The once-booming U.S. market for electric vehicles is slowing, but Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi isn’t fazed. See all of our newslettersBeyond safety and affordability, autonomous vehicles (AVs) offer another key advantage: sustainability. Uber, led by Khosrowshahi since 2017, currently offers AV rides in Austin, Atlanta and Phoenix through a partnership with Alphabet’s Waymo. To avoid worsening congestion, Khosrowshahi envisions a future dominated by shared autonomous rides carrying multiple passengers, which he called a “newer development” in the field. “The rate of acceleration in terms of the development of the technology, the safety of the technology, is pretty extraordinary.”