Leading figures in the Automotive and Innovation world met at the Financial Times: Future of the Car Summit in London on 11th of May 2016. Speakers included:
- Hugh Dickerson, Senior Industry Head, Automotive, Google
- Paul Willcox, Chairman, Nissan Europe
- Gianluca Italia, Managing Director, FCA Italy
Key soundbites from the event:
- “In the next 10 years, we’ll see more disruption in automation than in the past 100 years” – Paul Willcox, NissanEurope
- “We’re looking to explain our products better to consumers. Brand identity is as important to digital aspects of automotive sector as it is to physical aspects” – Holger Hampf, BMWGroup
- “You can order a pizza with a single button but it takes 5 pages of forms to get a test drive” – Hugh Dickerson, Google
- “Shell has moved into connected cars using mobile payment apps and integrating with car dashboards” – Stuart Blyde, Shell
- “Collaboration and partnerships will allow car manufacturers to innovate faster” – James Towle, Jaguar Land Rover
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