IAA in Munich will offer more than powerful cars in 2021

Quite a crowd on Monday in: The IAA, the international automobile exhibition, is celebrating its premiere at the new location with a mix of exhibition and entertainment. It is one of the first major public events in Germany after a year and a half of the corona pandemic. According to the organizers, mobility should now be conveyed on a broader and more sustainable basis. One motto could be – cargo bikes instead of luxury limousines. Car expert Ferdinand Dudenhöffer is rather skeptical: O-Ton: There are many bicycles there. But there are fewer cars, because you should be focused in the auto show. Because the car has had a great renaissance. The car is on the advance with the electric car. The car is with a motorhome. They can no longer buy them because there aren’t any anymore. The world has changed very strongly in the advance of Corona. People have seen that it is better to travel by individual means of transport than by rail and bus. That is why the return to the car is a very big issue and that should have been emphasized much more strongly here. Dudenhöffer tries to look beyond the current challenges: The big challenge is electric mobility. But to be honest it went. They are currently being implemented. And that can no longer be stopped. And what comes after electromobility is actually much more of a challenge. This is the so-called software designed car. K So the car that is operated by software, where it drives autonomously. China will become the center of the world, with large corporations like Huawei represented in Munich. Autonomous driving, new ways of using the car. “Whether chips, battery cells or raw materials – the shortage of preliminary products is likely to keep the automotive industry in suspense for years. Overall, the car companies lure mainly with individual electromobility. Climate protection activists are not convinced – they are calling for a significant expansion of public transport and have announced numerous protests.