{"id":137269,"date":"2025-02-06T09:00:26","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T07:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/reusable-rockets-air-taxis-and-autonomous-autos-are-the-future-wipo\/"},"modified":"2025-02-06T09:00:26","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T07:00:26","slug":"reusable-rockets-air-taxis-and-autonomous-autos-are-the-future-wipo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/news\/reusable-rockets-air-taxis-and-autonomous-autos-are-the-future-wipo\/","title":{"rendered":"Reusable rockets, air taxis and \u2018autonomous autos\u2019 are the future: WIPO"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137269\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>Air taxis, \u201cautonomous autos\u201d and reusable rockets are just some of the future transport solutions that inventors all over the world are striving to make a reality, while patents for combustion engines are \u201cflatlining\u201d, the UN intellectual property agency (WIPO) said on Thursday. Latest information gleaned from patent filings featuring in WIPO\u2019s Technology Trends report on the Future of Transportation, offers a tempting glimpse of a not-so distant and enticing future where there\u2019s less traffic pollution, fewer snarl-ups and air travel to the other side of the world \u2013 made possible in just a few hours.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnalysis of patents shows that inventors are working hard to ensure that how we get around tomorrow is cleaner and better than today,\u201d maintained WIPO, which said that patent filings for future transportation solutions have grown by 700 per cent over the last two decades, from 15,000 inventions in 2003 to 120,000 in 2023. \u201cAutonomous ships and smart ports are revolutionizing transportation at sea; electric vehicles, high-speed trains and smart traffic management systems are driving change on land,\u201d WIPO insisted. \u201cVertical take-off and landing aircraft are offering new ways to travel by air, while reusable rockets and satellite technology are pushing what is possible beyond the earth\u2019s atmosphere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Driving this trend is the recognition that transportation accounts for more than one-third of CO2 emissions globally, which has encouraged the development of sustainable technologies that reduce the environmental impact of transportation. These include the adoption of electrified propulsion, the shift to renewable energy sources and the promotion of public and shared transport options. Digitalization is also revolutionizing the transportation sector, WIPO insists, pointing to the rise of autonomous driving, \u201cwhich is projected to generate from $300 billion to $400 billion in revenue by 2035\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Geneva-based UN agency, intellectual property supports this kind of groundbreaking innovation \u2013 such as wireless charging for electric vehicles &#8211; by encouraging investment in research and development. Competition is fierce as firms jostle for access to rare earth minerals, while AI is also taking centre stage, WIPO says. \u201cThe report also shows flatlining growth in patenting activity for legacy products like the internal combustion engine and other fossil fuel-based systems\u201d such as catalytic converters, the UN agency noted.<\/p>\n<p>Its data indicated that more than 1.1 million inventions have reshaped transportation since 2000, introducing the prospect of sustainable alternatives to fossil fuel-based systems such as renewable energy cells, air taxis and self-piloting cargo ships. In the driver\u2019s seat of this travel transformation are China, Japan, the US, South Korea and Germany, which represent the world\u2019s top inventors. Land transportation patents dominate global filings, at 3.5 times more than for air, sea and space combined. The US, meanwhile, has filed the most international patents.<\/p>\n<p>The largest area of growth in patenting is related to sustainable propulsion \u2013 such as batteries for electric vehicles or hydrogen fuel cells \u2013 which represent efforts to ensure that people and goods are moved around in a \u201ccleaner, more climate-friendly fashion\u201d. Experts with an eye on imaginative transport solutions for the future say that AI is also poised to play a key role. They point to the rise of autonomous driving, although infrastructure has not adapted swiftly enough for such vehicles to take over, the WIPO report notes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2025\/02\/1159816\">The UN<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/vaufien\/reusable-rockets-air-taxis-and-autonomous-autos-are-the-future-wipo\/\">Reusable rockets, air taxis and \u2018autonomous autos\u2019 are the future: WIPO<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[17852,606,607,608],"class_list":["post-137269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-air-taxis-and-autonomous-autos","tag-vau_viikkokatsaus","tag-vauen","tag-vaufien"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137269\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}