In this episode, Horace and Oliver run over Horace’s insights from hisrecent research using UN data into city-level potential for micromobilitymarkets globally. We run through the most interesting growth trends in1800+ cities.Specifically we look at:- Contextualising the rapid growth in car-based urbanisation as part of a5000 year trend- Why Africa is one of the most interesting potential markets between nowand 2035.- The cities positioned for both the fastest growth and largest increase.- How the low-income demographics of new migrants to these emergingmega-cities necessitates the need for cheap micromobility transport- Why we should look at auto-ownership rates to understand the 'low-end'potential of micromobility.- The likely business models we'll see emerge with the confluence ofautonomy, networking and new propulsion options.- How these vehicles will beat the current incumbents of petrol poweredscooters in AsiaThe things mentioned in the episode are:- The blogpost that Horace has written on the micromobility markets bycity. https://micromobility.io/blog/2019/8/16/cities-of-tomorrow- The talk by Jeremy Grantham re: the majority of increase in globalpopulation coming from Africa between now and 2100 -https://youtu.be/cPCblFpqrkI?t=1635As requested, if anyone has a suggestion for an interview guest formicromobility in India or Africa, please message me on Twitter@oliverbruce. Thanks!
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