July 20, 2008

The I-Car

What would be in an Apple iCar? – MP3 Players
The rumoured collusion between Apple and Volkswagen on an iCar leaves me baffled. What would an iCar do that cars with iPod adapters don’t? For example, the 2008 Scion range from Toyota in the U.S. comes standard with an excellent iPod interface, giving you full access [...]

July 20, 2008

Impromptu Car Pooling

HOV lane or Transit lane as we call it here in Australia – is being used.
Slugging News Story – Impatient commuters form impromptu car pools
Hundreds of passengers and drivers team up each day to create impromptu car pools that let them whiz to work in the HOV lane. As the region grows and traffic worsens, [...]

July 20, 2008

Where can you find car sharing?

List of cities.
Where can you find Car Sharing in North America
Car Sharing, launched in 1987 in Switzerland and later in 1988 in Germany, came to North America via Quebec City in 1993. As of January 1, 2008 – based on data provided by Susan Shaheen, University of California, Berkeley – 18 U.S. carsharing programs claimed [...]

July 20, 2008

Google Map of Autoshare ar locations

A graphc portrayal of where the cars are – Autoshare, Toronto.
AutoShare: Our Fleet & Locations: Locations

July 20, 2008

Model T Car Design Project

Designing the Model T for the Future – NYTimes.com
AS part of its celebration of the centennial of the Model T, the Ford Motor Company commissioned a group of transportation design students at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit to rethink the Model T for the future. The students were asked to imagine “a car [...]