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Aura Aero, Bolt, Cabify, CARTO, Dronamics, EVBox, EV Connect, Fastned, Flix, Lilium, MaasGlobal, Nevomo, Omio, OTIV, Scoobic, Volocopter, Voi and Virta – the taskforce consortium is made up of the founders and CEOs of the so-called “European Mobility Unicorns”, established companies with a valuation of over one billion US dollars as well as so-called Soonicorns, start-ups and companies that are expected to reach this threshold. Their fields of activity range from ride-hailing, micromobility rental to hyperloop and air mobility – but all have the goal of using modern technologies and profitable and disruptive business models to make the mobility of the future more sustainable.

This alliance is so remarkable because with this official reception by Commissioner Adina Vălean, the European Commission publicly recognizes that sustainable mobility is no longer the sole responsibility of the cities themselves. That the public sector urgently needs the private sector to take mobility to the next level, not only in terms of implementation, but also in terms of strategy. According to them their current challenges are: outdated and fragmented regulation, lack of enforcement, market entry barriers, access to finance and data accessibility. Their first, big task is to give a comprehensive report with all the findings and recommendations of the individual members. We are eager to see what role public transport will play in this – and to what extent cities in Europe and around the world will take up these ideas. This we would definitely recommend.