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Third Industrial Revolution Consulting Group
aggregate efficiency and productivity while dramatically reducing their marginal cost and
ecological footprint across their value chains. Daimler is among the prime movers in shifting
their business model, in part, from merely selling trucks to also managing logistics on the
emerging Mobility Internet.
3.1.5 Exploit the use of Drones
Drones will increasingly be used to deliver goods in the coming years. However, potential safety
concerns will likely limit payloads to below 50 kg. The potential of drones should be fully
explored and Luxembourg could be a testbed for drone technologies. A priority could be given
to remote locations, before expanding their use.
Given Luxembourg’s commanding presence in the satellite sector and its strong economic
support to developing countries, new opportunities should be explored for utilizing drones in
emergency relief missions.
Drones used for relief operations and last-mile delivery
3.2 Business Model Innovation
3.2.1 Redefining “Mobility as a Service’
Mobility as a Service is a new approach where each particular journey is offered as a service on
a usage basis, as opposed to a one-off selling of a vehicle that is owned. This is strongly linked
to the rise of the Sharing Economy, where access prevails over ownership.
Mobility-as-a-Service is made possible by combining and managing all transport services and
trips on the same digitalized platform – starting as early as 2018. This unique gateway to
mobility should be based on a robust real-time and predictive data management system able to
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