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Outside Magazine, March 2008

The Future is Brilliant
Imagine getting off a plane straight out of a sci-fi movie, borrowing an electric car like a library book, and cruising a metropolis reverse-engineered to be as cozy as an Old World hamlet. All this and more is right around the corner.

Intro | Greening New York | The City Car | Capturing Carbon | Green Ballparks | Rethinking Air Travel

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City Car (Franco Vairani/MIT Smart Cities Group)

SMART LITTLE FELLA: MIT's City Car electric vehicle, currently in development, would fold, stack, predict traffic, know its users, and be part of a self-serve rental system with pick-up/drop-off/recharge points scattered throughout metropolises all over the globe. The lightweight auto would reach 55 miles per hour, with a range of 50 to 75 miles per charge.



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Intro | Greening New York | The City Car | Capturing Carbon | Green Ballparks | Rethinking Air Travel

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