Presentation Slides: Reinventing the automobile - EN-V
Date published: Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Dr. Chris Borroni-Bird, Director of Advanced Technology Vehicle Concepts at General Motors, provides an overview of the company's innovative EN-V concept and the challenges that inspired the thinking behind it.
Topics covered include:
- Megatrends: urbanization and aging
- Vehicle ownership rates
- Population density, traffic speed & CO2 emissions
- Typical urban speeds
- Optimizing urban traffic safety for all road users
- Challenges to sustainable auto industry
- What type of "car" does the city need?
- What type of "car" do people in the future want?
- Advanced propulsion roadmap
- Vehicle propulsion application map
- GM's EN-V concept
