 How Cars Should Be Designed: The Importance of Form in New TechnologiesKarol Janiak ()
A chapter in Challenges of Urban Mobility, Transport Companies and Systems, 2019, pp 275-284 from Springer Abstract: Abstract The purpose of the article is to discuss style and structure of modern cars resulting from innovative types of drive systems and design. The author based his considerations on the experience gained during designing the solar car Eagle Two, which was constructed by the students from the Lodz Solar Team at the Lodz University of Technology, and took part in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge in Australia. The article deals with the issues concerning how the car of not even “tomorrow” but of “today” should look like. In the moment of radical changes in the way we travel and technological breakthroughs, should we act conservatively or courageously? Are recent ideas, such as solar drive system, a solution to the difficult environmental and transportation situation, in which we are currently in? How do the new technologies affect the process of shaping the forms of the vehicles and their reception by the users? The article describes the progress of technology in transport from the point of view of the industrial designer. Keywords: Solar power; Race car; Ecology; Automotive design; Electric car; Solar car (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:prbchp:978-3-030-17743-0_23 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-17743-0_23 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics from Springer |
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