Resilience and Sustainable Automotive Value Chain

The World Economic Forum – McKinsey knowledge collaboration on the future of sustainable mobility looks to bridge the public trust gap and accelerate the transition to cleaner, safer, more inclusive mobility systems.

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A road map for Europe’s automotive industry

August 31, 2023 -

Keeping Europe’s automotive industry competitive requires not just a refined focus on existing strengths but also an acceleration of existing efforts.

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Electric-vehicle buyers demand new experiences

July 28, 2023 -

Consumer attitudes toward electric vehicles are changing fast—and so are expectations of the car-purchasing experience.

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Battery recycling takes the driver’s seat

March 13, 2023 -

Electric-vehicle demand is accelerating rapidly and so is the need for EV batteries. As these batteries reach end-of-life, significant growth opportunities in the recycling space are emerging.

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The race to decarbonize electric-vehicle batteries

February 23, 2023 -

While electric vehicles are clean, their batteries are highly carbon intensive to produce. Leading manufacturers are moving fast to try to fix that.

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Battery 2030: Resilient, sustainable, and circular

January 16, 2023 -

Battery demand is growing—and so is the need for better solutions along the value chain.

How to drive winning battery-electric-vehicle design: Lessons from benchmarking ten Chinese models

Forging ahead: A materials roadmap for the zero-carbon car

January 14, 2021 -

The systems-wide change needed to create circularity in the automotive sector and sometimes seem costly and prohibitive. However, as this report demonstrates, significant abatement is possible for the auto industry with very little additional added vehicle material cost.

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Mobility’s second great inflection point

February 23, 2019 -

Radically new dynamics in the early 20th century transformed cars and, in turn, the world. Here’s why the next great inflection point is upon us, auguring changes no less profound.

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Reimagining mobility: A CEO’s guide

February 25, 2019 -

No industry or executive is immune to the profound implications of mobility’s second great inflection point. Here’s what you need to know now.

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The road to seamless urban mobility

January 16, 2019 -

Will the coming mobility revolution make urban traffic better, or worse?

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The Global New Mobility Coalition (GNMC), curated by the World Economic Forum, is an active and diverse community of over 200 globally renowned experts, NGOs and companies. McKinsey provides knowledge and analytical support to the coalition.

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Asutosh Padhi: Understanding mobility's second great inflection point

Senior partner Asutosh Padhi discusses the technological breakthroughs changing the mobility ecosystem and lays out what the shifts mean for automotive and other industries.