Yesterday Daimler announced it has licensed its Mobility Blockchain Platform to a brand new startup bloXmove. The new company was founded by CEO Sophia Rödiger, Daimler’s former Digital Transformation Leader and Dr. Harry Behrens, the Head of Daimler Mobility Blockchain Factory, until last month.
The startup has a grand ambition to make mobility frictionless. Most journeys involve multiple forms of transport, such as a bus and a train. Rather than buying a single ticket from every mobility provider, the idea is to have one app and a single purchase, and the details are sorted out between the businesses. To achieve this aim will require a global mobility alliance.
However, work within Daimler has understandably focused more on the automotive side. For example, together with multiple startups, it developed a hardware wallet for a car giving it a unique identity. This can be used to enable the short-term rental of cars or scooters amongst numerous other applications.
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