Why the car of the future might be more dangerous to cities
Everyone knows that in order to save the planet, electric vehicles need to replace internal combustion engines. And it's happening, at a more rapid pace than we might have expected. But something else is happening, too: As companies race to grab market share in the EV space, they are replicating recent trends that have made fuel-powered cars more dangerous to everyone not inside them. And since EVs are even heavier than traditional vehicles, that could be very bad news for pedestrians. What if the car of the future ends up just as bad as the cars of the present? Or worse? GUEST: Tim Querengesser, journalist and writer, CityHack
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Everyone knows that in order to save the planet, electric vehicles need to replace internal combustion engines. And it's happening, at a more rapid pace than we might have expected. But something else is happening, too: As companies race to grab market share in the EV space, they are replicating recent trends that have made fuel-powered cars more dangerous to everyone not inside them. And since EVs are even heavier than traditional vehicles, that could be very bad news for pedestrians.
What if the car of the future ends up just as bad as the cars of the present? Or worse?
GUEST: Tim Querengesser, journalist and writer, CityHack
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