Into the unknown, where the rules don’t yet exist

In this edition of The Mobility Week in Review, we explore the far-reaching impact of Trump’s tariffs on the mobility industry, the surge in European airfares, Volvo’s latest move in EV charging infrastructure, new strides in autonomous driving technology in France, Barcelona’s commitment to zero-emission ferries, Jeff Bezos’s secretive foray into electric vehicles, and the looming arrival of flying taxis in China.

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📉 Trump’s tariffs hit the mobility industry hard

Bewilderment. If there’s one word that captures the mood in the executive suites of the mobility sector’s leading companies, it’s this. Not even in the most pessimistic scenarios could anyone have foreseen that so many of the rules that once shaped the market would be dismantled in a matter of months. What’s most unsettling is that these rules haven’t been replaced, they’ve simply vanished. Everyone agrees the old playbook no longer applies. What no one knows is what the new rules are or, when they finally take shape, how long they’ll last.