In the March/April 2024 issue of Car & Driver magazine, Jamie Kitman points out the gains and pains within the current four-wheel EV landscape. Kitman’s Upfront article, Alternating Current provides the painful reality of “piss poor planning” (my words, not his) within the hallowed walls of auto OEs, again. As history seems to always repeat itself, once again the lack of reality has bit auto manufacturers in the ass. When global governments started mandating zero-emissions by 2035, the OEs’ jealousy of Tesla gained unprecedented momentum.
There are many ways to drive creative thinking; using metaphors, biomimicry, lateral thinking, and other methods to expand perspectives. Manu Prakash is a professor at Stanford University. He and his teams have been developing some amazing, frugal innovations over the past decade using toys and other innovative applications as foundations for creative ideation.
