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Mobility As A Service will Drive Carmakers Business, Not Pushing Metal

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The future of selling cars is bleak. At least that’s what the leading car makers seem to believe, because they are frantically gobbling up alternative mobility businesses. The latest move came as Daimler AG, the company that owns Mercedes-Benz, bought 60% of Hailo. As the clever name suggests, Hailo provides ride-hailing services. It operates in the U.K. and Ireland. This idea of Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) is

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AUDI, BMW and Daimler’s $3 Billion Bet On HERE’s Mapping Business

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When the German luxury automakers BMW, Audi and Daimler acquired HERE from Nokia last year for $3.1 billion, the motivation behind the purchase was largely viewed as having access to the company’s digital mapping resources, which are crucial to self-driving technology. The new owners have larger plans for its proprietary maps and services that extend well beyond the car. And

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