The age of autonomous vehicles is no longer a distant promise. By 2040, McKinsey says it will transform our cities as well as our daily routines.
Today’s early fleets of AVs point to a future in which harried commutes turn into productive hours, jammed intersections into orchestrated traffic flows, and all roads into safer corridors.
McKinsey experts explore the possibilities, challenges, and choices that will shape the driverless future. Rush hour wont exist anymore say Ali Rizvi, Emily Shao, Kersten Heineke, Mingyu Guan, Philipp Kampshoff and Timo Möller as they reflect on the future of autonomous mobility from city infrastructure to public acceptance in the group’s The Next Normal series “By embedding generative AI directly into AVs, automakers can deliver safer driving, smarter in-cabin experiences, and real-time personalization,” says Martin Kellner, a McKinsey partner in Munich.
“The real promise of shared autonomy lies in reshaping urban mobility—not necessarily replacing the private car,” says Boston partner Ani Kelkar.
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