I mean, writing books is a lot of work, but I'm sorry this one is done because it really gave me a chance to really dig in to a lot of things in automobiles and the history of automobiles and the cultural impact of automobiles that has fascinated me for a long time.And I think has a lot of fascination for a lot of people.
And originally the sort of assignment from ONR was make this thing fully autonomous with absolutely minimal dependence on a pilot or a human operator. Actually automobiles , I think, is a harder case, because things in aircraft actually happen relatively slowly compared to things in cars, because the distances to collision
the capability of actually enhancing putting focus on a natural environment. But sometimes people and automobiles can detract from maybe the design
We're cognizant, curious beings, capable of philosophical thought-- nuclear physics, repeating Nerf weaponry, global consciousness, Glade air fresheners, and sentient automobiles . But we're assholes first. But this is because before we can begin to argue mortgage rates and tuition hikes, before we can roll up our sleeves
One of the things we did recognize, even though we were very skeptical about electric cars initially, is that I believe today that electric cars are the mandatory, inevitable future of automobiles . They make a lot of sense, they are quite wonderful, there are economic reasons to go that way, but they also are the
on how we think and live in a lot of ways. And certain automobiles really uniquely captured, or shaped, the spirit of their day, either reflected it or captured it. And at some point, like I say, someone will do the history of technology using this sort
because the city of Los Angeles was the very first city to have a population boom after mass production of automobiles . And so, the city, even though World War I was on the horizon, was really booming and there was a lot of building and there were, in downtown, you
the right time to sacrifice our Global Leadership on the economy to pay attention to the environment you know it's never really the right time to do stringent emissions controls on automobiles for many years than the rest of than than the federal government requires mostly As a matter of survival
What most people don't know is that 40% of all carbon creation is buildings. Most people think it's either automobiles or industry, but buildings are the largest contributor of CO2. And that's why, as the most impactful firm in the world-- and we believe, hopefully, the most influential-- we think it's our responsibility to take on this challenge.
don't have that kind of person and you're raising not only that problem but an even bigger problem and that are going everywhere into into Automobiles and into offices and every place else and we need these people
The US is investing heavily in the Mexican energy system. It's doing joint production of automobiles in Mexico. San Diego and Tijuana now share an airport terminal.
calling another author Kurt vaget Miss vonet his calling was also to write but he also had a job he sold automobiles Kurt vonet sold cars and I would have loved to have bought a car from Kurt vaget the book goes on and on and on about all of these people through time Albert Einstein he worked six days a
Density he is tricky because of traffic. If you're dependent on private automobiles , the neighborhoods right. Increase the density, you're going have a lot of problems.
News and information comes second. And way down at the end is automobiles . And with the exception of consumer electronics, it's pretty evenly skewed, brand loyalty between men and women of all ages.
OK, here's the second part of the quiz. Suppose you're going to be buying automobiles all your life, and you're not an automobile manufacturer. Do you want the price of automobiles to go up or down?
Suppose you're going to be buying automobiles all your life, and you're not an automobile manufacturer. Do you want the price of automobiles to go up or down? You say, well, I'd just assume the next auto I buy is actually cheaper than the one I just bought.
And it's very clear in the case of Prohibition. The first ability to actually look at automobiles , to search automobiles , well, the justification was, maybe it's coming across the border from Canada. Maybe it's carrying alcohol.
And I'll show you that as I go along here. And especially in the first two automobiles , the Ford Model T and LaSalle, which is a dead brand now, but was the first yuppie car of its day. The Model T was introduced in the Fall of 1908.
Exactly. Bush lost the popular vote, as you'll recall. Now it's swung back to automobiles more, but trucks are still a very high percentage of what Americans buy for personal transportation.
the carbon produced comes from automobiles , you save about 25% of the carbon we produce. So both really good things. We did this. We actually
had this interest in machinery and Automobiles and I decided I'd start me a business fixing cars in my
That's almost like taking 30 million automobiles off the road.
Aerospace, automobiles , financial services, life sciences, and the creative sector.
like bicycles than they are going to be like automobiles .
And rubber was in big demand because bike tires and automobiles were just really getting started.
had to put a lot of safety features into the automobiles in the 1970s things like
is the most across all ethnicities, going down to automobiles , which is the least category loyalty-- although Caucasians have the highest loyalty to automobiles , and African Americans skew the highest in terms of news and information sources. Yes? Would you mind explaining what brand or category loyalty means exactly here for food
night Sunday morning, that sort of thing. And that is really reflected in all the automobiles in this book. And I'll show you that as I go along here.
They didn't call the Roaring 20s, "Roaring" for nothing. America was becoming an urban society and people wanted automobiles , not only for physical transportation, but they wanted them for social mobility, if you will, to show off their status of life and that sort of thing.
And they've made laws that help keep our food and automobiles safe and college education affordable. Liberal Christianity can point to the Old
the capability of actually enhancing putting focus on a natural environment. Another way I depart from a lot of architectural photographers is I like having automobiles in my photographs, because over time, those automobiles will really
interpretation was that what was going on is that once you tell people that automobiles are safer they'll dry faster
I believe that we should be able to improve the safety of automobiles , and even radically change the driver experience using all the good stuff that you've
Every day our researchers are innovating technologies as varied as little doodles and automobiles that despise humanity.
And what that ushered in was this whole era when we thought automobiles are going to dominate how
term and that sort of thing. So, but my really expertise is in automobiles . As Adam can tell you, I have zero expertise in technology.
Exactly. Bush lost the popular vote, as you'll recall. It's a journey through modern American culture as seen through the lens of automobiles .
something to clean up the air and the first thing they attacked was automobiles and tailpipe
not an automobile manufacturer, you'd prefer the automobiles to be lower in the future.
Very dramatic. And what was excessive about automobiles at this time? Excessive chrome.
converted to a wartime industry. No more passenger automobiles .
aluminum, lumber, and automobiles .
Something is moving. So we started a company called Filming in Detroit that was supplying automobiles and was supplying extras to the film sets.
That is approximately equivalent to all of the greenhouse gas emissions combined, such as all the automobiles , all
Virtually every metropolitan area in this country had some integrated neighborhoods for the simple reason that workers didn't have automobiles to get to work.
But then, as people figured out the polluting effects of automobiles , the unintended but toxic secondary effects
And the whole culture of that company evolved from being the guys who started putting electronics in automobiles .
And what we're learning now is if you actually design cities around people rather than around automobiles , you can have a more efficient as well as a more sustainable
Let's design cities around people, rather than around automobiles .
It's the sort of thing you only see with electricity, automobiles , the big things.