Wunder Mobility Podcast

Susan is a professor of civil and environmental engineering and co-director of the transportation sustainability research center at the University Berkely. She was among the first to observe, research, and write about changing dynamics in shared mobility. We talked to her about the development of whether there will be a separation between public and private transport in the future, about how to cr...

Since 2017, Michael has been working at ioki on the digitalization of public transport and its seamless connection to existing systems, as well as the integration of new forms of mobility. On-demand shuttles are increasingly being integrated into public transport. Michael explains to us why this makes sense, how it works and what impact autonomous vehicles will have on current transport operations...

Timo leads Cooltra, the largest provider of sustainable mobility solutions on two wheels in Europe. In 2006 Timo started with 25 units and grew it over time to almost 17.000 mopeds in cities like Madrid, Barcelona, Milan, Rome, or Lisboa. As a first-mover in this space, he gained enormous knowledge on how to operate a moped sharing business and told us what he expects European city authorities wil...

Hui Zhang is Vice President of NIO Europe. He heads the German and the UK office of the global electric car startup from Shanghai. According to yahoo finance, NIO has made a big name for itself among electric car makers in recent years and currently has a market cap of nearly $55 billion. Hui takes us through the NIO universe, explaining why Apple is a better role model than any other well-known a...

Before founding movmi an award-winning boutique agency specialized in shared mobility architecture, Sandra held several senior management and executive roles, most notably with Daimler, BCAA, and BMW.

As the former CEO of car2go, Olivier has been running Share Now since 2019. What started as a daring project back then is now one of the largest free-floating car sharing companies worldwide. Olivier talks about how the franchise concept makes sense, what he perceives as the key accelerators for development, the merging of rent and minute-based car sharing, and what he himself calls ultimate mobil...

Martynas joined the Lithuanian start-up Trafi at an early stage and has since then spearheaded the global expansion and focused on the commercial side of the business. Trafi offers cities the possibility to connect all mobility services into one single platform where users can check itineraries and also book their tickets and trips. The service is known as Jelbi in Berlin or MVGO in Munich.

Lukas is Chief Operating Officer of Splyt, and Managing Director of Neckermann Strategic Advisors. He is a strategist, advisor, researcher, and keynote speaker on Smart Cities and Smart Mobility. In addition to several books, Lukas regularly speaks at events about his many years of insight. In this episode together with Sam, he shed light on the development of user patterns and demands, the role o...

Ozgur has over 20 years’ experience in leading the sales, development, and implementation of software solutions in the automotive, smart mobility, telecoms, and IoT industries for Tier 1 clients across the USA and EMEA. Since May 2019 he drives the strategy to deliver Oxbotica's universal autonomy vision globally. In this episode, Ozgur gives insights into the actual status quo of autonomous drivi...

Tati Peralta-Quirós is a mobility, transport, and technology specialist, with experience working across the private and public sector in the US, LatAm, and Asia, including technology start-ups, development finance institutions, and governments. She is the co-founder of Kinto-Costa Rica, Latin America’s first subscription-based Mobility as a Service (MaaS) company. With her, we explored how and why...

Trevor leads Michigan's Office of Future Mobility and Electrification. s responsible for working across state government, academia, and private industry to grow Michigan’s mobility ecosystem through strategic policy recommendations and new support services for companies focused on the future of transportation. In this episode, he walks us through his vision of helping to build stronger transportat...

Sam studied Finance and Music before he started his career at eBay. He lived in Central America where he led a project funded by the Mastercard Foundation to launch innovative financial products for youth. When he returned to California Sam and Gunnar met and ultimately decided to launch the forerunner of today's Wunder Mobility. In this episode, Sam and Gunnar reflect on 2020 and give an outlook...

Holger is a true veteran in the new mobility game. He has been around the block and played a vital role at navigation software startup gate5, the forerunner for HERE. He was also CEO of Aupeo, the leading provider of internet-based audio content for the automotive industry, which was acquired by Panasonic Automotive Systems until he founded his own startup German Autolabs in 2016. Together, we dis...

what3words set out to do nothing less than revolutionizing today's addressing system by directing people with three words. what3words is the world's first addressing system designed for speech and every 3m x 3m square in the world has been assigned an address consisting of just three words from the dictionary. Over 5 years Clare has contributed to its success as Chief Commercial Officer. Together...

Christoph oversees the work of the Forum with partners from the automotive, supply chain, aerospace, travel, and tourism sectors. Over the course of his career, he has held several senior management positions and gained unparalleled knowledge of the developments and challenges in the field of mobility - globally. With him, we dive deep into the work and significance of the World Economic Forum. Af...

Stefan has assumed overall responsibility for the Europcar Group's activities in Germany in 2018. Previously, he held numerous responsible executive positions at BCD Group, a market leader in the travel industry. In our conversation, we discussed current market developments, Europcar's efforts in the face of challenging circumstances, and the role of rental companies in the development of sustaina...

Sohaila has already had unique experiences and built up an unparalleled knowledge and network. She is part of BMW i Ventures - the world's leading automotive corporate venture fund (+500 million USD). She invests in cutting-edge solutions that focus on BMW's current and future business in the areas of technology and customer & service space. We talked to her about the exceptional approach of BMW i...

Ole Harms begann seine Karriere in der IT- und Strategieberatung, bevor er zu Volkswagen wechselte, wo er bis zur Gründung von MOIA im Jahr 2016 verschiedene leitende Management- und Führungspositionen innehatte. Nachdem er MOIA drei Jahre lang als CEO geleitet hatte, wurde er Teil des Gründungsteams der Car. Software Organisation von Volkswagen, wo er nun für Produktstrategie, Operational Excelle...

Laurin Hahn ist Founder und CEO von Sono Motors. Schon während seiner Schulzeit hat sich der heute 25-jährige Laurin mit den Herausforderungen des Klimawandels und der Frage nach, wie Mobilität klimafreundlicher, effizienter und unabhängig vom Rohstoff Öl werden könnte, beschäftigt. Deshalb arbeitete er bereits nach seinem Abitur mit Co-Founder Jona Christinas an einem ersten Prototypen des Sono M...

Sebastian Hofelich blickt auf eine bemerkenswerte Karriere zurück. Beginnend in der internen Unternehmensberatung der BMW Group, später als einer der Geschäftsführer beim BMW und Sixt Joint Venture DriveNow und anschließend als CFO beim europäischen Ride-Hailing Marktführer FreeNow. Sebastian gestaltet seit der ersten Stunde die neue Mobilität und spricht mit uns über die wichtigen Stellschrauben...

Nico Polleti ist CEO & Co-Founder von Cluno, dem wohl bekanntesten und erfolgreichsten Anbieter des digitalen Auto Abos in Deutschland. Gemeinsam mit seinen Mitgründer*innen revolutioniert er den traditionellen Autobesitz, hin zu einer einfachen und flexiblen Möglichkeit, ein eigenes Auto zu fahren, ohne sich langfristig durch Kauf oder Leasing zu binden. Im Wunder Mobility Podcast erzählt er von...

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