The Ghost Car
... and how it's haunting our congested cities
Published on 28. September 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-1-913567-03-3 (ISBN)
Description
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.
'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.
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.
Yet... the traffic jams are still there, along with the ever-_worsening weather events and fears of some ultimate catastrophe.
Why? This book gives the answer, and readers of it might never look at existing cars in the same way again.
'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.
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.
Yet... the traffic jams are still there, along with the ever-_worsening weather events and fears of some ultimate catastrophe.
Why? This book gives the answer, and readers of it might never look at existing cars in the same way again.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Canterbury
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-913567-03-3 (9781913567033)
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Person
Edmund Jephcott studied Modern Languages at Cambridge and was a lecturer in European Studies at Sussex University from 1965-79. He then left academic life to devote himself full-time to the project described in 'The Ghost Car'.