Cugurullo, Acheampong, Dusparic and Gueriau argue that autonomous cars will not merely change transport, but will reshape cities, urban politics and sustainability. Their article frames the transition to autonomous mobility through three interconnected forces: social attitudes, technological innovation and urban politics . Using Dublin as a case study, the authors show a paradoxical public response: many respondents fear autonomous vehicles, especially because of hacking, technical failure and interactions with pedestrians or cyclists, yet a significant proportion still express interest in using them once available . This contradiction matters because public uncertainty creates space for governments, corporations and smart-city actors to steer adoption. The paper’s central case study is Dublin, where a survey of 1,233 adults found that preferences are heterogeneous: some favour private ownership, others prefer autonomous public transport or sharing, while many imagine mixed use. Such results undermine simplistic utopian and dystopian forecasts. Shared autonomous fleets could reduce car ownership, free parking spaces and allow roads to become gardens, cycle lanes or pedestrian areas; however, private autonomous cars could intensify commuting, energy consumption, suburbanisation and social inequality. The authors therefore conclude that sustainability will not be guaranteed by artificial intelligence itself. Autonomous mobility will become socially beneficial only if embedded within democratic urban politics, participatory planning and justice-oriented transport governance. Ultimately, the future city will be shaped less by the machine behind the wheel than by the political system directing its route.