Hardback
How the Global Automotive Industry Stole our Green Mobility Future
Grand Theft Auto
9781035329571 Edward Elgar Publishing
This book provides a compelling exploration of the dysfunctionality of car electrification and green mobility. Detailing how car companies aim to control the future of automobility through circular business models, Peter E. Wells highlights the pivotal role of governments in this unsustainable transition.
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This book provides a compelling exploration of the dysfunctionality of car electrification and green mobility. Detailing how car companies aim to control the future of automobility through circular business models, Peter E. Wells highlights the pivotal role of governments in this unsustainable transition.
How the Global Automotive Industry Stole our Green Mobility Future emphasises how major car manufacturers, supported by governmental subsidies and consumer incentives, have seized the opportunity to control the resources needed for batteries and reinforced car dependence. Wells demonstrates how this has created additional environmental threats, new concerns over national security, further inequalities for workers in distant supply chains, and increased financial barriers to travel. The book also covers the maladaptation and future of the automobile industry, electric SUVs and electric bicycles.
This comprehensive book is an essential read for scholars of innovation, circular economies, environmental governance and transport policy. Practitioners and policymakers in socio-technical transitions, urban planning, environmental regulations, mobility and transportation will also find this an essential guide.
How the Global Automotive Industry Stole our Green Mobility Future emphasises how major car manufacturers, supported by governmental subsidies and consumer incentives, have seized the opportunity to control the resources needed for batteries and reinforced car dependence. Wells demonstrates how this has created additional environmental threats, new concerns over national security, further inequalities for workers in distant supply chains, and increased financial barriers to travel. The book also covers the maladaptation and future of the automobile industry, electric SUVs and electric bicycles.
This comprehensive book is an essential read for scholars of innovation, circular economies, environmental governance and transport policy. Practitioners and policymakers in socio-technical transitions, urban planning, environmental regulations, mobility and transportation will also find this an essential guide.
Critical Acclaim
‘Have you ever wondered why cars continue to clutter our streets irrespective of the ubiquitous discussions about green transitions? Peter E. Wells convincingly argues that this is due to the persistent dominance of the global automotive industry. Are you curious to see if there is any alternative? Read the book, and you may find out.’
– Thomas Magnusson, Linköping University and Halmstad University, Sweden
– Thomas Magnusson, Linköping University and Halmstad University, Sweden
