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Summary: Gridlocked, asphyxiating cities. Looming climate disaster. A main cause of this nightmare is the conventional car and its basic design which is unchanged since its origin in the nineteenth century._x000D_'The Ghost Car' is the fascinating story of a radically different type of urban car which could sweep away the traffic jams and the air pollution and energy wastage that go with them._x000D_The inventor, and author of this book, Edmund Jephcott, gave up an academic career in a determined bid to turn his idea into reality. He built a successful prototype which was presented to major car producers worldwide. The vehicle was well received by the public and press._x000D_Yet... the traffic jams are still there, along with the ever-_worsening weather events and fears of some ultimate catastrophe._x000D_Why? This book gives the answer, and readers of it might never look at existing cars in the same way again. |
