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COVER STORY   INTERVIEW








































                                                                                                               © Moritz Reich | Continental










          “Tokyo 2020 could be the breakthrough




          for people movers”





          Fully automated driving will make our roads safer and allow drivers to take part in other activities. The global
            population is growing and there are more and more vehicles on the roads, but autonomous cars will help to
          improve traffic flows. In this interview, Ralph Lauxmann from Continental explains what new mobility concepts
          involving people movers could look like, whether SAE level 3 or level 4 offers the right amount of added value
          for consumers and why Germany’s transport minister Alexander Dobrindt is working flat out.



          ATZ _ Ralph Lauxmann, do we need new   be folded away. These vehicles will be   within inner city areas in a similar way
          mobility concepts?                designed for longer journeys and will   to individual transport solutions. They
          LAUXMANN _ At Continental we believe   bring people from the countryside or the   will complement existing local public
          that the car market will divide into two   suburbs to the edge of the city. On the   transport systems.
          different categories. On the one hand,   other hand, there will be autonomous
          there will be highly automated vehicles   people movers that do not have a steer-  Do people have different expectations of
          in private ownership that have evolved   ing wheel or pedals and are operated by   people movers than they do of public transport?
          from existing cars, but may have rotat-  mobility service providers. These vehi-  People movers will have much higher lev-
          ing seats and a steering wheel that can   cles will move people and goods about   els of availability than traditional public
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