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EDITORIAL

VISIONS.
Full Speed Ahead! DEVELOPMENT.

MOBILITY.

Dear Reader, in the automotive industry of tomorrow The world of mobility is changing. The
(Prof. Hubert Jäger, TU Dresden). Other challenge facing automotive developers is
The mood at this year’s Frankfurt Motor topics include the user experience in to acquire the knowledge they will need
Show was one of both uncertainty and future mobility (Karsten Michels, Con- tomorrow without losing sight of future
optimism. Uncertainty because manu- tinental) and designing the commercial technologies. The complexity of the mobility
facturers, suppliers, and service provid- vehicles of the future (Daimler Trucks).
transformation process calls for ground-
ers are still waiting for clearly defined, The con ference revolves around the
breaking solutions. ATZelectronics provides
sensible, and future-proof government question of how future mobility solu-
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The future will be all about providing electronics
clean, efficient, and affordable mobility WORLDWIDE
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challenges presented by the mobility
of tomorrow call for the development
of new vehicle concepts and the creation
Dr. Alexander Heintzel
of shared mobility systems, if no other Editor in Chief
efficient solutions are available. This
represents a major opportunity for the
automotive industry to reinvent and
reposition itself. Our slogan must now
be: full speed ahead!

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