A column on the quiet death of automobile culture and the mobility revolution already underway
Here is a question worth sitting with: what if the single most transformative shift in transportation history happened without a press release, without a ribbon-cutting ceremony, and without most of us noticing?
That is exactly what occurred. The global market for internal combustion passenger vehicles quietly peaked in 2017 — and according to the International Energy Agency, has since fallen by 30%. The car as the centerpiece of modern civilization is beginning a long, slow exit. We have arrived at Peak Car.
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