on Global Journeys & Markets (mostly pre-Covid)

Roughly 1.2 Billion (Bn) vehicles operate on the planet every day. (AAA)

Every day, there are some 70 Million (M) worldwide driving trips.

The average trip duration globally is 15 minutes long.

The average trip distance globally is 15 Kilometers / 9.3 miles.

The average speed globally is 30 km/h (or) 18.6 mph.

On average, a person spends 4.5 years in a vehicle over their lifetime.

               Source: Intelligent Mechatronic Systems (IMS)

There are 486 EV manufactures registered in China (Bloomberg, 04-2019)

If you average out traffic congestion studies done in SF, NYC, London and elsewhere, then it is reasonable to say that 30% of big city traffic is looking for a parking spot.

on Journeys in the United States (mostly pre-Covid)

Each American on average travels 46 minutes per day. (AAA)

In the US, drivers spend roughly 160M hours on the road every day. That averages to each driver spending seven 40-hour weeks behind the wheel each year. (AAA)

American drivers average 480,000 miles between crashes (IDTechEx)

The longer someone’s commute, the less likely he or she is to climb the economic ladder. (Harvard)

More than 86% of U.S. households have at least one car for every driver in the home and 28% report having more cars than drivers. (AAA)

Over 66% of total driving trips are done with drivers alone in the vehicle (no passengers). (AAA)

on Distraction & Accidents

Drivers are distracted on 53% of their trips.

46% of adults admit to reading or sending text messages while driving. (Pew Research Center)

8% of drivers admit to driving with a pet on their lap. (Nationwide)

American drivers engage in distracting activities more than 50% of the time they are behind the wheel (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PNAS)

The average duration of a distracted driving event is 9.4 seconds.

               Source: Intelligent Mechatronic Systems (IMS)

The average duration of a glance to a phone while driving is 5 seconds.

Reaction and recovery time is 3-4 seconds when distracted, versus 1-2 seconds when attentive. (Forbes)

While driving at 55mph, this is the equivalent of traveling the length of a football field.

Accidents kill over 1.25 Million people globally every year.

In the USA in 2015, there were 13M collisions of which 1.7M caused injuries.

2.4M people were injured and 35k people were killed.

Something over 90% of all accidents are now caused by driver error, and a third of fatal accidents in the US involved alcohol.

The US government estimates a cost of $240Bn a year across property damage itself, medical and emergency services, legal, lost work and congestion.

It is anticipated that by 2024, autonomous vehicles will perform with the same safety as the average American. (IDTechEx)

For comparison, US car sales in 2016 were around $600Bn.

In 2018, riders took 38.5M shared scooter rides and 36.5M shared docked bike rides. (National Association of City Transport)

The majority of scooter & e-bike rides are within 2 miles leading to the belief that they are mostly replacing walking trips. (SAE International)

Increased scooter usage does not correlate to less traffic congestion.

on Human Behavior

On average, we shift our attention every 45 seconds at work.

We switch tasks on a computer 566 times / day.

The average person touches their phone 2,600 times per day.

We check email on average 74 times / day.

Knowledge workers switch between 10 apps 25 times per day. (Asana, Anatomy of Work, 2021)

Each week, teams are spending 30% more time on duplicate work.

About 1/5 of third graders own a smartphone. Nearly 3/4 of thirteen year-olds own one. (Common Sense, 2019)

The average Tween (ages 8 - 12) looks at a screen roughly 4.75 hours a day. The average teen, 7.4 hours (not including homework or school)

Nearly 1/2 of Internet searches are completed on a mobile device.

23% of people feel they have to leave the home to find time alone. (IKEA “Life at Home” report, 2018)

Almost half of Americans (45%) go to their car to have a private moment to themselves. (IKEA)

29% of people do not feel at home where they live. (IKEA)

In 2019, 36% of U.S. workers participated in the gig economy full or part-time. (Gallup)

In 2020, the number of employees working late rose 87%. (Knowledge Workers, Asana)

11% more workers freelance full-time in 2019 versus in 2014. 53% of Gen Z workers freelanced in 2019. (Upwork)

on Vehicles & Customer Awareness

Electric vehicles market (across land, sea & air) in 2020 will be 24M units - down approximately 19% from last year (via COVID impact)

Urban vehicle electric vehicles (7%) and two-wheelers (90%) have the highest unit volume (2020, IDTechEx, “Electric Vehicles Land, Sea and Air 2021-2041”)

It is estimated that at 13,500 miles, the EV becomes less harmful to the environment than an internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle. (2021, Argonne National Laboratory)

By 2025, 100% of new cars shipped will be connected - that's approx. 600M connected vehicles on the roads.

By 2018, 140M connected vehicles will be on the roads.

59% of new car buyers state that connected features contribute to their choice of car. (2016, BearingPoint Institute)

46% of folks driving a connected car in the US do not even know that it is connected. (2017, Kantar TNS)

Nearly 24% of connected car owners may explicitly state that their car is Not connected. Owners of premium brands are more likely to be aware of their vehicle’s connected features. (2016, BearingPoint & TNS)

And of those that know that their car is connected, 25% do not use any of the connected features. (Kantar TNS)

Over 60% of new car buyers say that Technology (particularly Safety features) is a key purchase factor. (Deloitte)

Consumers see value in connected features that provide 360-degree awareness of hazards and situations that they cannot see.

In 2017, 21% of the worlds EV sales were in 6 Chinese cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Tianjin, Hangzhou and Guangzhou.

in 2019, EV sales accounted for more than 2% of all new car sales in the U.S.. (International Energy Agency)

The cost of electric vehicles (EVs) is expected to reach price parity with those powered by internal-combustion engines around 2025. (McKinsey)

Individually owned cars are used only 4% of their lifetime. (Rethink Transportation, ’17) In other words, they sit idle for 96% of the time.

Within 10 years, continual usage shared vehicles will be used 10x more than that of an individually owned vehicle. 

There are over 50 “well-funded” startups (Crunchbase) and >40 corporations investing in autonomous vehicle (AV) research and development. (CB Insights)

In 2020, the best AV can manage traveling a 30K miles distance without any human intervention or engagement. This number is currently doubling every year.

It is anticipated that by 2046, AVs will be able to cover 3 Trillion miles without any human intervention or engagement. (IDTechEx)

on Brands & Customer Interaction

US Auto brands are trusted 4X more than US Tech brands. (Kantar TNS)

Only in China are domestic Tech brands equal in trust to domestic Auto brands. (Kantar TNS)

US Auto brands are not completely trusted to bring flawless autonomous vehicles to the US roads.

An estimated $41 Billion is lost by U.S. companies alone each year due to poor customer service. (SocialMediaToday.com)

63% of U.S. customers say that they have stopped doing business with a brand due to a poor customer service experience. (Microsoft)

In 2020, customers now manage 85% of there relationship with an enterprise without interacting with a human. (Providesupport.com)

80% of Americans agree that smaller companies place a greater emphasis on customer service than large businesses. (LiveHelpNow.com)

For every one customer complaint, there are 26 other unhappy customers who have remained silent.

It takes 12 positive experiences to make up for one unresolved negative experience. (Providesupport.com)

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