MOBILITY AS A SERVICE: THE NEXT STEP FOR MOTORING?

Car rental is going to the next level as sharing schemes roll out across the UK. We look at the pros and cons of Mobility as a Service, and the vehicles set to help change the face of car ownership

Tom Jervis

WHAT it means to be a motorist is changing fundamentally. For starters, the types of car we drive are vastly different to those we did 20 years ago in terms of both proportion and powertrain; modern family car buyers, for example, are now choosing high-riding SUVs over hatchbacks, and we’re slowly being encouraged to switch from our polluting petrol and diesel cars to more climate-friendly EVs. But it’s not only the vehicles themselves that are changing; the whole car-ownership landscape may look rather different in 10 or 20 years. Mobility as a Service (MaaS) has been earmarked as something that could potentially bring about the end of car ownership as we know it for many people. MaaS is defined as a ‘digital interface to source and manage the provision of…

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