In his leadership role at our Center for Future Mobility, Timo focuses on strategic questions about the critical disruptive trends affecting the automotive industry: the connected car, autonomous driving, electrification, and shared mobility. Also visit our MCFM page here.
He has led numerous McKinsey research projects, including Automotive Revolution 2030, Future of Mobility, and Monetizing Car Data. In addition, he has deep operations experience, specifically in procurement and product development. Recent examples of his work include:
- evaluating the implications of electrification for an automotive power train supplier and deriving strategic actions
- designing a digital-transformation program for a premium automotive OEM addressing changes driven by connectivity and big data
- shaping an innovation road map of a tier-one automotive supplier in the face of disruptive industry trends
- developing business models to generate revenue from charging infrastructure.
- supporting a global investor on a joint-venture decision for a sensor company
- assessing the future business implications of disruptions for a volume OEM
- developing a lithium-ion battery pack market model for an investor
- developing a strategy to maximize the future benefits from intelligent robots in manufacturing for an automotive OEM
- helping a global truck manufacturer develop a world-class procurement organization while capturing significant savings in materials cost
- supporting the change program of an R&D department to get ready for the future workload
Published work
“Can the automotive industry scale fast enough?,” McKinsey & Company, May 2022
“Mobility’s rebound: An industry recovers, but where is it heading?,” McKinsey & Company, December 2021
“The future of interior in automotive,” McKinsey & Company, November 2021
“Why the automotive future is electric,” McKinsey & Company, September 2021
“Shared mobility: Where it stands, where it’s headed,” McKinsey & Company, August 2021
“The impact of electromobility on the German electric grid,” McKinsey & Company, June 2021
“The irresistible momentum behind clean, electric, connected mobility: Four key trends,” McKinsey & Company, April 2021
“Unlocking the full life-cycle value from connected-car data,” McKinsey & Company, February 2021
“From no mobility to future mobility: Where COVID-19 has accelerated change,” McKinsey & Company, December 2020
“What the future of mobility holds for chemical players,” McKinsey & Company, September 2020
“Five COVID-19 aftershocks reshaping mobility’s future,” McKinsey & Company, September 2020
“The unexpected trip: The future of mobility in India beyond COVID-19,” McKinsey & Company, July 2020
“Why shared mobility is poised to make a comeback after the crisis,” McKinsey & Company, July 2020
“The impact of COVID-19 on future mobility solutions,” McKinsey & Company, May 2020
“The future of mobility is at our doorstep,” McKinsey & Company, December 2019
“The new realities of premium mobility,” McKinsey & Company, November 2019
“How automakers can master new mobility,” McKinsey & Company, September 2019
“Snapshots of the global mobility revolution,“ McKinsey & Company, March 2019
“Start me up: Where mobility investments are going',” McKinsey & Company, February 2019
“Redefining what it means to be a ‘car person',” McKinsey & Company, February 2019
“Return to sender: Resolving the automotive-recall resurgence,” McKinsey & Company, February 2019
“A long-term vision for the European automotive industry,” McKinsey & Company, January 2019
“Reserve a seat—the future of mobility is arriving early,” McKinsey & Company, December 2018
“Profiling tomorrow's trendsetting car buyers,” McKinsey & Company, December 2018
“Setting the framework for car connectivity and user experience,” McKinsey Quarterly, November 2018
“Route 2030: The fast track to the future of the commercial vehicle industry,” McKinsey & Company, September 2018
“The future of mobility in India’s passenger-vehicle market,” McKinsey & Company, July 2018
“What a teardown of the latest electric vehicles reveals about the future of mass-market EVs,” McKinsey & Company, March 2018
“Accelerating the car data monetization journey,” McKinsey & Company, March 2018
“What US consumers think of shared mobility,” McKinsey & Company, November 2017
“How mobility players can compete as the automotive revolution accelerates,” McKinsey & Company, October 2017
“What’s sparking electric-vehicle adoption in the truck industry?,” McKinsey & Company, September 2017
“Savvy and sophisticated: Meet China’s evolving car buyers,” McKinsey & Company, September 2017
“Urban commercial transport and the future of mobility,” McKinsey & Company, September 2017
“The automotive revolution is speeding up,” McKinsey & Company, September 2017
“Dynamics in the global electric-vehicle market,” McKinsey & Company, July 2017
“China’s electric-vehicle market plugs in,” McKinsey Quarterly, July 2017
“Self-driving car technology: When will the robots hit the road?,” McKinsey & Company, May 2017
“How shared mobility will change the automotive industry,” McKinsey & Company, April 2017
“Electrifying insights: How automakers can drive electrified vehicle sales and profitability,” McKinsey & Company, January 2017
“How the convergence of automotive and tech will create a new ecosystem,” McKinsey & Company, November 2016
“Will car users share their personal data?,” McKinsey Quarterly, October 2016
“An integrated perspective on the future of mobility,” McKinsey & Company, October 2016
“Monetizing car data,” McKinsey & Company, September 2016
“Creating value from car data,” McKinsey & Company, March 2016
“Disruptive trends that will transform the auto industry,” McKinsey & Company, January 2016
Education
RWTH Aachen University
PhD, business administration
Technical University Darmstadt
Diploma, industrial engineering