| Young people want a Jetsons future — cars without drivers ... delivery by drone-drop ... robotic appliances ... e-bikes, e-scooters, e-skateboards. - Why it matters: That future is here. We spent today talking to Fortune 500 CEOs — + a 27-year-old tech billionaire — and playing with the toys they know the kids demand.
Cruise Origin in San Francisco. Photo: GM Mike climbed into a Cruise Origin, GM's self-driving car (photo above), with GM CEO Mary Barra. - Barra told us we'll soon cross two key milestones in electric cars: They'll get cheaper: GM is partnering with Honda to make EVs under $30,000. And they'll be easier to use: New funding for infrastructure will put chargers in cities across the country.
Photo: Chuck Kennedy/Axios Jim shared the stage with Tortoise (photo above), a vending robot that's the future of how we buy stuff. - Tortoise rolls up, you scan to pay, and then it opens up to reveal your goodies. In this case: Insomnia cookies.
Fun fact: The robot is not autonomous. It's controlled by a remote operator in Mexico City, Tortoise founder Dmitry Shevelenko told Axios chief tech correspondent Ina Fried. The Oculus headset in use. Photo: Photo by Joan Cros/NurPhoto via Getty Images Erica stepped into the metaverse by donning an Oculus headset from Meta. - Virtual reality is getting more powerful, and we could soon live, work and play in these headsets — attending conferences and entering video gaming universes.
- Accenture, a consulting firm with more than 700,000 people, onboards its new hires in this virtual universe, CEO Julie Sweet said.
📊 By the numbers: An Axios-Momentive poll, conducted for our What's Next Summit, screamed how badly young people want this future. Drones, electric cars, smart cities and crypto are all popular with this cohort. 🔮 What's next: Ryan Breslow, the aforementioned 27-year-old billionaire — CEO of the fintech firm Bolt — told us his company will make it possible for almost any company to accept crypto as payment for buying stuff online. (Catch up on crypto with our explainer.) - Oh, and he also only makes his employees work four days a week.
The bottom line: Young people will get the future they want. Investors go where kids want to, and cash is pouring in to turn a sci-fi future into reality. | 
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