Micromobility Standards

Oliver Bruce
Podcast
February 28, 2019

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In this episode, Horace and Oliver discuss vehicle standards andclassifications based on Horace's recent discussions with the Society ofAutomotive Engineers.*Specifically, the cover:*- What are automotive standards, why are they important, and how does thischange how we look at the world?- The history of the term 'microcomputing' and how the significance of thisfaded away over time, and what parallels we might be able to see withmobility.- How is the SAE thinking about classifying micromobility vehicles, andwhat are the likely implications of this- What variables regulators should be thinking about when looking atvehicles, and which they should avoid (hint: speed)- What value the German system for classifying low-powered electricvehicles could offer globally- The parallels to Horace's time at Nokia, and how he foresaw the rise ofthe battle of iOS and Android.

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