Automotive

The global automotive industry suffered a double hit from COVID-19 in 2020, with halted production and withered consumer demand. This World Economic Forum – McKinsey industry action group seeks to help the industry survive and emerge stronger from the crisis.

Key themes

Return

Plan to return the industry to scale quickly

Reimagine

Envision the “next normal”

Reform

Gain clarity on potential shifts in the regulatory and competitive environment

Insights on the automotive industry

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Reimagining Mobility

How we experience mobility is poised to change profoundly—a “horses to cars”-sized shift that will reverberate across business and society for generations. Some implications are predictable, others unknowable. Yet one thing is certain: mobility’s future will be shaped by developments along four dimensions: cars, consumers, cities, and competition.
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Coronavirus: A response framework for advanced industries companies

– As the coronavirus causes worldwide challenges for healthcare systems and economies, advanced industries companies are looking for strategies to navigate the difficult, evolving situation.
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Coronavirus: Five strategies for industrial and automotive companies

– To rebound from the coronavirus pandemic, industrials must undertake a journey that begins with resolve and ends with fundamental reform.
Survey

Car buying is on again, and mobility is picking up

– Consumers are back to buying cars, but they’re doing it differently. And they’re gradually getting back on the road, whether by car or other means.

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