Transportation & Mobility
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Transportation & Mobility — 2025
Global EV sales exceeded 20 million and reached about one-quarter of new car sales - selected as the year's broadest mobility shift. Visual: generic EVs at glowing chargers, "EV BOOM" label.
Transportation & Mobility — 2024
Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 door-plug incident and FAA scrutiny
Transportation & Mobility — 2023
Global EV sales surge
Transportation & Mobility — 2022
Inflation Reduction Act clean-vehicle credit changes
Transportation & Mobility — 2021
Global electric-car sales surge
Transportation & Mobility — 2020
COVID-19 lockdowns sharply reduced passenger air travel and commuting.
Transportation & Mobility — 2019
Boeing 737 MAX grounding
Transportation & Mobility — 2018
Shared e-scooter boom.
Transportation & Mobility — 2017
Model 3 production and first handovers: selected because mass-market EV ambitions became a defining 2017 mobility story; depicted as a generic electric sedan under EV LAUNCH.
Transportation & Mobility — 2016
Tesla Model 3 unveiling and mass-market EV reservation wave. Selected because it signaled broader consumer demand for electric cars.
Transportation & Mobility — 2015
Driver-assist/autopilot milestone: represented by a dashboard with lane lines and a hands-on-wheel warning because 2015 made over-the-air driver-assist a mainstream mobility story.
Transportation & Mobility — 2014
Google's steering-wheel-free self-driving prototype. Selected because it made fully autonomous vehicle design highly visible.
Transportation & Mobility — 2013
Long-range electric sedan and charging network expansion. Selected because the 2013 EV conversation centered on longer range and fast-charge corridors.
Transportation & Mobility — 2012
Premium electric sedan deliveries
Transportation & Mobility — 2011
Mass-market plug-in cars arrive
Transportation & Mobility — 2010
Eyjafjallajokull ash-cloud aviation disruption: selected because volcanic ash grounded much of European aviation; depicted symbolically with grounded planes, departure boards, and an ash-cloud map…
Transportation & Mobility — 2009
Electric sedan prototype reveal: selected because 2009 marked a visible step toward mainstream long-range EV sedans. Depicted as a generic EV prototype on a reveal platform with a charging cable.
Transportation & Mobility — 2008
Tesla Roadster enters production and signals the lithium-ion performance EV era.
Transportation & Mobility — 2007
Airbus A380 enters passenger service: Selected as a major aviation capacity and aircraft-design milestone. Depicted as a generic double-deck airliner at an airport gate labeled A380 SERVICE.
Transportation & Mobility — 2006
Tesla Roadster prototype reveal
Transportation & Mobility — 2005
https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/interagency-coordination-case-study-2005-london-train-bombings
Transportation & Mobility — 2004
Mainstream hybrid hatchback demand
Transportation & Mobility — 2003
London congestion charge launches: selected as a globally watched urban road-pricing policy that changed city-traffic management. Depicted with a generic camera gantry and CHARGE ZONE sign.
Transportation & Mobility — 2002
Honda FCX fuel-cell vehicle delivery.
Transportation & Mobility — 2001
Post-September-11 air travel disruption and security transformation
Transportation & Mobility — 2000
Toyota Prius U.S. launch