Reinventing the Automobile
- Author
- William J. Mitchell, Chris E. Borroni-Bird, Lawrence D. Burns
- Year
- 2010
A 2010 MIT Press book by William J. Mitchell, Christopher Borroni-Bird and Lawrence D. Burns arguing that cars designed on century-old principles no longer fit cities where most people live. It proposes small, connected, electric urban vehicles as a more livable and sustainable alternative, and as a route out of crisis for the car industry itself.
An MIT vision for reinventing urban mobility — small, connected, electric vehicles that make cities more livable and pull the car industry out of crisis. A systems-scale argument for the SDF's Sustainability motto applied to how we move.
Published by MIT Press in 2010 and written by William J. Mitchell of MIT's Media Lab together with former General Motors executives Christopher Borroni-Bird and Lawrence D. Burns, the book argues that cars built on early twentieth-century design principles are a poor fit for cities where most people now live. It sets out a vision for small, connected, electric urban vehicles, presented as both an environmental necessity and a way to help pull the car industry out of crisis.
Where to find it
In the framework
- Sustainability
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