The Car of the Future?
Gordon Murray is one of the most innovative car designers of the past few decades, famous for racing and sports cars. So what do you get if he turns his mind to designing a car for everyone?
You get this!
It just goes to show what happens, when you throw convention out of the window, and think about what people really what. Whether they can be convinced they need it, is another matter! But give people good design and they usually like it!
But as Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door!”
The Anonymous Widower 
Spot on. I am not conviced at all by trying to make an electric car that has the size and performance of a large petrol/diesel driven car. A large part of the carbon emissions are used in the production and disposal of the cars we currently drive, and the use of lithium batteries to power motors to replace IC engines will rapidly use up the supplies of lithium and create another disposal problem. We need alternatives that use far less energy to manufacture, can be easily serviced/repaired, and are safe and reliable. IC engines are well developed, there is still a lot of oil left, and there are better ways to reduce their carbon footprint than going electric with current technology. Maybe sometime, but now a whole new concept in personal transport is needed. The only thing I am not sure about is a car for three. I have a Heinkel/Trojan bubble car. Maybe I should use that on a daily basis.
Comment by John Wright | September 20, 2010 |
I ctually think he’s right about three seats, because it gives you enough space for two plus a throw in bag. Most cars never carry more than three people very often on journeys longer than fofty kiolmetres. I think too, there is a growing acceptance that for longer trips you use trains.
Comment by AnonW | September 21, 2010 |
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