Autonomous mobility is entering a new phase: pilots are giving way to commercial deployment, and advances in AI are accelerating investment worldwide. As the market takes shape, Europe has a narrow window to build competitive value chains – spanning vehicle manufacturers, autonomous driving technology, operators, digital infrastructure, mobility services, and startups – and translate that into high-value jobs and long-term growth.
Realising this depends on the conditions that let solutions be deployed, operated and scaled: large deployments build operational experience, strengthen supply chains, validate business models and speed up learning across the ecosystem. How can Europe create these conditions? What role do cities, industry, operators and policymakers each play?
This edition of Mobility Talks brings together experts from industry, cities, and the innovation ecosystem to explore how deployment, collaboration and market creation can reinforce European competitiveness and accelerate the shift from pilots to large-scale operations.