Reinventing the Automobile: Personal Urban Mobility for the 21st Century (MIT Press)
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| Rating | : | 4.43 (912 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0262013827 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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They roll out four big ideas that will make this both feasible and timely.The fundamental reinvention of the automobile won't be easy, but it is an urgent necessity -- to make urban mobility more convenient and sustainable, to make cities more livable, and to help bring the automobile industry out of crisis.. In the twenty-first century, cars are still made for twentieth-century purposes. In this pathbreaking book, William Mitchell and two industry experts reimagine the automobile, describing vehicles of the near future that are green, smart, connected, and fun to drive. The cars we drive today follow the same underlying design principles as the Model Ts of a hundred years ago and the tail-finned sedans of fifty years ago. They are inefficient for providing personal mobility within cities -- where most of the world's people now live. This book provides a long-overdue vision for a new automobile era
The book is consistently exciting, a wonderful chance to peer over the shoulders of masters as they sort through the complex terrain of energy systems, urban lifestyles, digital connectivity, and cutting-edge automotive engineering. Many of the ideas set forth in this book just might serve as a blueprint for this much-needed and important change of direction. Mitchell, Borroni-Bird, and Burns combine their great engineering expertise, design skills, and practical experience to create a dazzling vision of a new urban transport system to support healthy, productive, safe, and environmentally sustainable cities in the 21st century. (Manuel Castells, Professor Emeritus of City Planning, University of California, Berkeley)Our American auto industry is at a perilous crossroads - it can adhere to the 'old ways' and perish or it can leapfrog the competition, reinvent itself, and lead the automotive wo
Lawrence D. Mitchell was the Alexander W. He was Vice President of Research and Development at General Motors from 1998 to 2009.. William J. Christopher Borroni-Bird is GM's Director of Advanced Technology Vehicle Concepts. Dreyfoos, Jr., Professor of Architecture and Media Arts and Sciences and directed the Smart Cities research group at MIT's Media Lab. Bur
Jay C. Smith said Transporting reading. This is a wonderful book to stimulate one's thinking about the future of the automobile and urban transportation. Even if you are skeptical about some elements of the authors' vision, it is likely to enrich your understanding of how technology, design, functionality, and economics interact. Reinventing the Automobile is clearly written, suppo. Tom Kane said Great little car - but will I get to work quicker?. What would cars be like if they were optimized for urban use, taking maximum advantage of technology? They would be much smaller, designed for the typical load of one or two people. They would be safe due to sensors and software and would lack the heavy "armor" of crumple zones and steel cages. They would be energy-efficient zero-emission ele. Emc"Refreshingly out-of-the-box thinking. A must read!" according to Emc2. Excellent book, refreshingly out-of-the-box thinking, and not so futuristic after all, as three GM EN-V prototypes (Xiao - Laugh, Jiao - Pride, and Miao - Magic) are now being exhibited in Shanghai, and the MIT CityCar prototype is being built in Spain, due for field testing next year in five cities around the world, and already scheduled for. said Refreshingly out-of-the-box thinking. A must read!. Excellent book, refreshingly out-of-the-box thinking, and not so futuristic after all, as three GM EN-V prototypes (Xiao - Laugh, Jiao - Pride, and Miao - Magic) are now being exhibited in Shanghai, and the MIT CityCar prototype is being built in Spain, due for field testing next year in five cities around the world, and already scheduled for