Date: January 16, 2024. — A group of 18 European mobility companies and start-ups have launched the EU Future Mobility Taskforce. This is a new initiative aimed at collaborating with EU policymakers and accelerating the development and adoption of innovative transport solutions in Europe.
The taskforce formally launched on January 11, 2024, in a meeting with the European Commissioner for Transport, Adina Valean. She expressed her support for the project and announced several funding opportunities for transport entrepreneurs. The funding opportunities are available through the Horizon Europe and the European Innovation Council programmes.
The taskforce aims to offer information and assistance to EU institutions for the upcoming legislative mandate. Moreover, it focuses on addressing the requirements and concerns of mobility innovators. These also include outdated and fragmented regulation, market entry hurdles, a lack of enforcement, data accessibility, and financing.
In the spring of 2024, the taskforce plans to provide a thorough report. Members will present the report to Commissioner Valean, detailing their needs and suggestions. Moreover, the report will address a variety of subjects, including drone strategy, hyperloop regulatory frameworks, sustainable and intelligent mobility, and air mobility.
The 18 companies comprising the new taskforce are: Aura Aero, Bolt, Cabify, CARTO, Dronamics, EVBox, EV Connect, Fastned, Flix, Lilium, MaasGlobal, Nevomo, Omio, OTIV, Scoobic, Volocopter, Voi and Virta. They represent a diverse range of mobility sectors, such as cargo, air mobility, shared mobility, EV charging, maglev, rail, transport innovation and deep tech.
The taskforce members have a vision for making mobility more sustainable, inexpensive, and connected. They also aim to utilize Europe’s leadership in global transport innovation. They also hope that their project would encourage more collaboration and conversation between the public and private sectors. This, in turn, should result in a more conducive environment for mobility innovation in Europe.
