Sustainability is not simply a commercial goal for companies in the automotive, mobility, and transportation industries; it is now a duty. According to a report published by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), cities produce 75 percent of all global CO2 emissions, with urban freight accounting for up to 40% of these emissions—a key target area where electrification, autonomous, and developed mobility solutions can help. The automotive sector has the difficulty of adjusting to today’s complicated reality while keeping up with vehicle innovation as the globe faces an urgent need to reduce carbon usage. Working toward a cleaner, more eco-friendly future will require leveraging data capabilities, supporting the development of electric models and accompanying infrastructure, and allowing the establishment of smart mobility solutions.

Microsoft is dedicated to achieving its sustainability goals of becoming carbon neutral by 2030, as well as assisting other businesses and organizations across the world in achieving theirs. In this spirit, Microsoft has unveiled the Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability, an extendable software-as-a-service solution that uses automatic data connections and business insights to help you monitor, report, and minimize your organization’s environmental impact. Etihad, for example, has partnered with Microsoft to analyze and benchmark its environmental impact, allowing it to adapt and analyze carbon efficiency reductions throughout its operations. The Cloud for Sustainability in the Automotive, Mobility, and Transportation Industry refers to new technological solutions that provide intelligent insights so businesses may focus on lowering their carbon footprint. As a result, enterprises may be able to take their data-driven transformation even further, reducing traffic and accidents while providing a smooth passenger experience.

We’re also delighted to work with WBCSD to develop creative solutions for a secure and sustainable future by assisting businesses and organizations throughout the world in making a real difference in corporate sustainability. During this year’s COP26, Microsoft took part in a virtual discussion organized by WBCSD, where they discussed the difficulties that are currently preventing mobility decarbonization and backed the introduction of the Value Framework on Sustainable Charging Infrastructure. The strategy will be crucial in promoting long-term sustainability and financial incentives for enterprises that connect charging and leading technologies across the EV supply chain. Microsoft is also actually encouraging WBCSD’s latest action to form a data coalition for sustainable urban mobility, to reduce mobility emissions in line with the Paris Agreement climate goals by leveraging mobility digitalization and data sharing to improve transportation efficiencies, lower costs, and accelerate EV adoption.

Data Sharing Standardization

The world’s journey to net-zero hinges on reliable and consistent measurement, as Brad Smith highlighted in his overview of Microsoft at COP26. To address difficulties across the automotive and mobility value chain, open and fair data exchange is essential. With that stated, offering the best degree of access and control is critical for transparency, and many organizations are still wary about entrusting their data to third parties. To assist solve inefficiencies in terms of sustainability, it’s vital to start feeling comfortable with exchanging data. Sharing high-quality, near-real-time data may result in far more efficient use of available energy, which can be used by businesses to generate efficiency throughout the value chain. Organizations require a framework that uses a multi-tenant architectural scale and preserves neutral privacy rights to tackle this issue and generate trust, openness, and confidence in sharing information.

To create a framework that promotes long-term mobility, significant changes in behavior, institutions, and legislation are required. Through pricing, government regulation, and social values encoded in community and individual habits, data will enable stakeholders to access real-time information and affect change. We’re working with suppliers at Microsoft to develop environmentally responsible practices using Microsoft platforms like Azure Data Communicate and Azure Purview, which measure and share sustainability data across operations. Truckonnect, a division of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation, utilizes Azure Data Explorer to improve performance, decrease complexity and expense, and assist customers—and society—be safer and more ecologically friendly.

We enjoy assisting businesses such as Arrival and ZF in the development of their open data and cloud platforms. Arrival is building an open data platform to extract insights from data and edge computing for vehicle-to-cloud data flow using Azure and machine learning. Arrival is developing a consistent, canonical data standard and a transparent data sharing policy that will allow for better vehicle design, fleet logistics, and mobility ecosystem and business model developments.

Recently, we’ve had the honor of assisting ZF in the development of the ZF Cloud, which will digitalize all industrial and operational production and business activities on Azure. ZF is transitioning into a cloud-centric mobility service provider that provides sustainable, safe, easy, and economical mobility solutions to its clients by integrating Microsoft’s full set of cloud, AI, IoT, and data technologies.

Converting to Electric Models and Developing Intelligent Mobility Solutions

For road transportation decarbonization, vehicle electrification is a top priority. Despite a weakening car industry, WBCSD estimates that light-duty electric vehicle (EV) sales will increase by 43% in 2020. To manage expansion and new infrastructure, technology plays a vital role. In the automobile business, we’re seeing a transition away from individual hardware manufacture and toward collaborative software solutions. This is crucial in the development of EVs. We must strive toward a future of Software-Defined Vehicles to allow developers to innovate and create fantastic user experiences and apps.

For road transportation decarbonization, vehicle electrification is a top priority. Despite a weakening car industry, WBCSD estimates that light-duty electric vehicle (EV) sales will increase by 43% in 2020. To manage expansion and new infrastructure, technology plays a vital role. In the automobile business, we’re seeing a transition away from individual hardware manufacture and toward collaborative software solutions. This is crucial in the development of EVs. We must strive toward a future of Software-Defined Vehicles to allow developers to innovate and create fantastic user experiences and apps.

Microsoft’s Azure features provide a powerful connectivity platform that can leverage data to deliver on-demand solutions such as frictionless commerce, vehicle-to-everything communications, refreshed policymaking, improved energy solutions via Vehicle-to-Home and Vehicle-to-Grid, and increased productivity. General Motors and Cruise are a fantastic illustration of this since they teamed up with Microsoft earlier this year to use Azure to advance the commercialization of self-driving vehicles.

Mobility services will be a significant stimulus for the development of enhanced IoT capabilities that allow for secure data transmission between edge devices such as cars, phones, traffic signals, and charging stations in complicated situations. Automobiles in development today will play a crucial part in a smart city environment that is becoming increasingly decentralized. Wejo has teamed up with Microsoft to develop a data and intelligence package that includes traffic and insurance solutions, remote diagnostics, integrated payments, advertising, and logistics.

The Eclipse Foundation recently formed a working group focusing on the Software-Defined Vehicle in collaboration with Microsoft, Bosch, and other industry experts. As the architecture matures, the cooperation exemplifies how the industry is maximizing the ecosystem’s collaboration.

Infrastructure for Smart and Inclusive Charging Must be Built Quickly

By 2050, two-thirds of the world’s population would be living in cities, and the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Sustainable Development Scenario predicts that by 2030, the globe will require more than 200 million charging ports. For the majority of the parties involved, the quick construction of sustainable and inclusive charging infrastructure is currently a critical gap. The smart mobility sector is rapidly expanding, and in order to manage, monitor, and optimize grid stability, energy supply, and charging sessions responsibly, it is critical to closely manage, monitor, and optimize grid stability, energy supply, and charging sessions. Mobility and energy solutions that are integrated with customer-centric infrastructure and services will be required in cities. As a result, energy and transportation convergence is crucial.

We can use intelligent technologies to help balance the electricity grid and support corporate development by collaborating with partners and customers. Clever, for example, is collaborating with Microsoft to build a large network of user-centered charging stations along roads, in cities, retail malls, businesses, and residences. Clever is not only making electric vehicle adoption easier in Denmark, but it’s also improving how and when energy is utilized.

We’re offering technology, platforms, and solutions to clients and partners all across the world to help them accelerate their sustainability efforts. We are thrilled to be working towards a cleaner future by committing to decreasing our emissions, supporting a common carbon language, implementing effective carbon accounting, and assisting clients in reducing their carbon emissions.

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