Sunday, October 24, 2010

Sustainability & Autos

There is not one true road to using less resources. Many car designers and manufacturers have focused their efforts on creating electric or gas-electric solutions to using less petrol in day to day usage. These efforts are not the only direction. Toyota built a 200 million dollar factory just to produce batteries. Mazda has taken a different tact. They put their efforts into making a better gas engine and a lighter space frame for the car. Here is an article reviewing the subject.

Podcast with some architecture content...

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chris-ganiere