Driving the future of clean passenger mobility systems.

Clean mobility is no longer emerging; it is scaling at unprecedented speed. Electric vehicles represent the fastest-growing example, with more than 58 million electric cars now on the road globally and accounting for 20% of new car sales in 2024, projected to reach 40% and displace up to 5 million barrels of oil per day by 2030.

Alongside electrification, other low-carbon solutions are advancing and reshaping the passenger mobility landscape and energy systems, from biofuels to hybrid configurations, highlighting a transition that is technologically diverse and context-dependent.

Yet this transition is unfolding unevenly across regions: while some markets approach mass adoption, others remain at early stages due to differences in infrastructure readiness, market acceptance, industrial capacity, policy frameworks, and supply chain access.

Key focus areas

Policy and system alignment

How can clean mobility policies be translated into predictable, investable pathways that reduce system fragmentation and support long-term competitiveness across regions?

Technology optionality

How can a multi-technology approach to clean mobility be structured to accelerate adoption while managing increasing system complexity and competition between solutions?

Infrastructure and material bottlenecks

How can supply chains, critical materials, and infrastructure development be better coordinated to enable scalable and resilient clean mobility deployment?

Beyond Mobility

How can the clean mobility transition be leveraged to strengthen energy systems and unlock broader system-level benefits through emerging and frontier technologies?

How we create impact

Stakeholder sessions

Convening structured engagement across policy, industry, technology, and energy leaders at key Forum institutional events.

Regional briefing papers

Geographically grounded insights covering the EU, United States, China, India, and Brazil.

"Shifting Gears" podcast

A video podcast series featuring high-level cross-sector discussions and expert interviews on key system topics.

Clean Automobility Outlook

A readiness index, technology and infrastructure roadmap, and regional case studies assessing global challenges and opportunities.

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Cross-Center Effort

The Next Move in Clean Automobility is a collaborative effort between:

Center for Nature and Climate
Center for Energy and Materials
Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Supply Chains
Global Industries Team

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