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Miles Mobility: Kann Carsharing den Autoverkehr reduzieren?

1 September 2021, with Anja Hendel, Joël Kaczmarek and Oliver Mackprang

Summary

This episode is in German.

Oliver Mackprang, CEO of Miles Mobility, discusses whether car sharing can reduce car traffic and how his company managed to stay in the black through the pandemic. He describes the obstacles in the car sharing business, the fixed costs an operator has to budget for and why switching to electric vehicles is difficult. The conversation also covers the effect of missing incentives, where policy would need to act, and the difference between topographic and geographic growth.

Score cards

  • 80%
    Practical value
  • 60%
    Level of depth
  • 40%
    Timelessness

What you’ll learn

  • welche Hindernisse es im Carsharing gibt
  • ob neue Technologien essentiell sind
  • welche Fixkosten ein Carsharing-Unternehmen einkalkuliert
  • wie die Pandemie sich auf unsere Mobilität ausgewirkt hat
  • warum es schwierig ist, auf elektrische Fahrzeuge umzusteigen
  • was fehlende Incentivierung bewirkt
  • wo die Politik gefragt ist
  • was der Unterschied zwischen topografischem vs. geografischem Wachstum ist

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