DAV Foundation strengthens growth by joining MOBI – the Mobility Open Blockchain Initiative

The DAV Foundation joins industry peers including BMW, Groupe Renault, Ford, General Motors and organisations that together account for over 70 per cent of global vehicle production by market share. The MOBI consortium includes automakers, public transportation providers, energy companies, insurance firms and regulatory bodies across the world.  

Blockchain technology continues to play an important role in the development of autonomous vehicles’ ecosystems and the partnership between the DAV Network and MOBI serves to highlight that. Their cooperation will help unite and decentralise every element across both networks, including car and ride sharing, charging stations, autonomous payments, and pay-as-you-use insurance and taxes. Each of these aspects will be governed by smart contracts that are secured on the blockchain.  

Last month the DAV Foundation launched the DAV Network, which represents the first open-source system for transport operating on a global scale. As service providers on the DAV Network do not require any prior commercial arrangements between each other, it makes a perfect addition to the MOBI consortium. 

Commenting on the shared ambitions of the member companies, Tal Ater, CTO and co-founder of the DAV Foundation said, “MOBI and the companies that are part of the consortium share the same goals as us. It’s about companies working together over trustless platforms, because decentralisation is the key to the future of transportation, globally. MOBI has a fantastic network covering a range of expertise that is going to make this a reality.”  

Chris Ballinger, CEO of MOBI commented, “Our approach is open and inclusive and we welcome stakeholders from across the mobility value chain to help build our network. We want to inspire a rapid and scalable adoption of technologies by companies in the autonomous and mobility space and the partnership with the DAV Foundation will help drive this.”