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Autonomous Cities: Preparing for Physical AI at Scale

Event by: Climate Group
Event format
In-person
Event duration
1 hour
Language
English
Autonomous vehicles are among the first forms of physical AI beginning to reach real-world scale, already reshaping how people move through cities. Autonomous ride-hail is expanding into a true commercial transportation service, extending the reach of existing networks, and creating new possibilities for cleaner, more reliable, and accessible mobility. Reaching city scale, however, will require more than continued advances in vehicles, software, and AI. Cities and industry must also deliver the land, power, permitting, and infrastructure networks needed to support fleets that run continuously and serve thousands of passengers every day. AV fleet hubs are central to building that infrastructure layer — the power, charging and operating capacity that let autonomous fleets run reliably at the scale cities will need. This opening transportation session will ask: How is autonomous ride-hail — one of the first large-scale applications of physical AI — already changing urban transportation, and what changes as it reaches commercial scale? What infrastructure networks are needed to support fleets that run continuously across a city? How can cities, utilities and industry address the land, power and permitting challenges that could constrain growth? What decisions must leaders make now to ensure autonomous mobility delivers meaningful benefits for cities and their residents? Part of The Hub Live's stream: Transport and Industry