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As far-fetched as the idea may sound, Gernot Spiegelberg, head of development electric mobility at Siemens, delivered a presentation at the IEEE Technology Time Machine symposium in Dresden that envisioned a whole new class of players vying for a piece of the electric-powered mobility market.
Siemens is interested in grabbing a chunk of the market not only for smart electric cars but also for smart traffic technology that communicates with them and the smart grid that powers it all, said Spiegelberg who, by the way, also managed to snatch a good hunk of panelist speaking time.

via IEEE Technology Time Machine 2012: Siemens the Car Maker – IEEE Spectrum.