business predictions for 2017 | Future timeline

Read business predictions for 2017, a year that will see the business world transform in ways that will impact a wide range of sectors—and we explore many of them below.

Quantumrun Foresight prepared this list; A futurist consulting firm that uses strategic foresight to help companies thrive from future trends. This is just one of many possible futures society may experience.

business forecasts for 2017

  • Robotic chef arms that can cook 2,000 different recipes become available for purchase. 1
  • Production of Tesla Model 3 starts; vehicle features approx. $35,000 price tag. 1
  • China launches its first and the world's largest CO2 market, set to regulate 10,000 firms and nearly half of the country's total emissions. 1
  • Egypt's newly-discovered Zohr gas field to start production 1
  • Israel-Jordan gas pipeline begins operations 1
  • Oil market to begins to rebalance, ending record low gas prices 1
Forecast
In 2017, a number of business breakthroughs and trends will become available to the public, for example:
  • Production of Tesla Model 3 starts; vehicle features approx. $35,000 price tag. 1
  • China launches its first and the world's largest CO2 market, set to regulate 10,000 firms and nearly half of the country's total emissions. 1
  • Egypt's newly-discovered Zohr gas field to start production 1
  • Israel-Jordan gas pipeline begins operations 1
  • Oil market to begins to rebalance, ending record low gas prices 1
Prediction
Business related predictions due to make an impact in 2017 include:

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