The road to autonomous mobility services: who drives the transition, where, and how?

Vers des services de mobilité autonome: qui conduit la transition, dans quelle direction et comment ?

Marc Alochet (), Christophe Midler (), Yongyi Shou () and Xieshu Wang ()
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Marc Alochet: CRG I3 - Centre de recherche en gestion i3 - X - École polytechnique - IP Paris - Institut Polytechnique de Paris - Université Paris-Saclay - I3 - Institut interdisciplinaire de l’innovation - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Christophe Midler: CRG I3 - Centre de recherche en gestion i3 - X - École polytechnique - IP Paris - Institut Polytechnique de Paris - Université Paris-Saclay - I3 - Institut interdisciplinaire de l’innovation - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Yongyi Shou: Zhejiang University [Hangzhou, China]
Xieshu Wang: CEPN - Centre d'Economie de l'Université Paris Nord - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Université Sorbonne Paris Nord

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Abstract: Due to many technological and non-technological factors the automotive sector is currently initiating a transition towards innovative mobility services using autonomous vehicles. In this paper, we ask where this transition might lead, which actors are capable of carrying it out, and what role they might play in its emergence. Drawing on the socio-technical transition paradigm and multi-level perspective framework, we use a mobility service characterisation framework to explore this question through an empirical study of ten emblematic mobility initiatives in the USA, Europe, and China. Our results reveal a variety of service designs that we characterise through three different ideal types: mobility service added to product, robotaxi, and territorialised open mobility platform. Our contribution is two-fold: we characterise the respective leverage of incumbents and newcomers, and we highlight the roles of automakers, mobility operators, technology companies, construction companies, and public authorities in initiating this transition.

Keywords: sociotechnical transition; multi-level perspective; MLP; mobility service; autonomous vehicle; robotaxi; mobility platform; transition socio technique; perspective multi niveaux; service de mobilité; véhicule autonome; plateforme de mobilité (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-12
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Published in International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management, 2021, 21 (4), pp.343-364. ⟨10.1504/IJATM.2021.10042437⟩

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DOI: 10.1504/IJATM.2021.10042437

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