Developing countries have the opportunity to bypass stages of development that don’t make sense anymore given the current status of technology. And that can make a big difference for the health of their societies and the planet. Why would all people in India buy their own cars when car-sharing with self-driving electric cars is the future? India’s government sees the opportunity and is planning a major leapfrogging strategy: Instead of 170 million cars, the number expected with the current trajectory, there would be 77 million cars in 10 years.
India plans to leapfrog western car ownership and goes straight to car-sharing
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