Holon: From the Pain Market to the Leading Market – How to Achieve Autonomous Mobility, "European Way"? Fachmagazin VISION mobility: Ihr Zugang zu exklusiven Inhalten rund um Automotive und New Mobility. In China, autonomous ride services have long been part of daily life. In the United States, they are being scaled up on a large scale. Europe, by contrast, is too often stuck in pilot projects. Not because of a lack of competence, but because the step into the system fails to materialize. For a long time, this was also a question of technology: Only the vehicle generation now deployed in test operation by local manufacturers enables speeds and reliability that make deployment in regular operation realistic. The prerequisites have therefore fundamentally changed. The more pressing question: Will we remain a lagging market – or will we become a leading market? Our ambition should be clear: Autonomous mobility – The European Way. Mobility as a public service, with controllability within the system and the aim of noticeably advancing availability, safety and climate targets. At the same time, we thereby unlock a significant market for the European automotive and supplier industries. What convinces policymakers: Efficiency leaps in public transport through autonomous mobility Yet to make this claim a reality, a sober foundation is needed – and that is above all economic. Industry calculations assume that the operating cost per vehicle hour today of over 130 euros (manned, electric bus) can drop to about 50 to 55 euros in autonomous operation. An efficiency leap of around 60 percent – and at the same time the answer to a conflict of objectives that conventional operation alone cannot solve: In public transport tens of thousands of drivers are already missing, a large portion of the workforce is nearing retirement, while at the same time