new Mobility Competence Group Leader at the eco Association.

29.07.2024
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Mobility

Digitalisation, 5G and AI: How Rescue Mobility is Changing

Modern technologies offer the potential to significantly enhance the efficiency of rescue operations, improve communication and ultimately save lives. There are numerous touchpoints and aspects of digitalisation in rescue services, ranging from innovative individual solutions to measures for the digitalisation of the entire rescue chain.

23.07.2024
Rescue Mobility: Interview with Joachim Schade, Institute for Automation and Communication in Magdeburg
Mobility

Optimising Rescue Mobility With 5G: Interview with Joachim Schade, ifak

The use of rescue drones, telemedicine, 5G and artificial intelligence: digital services and technology are optimising the rescue services. We spoke to Joachim Schade, ifak – Institut für Automation und Kommunikation e. V., about how rescue mobility will benefit from the use of 5G.

23.05.2024
Rescue Mobility: 3-Question Interview with Rupert Heege, COREVAS
Mobility

Rescue Mobility: 3-Question Interview with Rupert Heege, COREVAS

In the run-up to the event, we spoke to Rupert Heege, former Chief Fire Officer at COREVAS GmbH, about how digital emergency call technologies such as EmergencyEye are improving emergency communication.

16.04.2024
Interview with Andreas Hinterberger, new eco Mobility Competence Group Leader
Mobility

Interview with Andreas Hinterberger, new eco Mobility Competence Group Leader

As of March 2024, Andreas Hinterberger, Senior Manager Governmental Relations and Public Policy Country Lead Germany, Switzerland and Austria at Uber, will head the Mobility Competence Group at the eco Association together with Giovanni Coppa from WOBCOM. We talked to him about digital transformation of the mobility sector and his new role as Mobility Competence Group Leader.

28.02.2024
3 Questions for Albert Peci, deltaDAO
Mobility

3 questions for Albert Peci, deltaDAO

Albert Peci, Co-Founder and Web3 Lead of deltaDAO GmbH, talks about this in a short eco interview. He is one of the Counsellors at the German-language meeting of the Competence Group Mobility on 12 December in Berlin.

07.12.2023
3 Questions for Florian Schulz, VS-Apps GmbH
IoT

3 Questions for Florian Schulz, VS-Apps GmbH

In an interview with eco, VS-Apps Managing Director Florian Schulz talks about the development and use of business apps for customer loyalty and process automation, the Mobile World Congress (MWC) and the importance of digital transformation for German SMEs.

25.10.2023
The Car as a Driver for Data Growth Needing New Infrastructure Solutions
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Mobility

New Position Paper: eco Calls for Better Availability of Mobility Data and a Clear Legal Framework for Data Sharing and Data Use in the Mobility Sector

The connected mobility ecosystem of the future needs one thing above all: Data. The meaningful linking and intelligent evaluation of the growing amounts of data is the key to innovation and sustainable growth. To pave the way for the digital transformation of the mobility ecosystem and to accelerate the transport revolution, eco has published guidelines for the use of mobility data.

28.09.2023
Interview with Giovanni Coppa, eco Mobility Competence Group Leader
IoT

Smart City Expo World Congress: Interview with Giovanni Coppa

In the run-up to the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona, we interviewed Giovanni Coppa, eco Competence Group Leader Mobility and Head of Data Center and Cloud Innovation at WOBCOM GmbH, about his expectations for the trade fair, and his take on current and future challenges in the field of Smart City and Smart Mobility.

11.09.2023
eco Survey on the IAA: 45.4 % of Germans See Digital Mobility Services as the Key to the Transport Turnaround 1
Mobility
press release

eco Survey on the IAA: 45.4 % of Germans See Digital Mobility Services as the Key to the Transport Turnaround

Digital services and technologies are the driving thrust for the transport turnaround. 45.4 per cent of Germans attribute a decisive role to digital mobility services in shaping the traffic turnaround. The respondents place great hope above all in artificial intelligence and thus intelligent traffic management.

06.09.2023
35.6% of drivers want cars to communicate with traffic infrastructure such as traffic lights or road works
Mobility
press release

eco Chair Oliver Süme: “Internet companies are playing an increasingly important role in the mobility ecosystem of the future”

More CO2 savings and optimised traffic control through artificial intelligence as well as vehicles that communicate with the traffic infrastructure such as traffic lights: This is the dream scenario of German motorists with regard to digital technologies and services in the automotive sector. This is the result of a survey conducted by Civey on behalf of eco at the end of July 2023 among 2,500 car users – on the occasion of the IAA in Munich at the beginning of September.

29.08.2023
Digitalisation: eco Association Formulates Top 5 Digital Policy Tasks for the next German Federal Government
Datacenter
press release

eco Study: 30 Percent Less Emissions by 2050 Through Digital Levers...

eco Chair of the Board Oliver Süme: “Sustainability and digitalisation are two sides of the same coin – digital technologies and applications are part of the solution to achieve the climate goals.” The study conducted by eco and Arthur D. Little examines the impacts of digital transformation on resource efficiency...

