New technologies and products often arrive accompanied by a massive fanfare and claims they will transform people’s lives, only to later disappear from sight without making any impact at all.
This hype is something that also surrounds the mobility sector, with technologies such as autonomous vehicles and mobility as a service (MaaS) often talked about as being able to revolutionise transport.
But what is the truth? Is this revolution really happening and, if so, when? And what technologies are nearer mainstream availability than others?
These are among the questions the annual Hype Cycle for Connected Vehicles and Smart Mobility report, produced by global technology consultancy Gartner, aims to answer.