Design: Reinventing the Automobile

Three experts believe we need to update the way we think about modern transportation -- particularly the automobile. William Mitchell, Christopher E. Borroni-Bird, and Lawrence D. Burns have created blueprints for transforming the current automobile landscape into one that's more appropriate for our social, city-based, interactive society. Their book Reinventing the Automobile: Personal Urban Mobility for the 21st Century sees a future of cities filled with smart cars driven by electricity instead of mechanics, and features that emphasize interconnectivity and more efficient mobility.

The rest of the story: Reinventing the Automobile by Sheryl Sulistiawan (Fast Company 2010-03-26)