30.06.2023
Zwei Monate Deutschlandticket: Jeder und jede Vierte (24,8 Prozent) verwendet im Ă–PNV Online-Tickets 2
eco
press release

Two Months Deutschlandticket: Every Fourth Person (24.8 per cent) Uses Online Tickets for Public Transport

Only one in four Germans currently uses digital public transport tickets on a smartphone. In urban areas and among younger people, they are much more widespread. These are the results of a Civey survey commissioned by eco – Association of the Internet Industry.

29.06.2023
Collaborative Data Use: Neutral Data Spaces, Scaling Ecosystems and Business Cases Are a Must for the Mobility Industry

Collaborative Data Use: Neutral Data Spaces, Scaling Ecosystems and Business Cases Are a Must for the Mobility Industry

Sharing and securely storing data is a must in the mobility industry – this was the consensus of the participants and speakers at the webinar jointly organised by the eco Association’s Mobility CG and Car Repair 4.0.

23.05.2023
Urban Mobility: Interaction of IoT and Mobility for the Implementation of Mobility Solutions – Recap
Mobility

Urban Mobility: Interaction of IoT and Mobility for the Implementation of Mobility Solutions – Recap

At our Mobility Competence Group meeting,“Urban Mobility – Interaction of IoT and Mobility for the Implementation of Mobility Solutions”, eco entered into discussion with various experts from the mobility and IoT environment on the topics of data generation, data usage, data management and data policy. Together with our host, WOBCOM in Wolfsburg, and our CG Mobility Leader Giovanni Coppa, we arrived at exciting content and a highly productive CG meeting.

10.05.2023
Interview with Kai Meinke, deltaDAO
Mobility

Why the Mobility of the Future Needs Sovereign Identity Management

The Mobility Competence Group will meet on 26 April in Wolfsburg (a German-language event). In the run-up to the event, we spoke to Kai Meinke, Co-Founder and Business Lead at deltaDAO, about the importance and establishment of sovereign identity management and Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) for the mobility of the future, current developments and use cases in the Gaia-X 4 Future Mobility moveID project, as well as his keynote speech on the topic of “Move ID – Opportunities for a more transparent, secure and decentralised data management”.  

13.04.2023
Easter Holidays: Two Out of Three Germans Use Online Services to Plan Their Holidays
Mobility
press release

Easter Holidays: Two Out of Three Germans Use Online Services to Plan Their Holidays

Book accommodation and flights on the Internet or let your mobile phone guide you to your holiday destination: Almost two out of three Germans (61.9 per cent) currently use online services that make it easier for them to prepare for their holidays and while on location.

03.04.2023
Workshop: AI for Smart Cities – Recap
Foto: Matthias Leitzke
IoT

Workshop: AI for Smart Cities – Recap

The year 2023 will be the year of artificial intelligence (AI). The hype around ChatGPT, the AI that can write essays, articles or texts within seconds using just a few lines of input, continues unabated. Voice assistants also use the potential of AI and are constantly developing to provide users with even better results....

16.02.2023
Interview with Giovanni Coppa, eco Mobility Competence Group Leader
Mobility

Interview with Giovanni Coppa, eco Mobility Competence Group Leader

Giovanni Coppa heads the Mobility Competence Group at eco together with Martin Kumstel from Uber. We talked to him about his personal mobility patterns, the mobility of the future and his goals as the new Mobility Competence Group Leader.

02.02.2023
Digitalisation: eco Association Formulates Top 5 Digital Policy Tasks for the next German Federal Government
Mobility
press release

Data Sharing as a Stumbling Block for Smart Mobility: eco Survey shows: Majority of Germans Still Have Major Reservations About Releasing Their Mobility Data

The mobility of the future is digital, connected and available on demand. “For a sustainable mobility transition, a mobility ecosystem is needed that enables the sovereign and secure exchange of data among all actors involved. Only in this way can providers realise connected platforms that determine the most suitable means of transport and the most efficient route, taking into account real-time data,” says Oliver Süme, Chair of the eco Board.

13.01.2023
eco Association: Five Theses on the 2023 German Digital Policy 1
Policy & Law
press release

eco Association: Five Theses on the 2023 German Digital Policy

Sustainability and the further increase in data-driven processes will continue to be the most important drivers of the digital transformation of the economy and society in 2023, according to the prognosis of eco – Association of the Internet Industry.

10.01.2023
Mobility Talk Munich: “Data drives mobility”
eco Chair Oliver J. SĂĽme opening the Mobility Talk in Munich
Mobility

Mobility Talk Munich: “Data drives mobility”

In focus: Digitalisation and data use as drivers of sustainable, innovative and multimodal mobility solutions. With exciting developments such as mobility hubs, real labs and other projects, Munich is showing how digitalisation and the use of data can play a central role in the transport revolution.

02.11.2022

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