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In the first Wunder Mobility Podcast episode of 2026, Gunnar Froh and Bojan Jukić look back on what defined shared mobility in 2025—and what operators, cities, and platforms should prepare for next. They frame 2025 as a “post-hype consolidation” year: operators exited secondary markets, merged, reduced fleet sizes, and shifted focus from growth metrics to unit economics and profitability. At the same time, investor confidence began to return as more companies reported sustained profitability and improving valuations.

A central theme is the growing role of cities: shared mobility is increasingly treated as urban infrastructure. Municipalities are tightening expectations around service...

In this special German-language episode, Gunnar Froh (Founder & CEO, Wunder Mobility) joins Michael Schrezenmaier for an in-depth conversation on where shared mobility is heading as the market matures and autonomous vehicles begin to reshape the value chain.

They unpack what most end users never see: the operational and technical complexity required to make vehicle sharing feel simple and reliable. Beyond the app interface, the heavy lifting happens in backend systems and integrations with many different vehicle types—covering access control, billing, payments, user management, fleet operations (maintenance, repositioning, in-/out-fleeting), and pricing logic. A central theme is that shared mobility still...

In this episode of the Wunder Mobility Podcast, Matteo Forte, CEO of Switch, discusses the innovative use of AI in urban mobility. He explains how his company transitioned from a shared mobility app to simulating entire cities to optimize urban transport. The conversation delves into the accuracy of their AI predictions, the success of their pilot projects, and the introduction of their products, Urban Copilot and Urbiverse. Matteo also shares insights on their business model, competition, and the future of AI agents in mobility, emphasizing the importance of domain expertise and technology integration.

In this episode of the Wunder Mobility Podcast, Gunnar speaks with Martin Trillig, Managing Director of book-n-drive, one of Germany’s leading car sharing providers. Martin shares how the company evolved from a 70-car startup to a fleet of over 1,000 vehicles, and discusses the operational and strategic challenges of scaling shared mobility. He highlights the importance of collaboration with city-owned partners, maintaining simplicity in the business model, and staying close to customer needs. The conversation also explores how innovation, flexibility, and a focus on user experience are shaping the future of car sharing in Germany.

In this episode of the Wunder Mobility Podcast, Gunnar speaks with Morten Munch-Olsen, CEO of bilkollektivet, Norway's largest non-profit car sharing service. They discuss the unique non-profit model, the loyal user base, and the various membership benefits. Morten explains the pricing models, the challenges of managing demand during peak seasons, and the technological advancements that have modernized operations. They also explore the future of mobility, including the potential for tele-operated vehicles and the importance of emotional branding in car sharing.

Freek was only 16 years old when he started his first business, and straight after University he continued scaling the local gaming platform by the name of Kayzr. The platform then became the biggest in the Benelux with over 100.000 users, mainly due to the use of game-like elements. Kayzr was sold but the know-how of gamification was reused to found StriveCloud, a company that helps any kind of digital service be more successful by integrating gamification.

Robin is the CEO and co-founder of Cogo - Europe's largest shared mobility aggregator. With his vision to simplify the world of shared mobility Cogo is connecting over 500,000 electric scooters, bikes, cars, and mopeds from 300 operators across 70 countries and 700 cities worldwide. Thus, today Cogo empowers users to effortlessly find, ride, and pay for shared vehicles from multiple operators, all through a single platform.

Before embarking on his shared mobility journey, Robin was the driving force behind marketing and growth across 15 markets at momondo where he played an important role for momondo’s success which ultimately led...

From the early beginning Dennis Brinckmann Co-Founder & CEO of Velocity was an e-bike enthusiast who eventually decided to venture into the sharing economy in 2014.
At the beginning of the project he focused on pursuing local goals such as the establishment of a regional e-bike sharing service with easy-to-use vehicles and low-cost rates, the concept very soon gained national recognition. However with time the concept very soon gained national recognition and became Velocity Mobility ; A technology company that already equips numerous cities with station-based vehicle sharing systems for B2G and B2B applications.

Dennis is educated in Business Administration...

From studying financial engineering to launching a career as a Quantitative Trader at HSBC, Thibault Castagna, the CEO of Vianova, appeared to be quite distant from the world of mobility at the time. However, he later transitioned into the role of an investment manager in the energy & macro fund, where he established and managed the renewable energy investment vehicle. This experience nurtured his passion for energy transition and electric mobility, ultimately leading him to co-found Spark Horizon in 2017. The focus of Spark Horizon was to revolutionize the e-mobility market with an innovative business model, in collaboration with Thibauld...

Caroline Seton is Head of Growth and co-founder of Forest. Caroline joined Forest from Finsbury, where she advised the UK’s largest companies on their public affairs and public relations strategies. Prior to that, Caroline was a commercial lawyer. Caroline holds a LLB, BCom and a Masters of Financial Journalism.