“There’s definitely a “high car reliance” in the U.S., Möller tells Axios. But “the direction will be similar in the U.S.” with private car use declining as a share of overall transportation.”

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    New modes of mobility — namely robotaxis — will increase from virtually zero today to 8% of global transportation in that same time span, McKinsey projected.

    Replacing ICE vehicles driven by a human with EVs driven by a robot. Which is an improvement in terms of emissions per trip, for sure, but it doesn’t seem to actually strike at the root issue (reducing VMT) and still leaves cyclists and pedestrians at greater risk of injury

    It is McKinsey research though, so i’m hardly surprised