McKinsey Center for Future Mobility® (MCFM)

McKinsey Center for Future Mobility® (MCFM)

We are passionate and curious about the emerging opportunities in mobility—bringing together cross-functional expertise to deliver leading-edge insight to help shape the future of mobility-related industries and the public sector.

Our forward-thinking and integrated perspective—covering automotive, cities, freight, infrastructure, last-mile delivery, utilities, and others—helps industry leaders and policy makers lead change and navigate an increasingly autonomous, connected, electrified, and shared future.

Our research areas

Integrated Mobility
A number of social, economic, and technological trends are poised to disrupt urban mobility. By 2030, mobility innovation could radically transform everything from power systems to the use of public space, while simultaneously introducing a new city dynamism. In 50 metropolitan areas, home to 500 million people, integrated mobility systems could produce benefits, including improved safety and reduced pollution, worth up to $600 billion.

Autonomous Driving
Disruptive autonomous-driving technologies will transform the concept of mobility, increase safety, and require business-model changes in many industries as profit pools shift.

Connectivity
As vehicles become increasingly connected, data will unlock new benefits and challenges for customers, automakers, high-tech giants, and a broad array of new companies active in the value chain.

Electrification
Electrified vehicles are nearing an inflection point due to changing consumer attitudes, battery economics, infrastructure, and regulatory policies, creating opportunities for the auto industry.

Shared Mobility
E-hailing, car sharing, and further modes of diverse mobility continue rapid expansion as cost-effective, convenient, and less stressful alternates to vehicle ownership.

70% of the robotaxi market

will be addressable solely with L4 autonomous technology by 2030

40% of consumers

would change car brands for more connectivity

30-40% of car buyers

in the US and EU considered an electrified vehicle purchase in 2016

<1% of total global miles driven

originates from e-hailing trips

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About the McKinsey Center for Future Mobility®

The McKinsey Center for Future Mobility was created to help business leaders and policy makers come to terms with a future that is increasingly autonomous, connected, electrified, and shared. Based in four global hubs (Beijing, Detroit, Munich, and Silicon Valley), our forward thinking and integrated perspective, industry expertise, proprietary research, and global convening power gives us a unique combination of assets to help clients navigate the mobility revolution.

Featured Insights

Article - McKinsey Quarterly

Three surprising resource implications from the rise of electric vehicles
– The economic consequences for energy, raw materials, and land may not be what you’d expect.
Report

Elements of success: Urban transportation systems of 24 global cities
– Defining the aspects of mobility that function well or need improvement is a critical part of decision making for large cities.
Report - McKinsey Global Institute

Smart cities: Digital solutions for a more livable future
– As cities get smarter, they are becoming more livable and more responsive—and today we are seeing only a preview of what... technology could eventually do in the urban environment.
Report

Lithium and cobalt: A tale of two commodities
– What does the rise of electric vehicles mean for two critical raw materials that go into their batteries—and for the players... in this ecosystem?
Article

The global electric-vehicle market is amped up and on the rise
– China remains firmly in the lead on our Electric Vehicle Index. But other pockets of growing public- and private-sector commitment... to these vehicles have emerged.
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Our Experts

Philipp Kampshoff
Philipp Kampshoff
Partner, Houston
Leads the supplier sector of our Automotive & Assembly Practice in the Americas; focuses on large-scale growth and profitability...
Timo Möller
Timo Möller
Senior Expert, Cologne
Leads the McKinsey Center for Future Mobility®, focusing on disruptive trends such as vehicle connectivity, autonomous driving,...
Ting Wu
Ting Wu
Partner, Shanghai
Serves global automotive and components companies with extensive experience serving global automakers and suppliers
Russell Hensley
Russell Hensley
Partner, Detroit
Serves global automotive companies on strategic and operational transformations and co-leads the McKinsey Center for Future Mobility®
Kersten Heineke
Kersten Heineke
Partner, Frankfurt
Co-leads McKinsey’s global effort for Digital in Automotive, with a focus on new business opportunities as a result of digital...
Eric Hannon
Eric Hannon
Partner, Frankfurt
Serves global automotive and mobility companies as a core leader of our Automotive & Assembly Practice and leads our global urban-mobility...
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