strategy
Revolutionizing motor vehicles
Synonyms:
Improving motor carsCreating futuristic automobiles
Claim:
The new generation of ultralight automobiles could deliver the safety and muscle of today's cars but with far better mileage -- four times as much in prototypes and ten times as much in projected models. This is because in today's cars only 15 to 20 percent of the fuel's energy reaches the wheels (the rest is lost in the engine and the transmission), and since materials lighter and stronger than steel are available or on the way.
Broader:
Developing technologies Narrower:
Developing electric vehicles Facilitates:
Recycling motor vehiclesReducing motor vehicle emissionsMaximizing effective automobile use Facilitated by:
Promoting natural gas vehiclesUsing technology forcing measuresChanging behaviour with incentivesEnvisioning future energy scenarios Problems:
Emissions from combustion enginesReferences:
MacKenzie, James J: The Keys to the Car: electric and hydrogen vehicles for the 21st centurySperling, David: Future Drive: electric vehicles and sustainable transportation Subjects:
Transportation, Telecommunications → Motor vehiclesDevelopment → Reform
Type Classification:
F: Exceptional strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
