Conversation Journeys & Across the First Million

In this episode, Christian talks with Augustin Friedel, Associated Partner at MHP, about why the mobility transformation is an evolution, not a revolution. They discuss what autonomous fleets can learn from car sharing’s operations-first winners, why Europe still lags the US and China in scaling, the hyperlocal nature of mobility, fleet financing as a new market, delivery robots, and Augustin’s advice for 2036: stay flexible, embrace change, and follow your passion.

Welcome to Episode 4 and Christian's guest, Lukas Neckermann of Neckermann Strategic Advisors. Together, they dive into autonomous mobility and one key question that remains unanswered: AV profitability.
Lukas shares his view on where the learnings are coming from — car sharing and micromobility — and the structural advantage Europe has in AV deployment.

This time: Eduardo Rojas, Advisor, Inspiration Mobility Group, former founding member of Uber’s Autonomous Mobility & Delivery team, and Christian talk about his view on the complexity of the Autonomous ecosystem, his experience at Uber and which roles and value networks it will take to scale operations for this ecosystem.

Dr. Andreas Reschka (Pony.ai) joins Christian to talk scaling robotaxis and why partnering beats building everything alone. He shares why consistency earns riders' trust and whether decentralized ops, chasing demand even when the depot's far away, can be a path to scale.

Issam Tidjani, Co-Founder and CEO of Cariqa, joins Christian to talk about what most EV drivers don't know exists: a hidden reseller layer that silently marks up charging prices between operators and drivers.
Cariqa's direct payment infrastructure cuts out that middleman, giving operators full pricing control across 900,000+ charge points in Europe.