Future perfect: How 5G, autonomous ride sharing vehicles will change the way we commute

The increasing global motorisation rate calls for finding long-term solutions for public and private transportation, as also to limit the rising levels of carbon dioxide emissions. The world is reaching critical levels of demand-supply gap in public transport, creating diminishing ridership in public transport. The lessened use of shared transportation is contributing to high pollution levels and traffic congestion in urban areas.

Going forward, EVs and implementation of Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) on autonomous vehicles for fewer road accidents, organised transport and increased shared mobility are the need of the hour.

5G
The success of autonomous shared mobility will take off with 5G. According to Barclays, an autonomous car could generate 100 gigabytes of data per second, and such a massive amount of data would easily overwhelm even the best 4G LTE systems.