1. Smart Cities MIT Media Lab’s Concept Car Project with General Motors Spring 2006 William J. Mitchell Image Credit: Franco Vairani

2. The Challenge of Urban Mobility: Car in the City SMART CITIES MIT Media Lab: Concept Car with GM Urban density Pollution Congestion Emerging connectivity Accessing the resources of the city Connecting to existing infrastructure

3. About Modularity SMART CITIES MIT Media Lab: Concept Car with GM Horseless Carriages vs. Horse & Carriage 1904 Oldsmobile Curved Dash1901 Ford Quadracycle – Henry Ford’s First Car

4. Design Approach SMART CITIES MIT Media Lab: Concept Car with GM City Scale: Challenge traditional notions of urban design Human Scale: Change the vehicular architecture itself

5. Place subject picture in this top third of the slide. In the picture format, adjust the brightness around 70- 85…contrast~15 Also, feel free to superimpose pictures and text on faded subject picture Guide lines Can be manipulated to discretion (except for ones at title) to compliment pictures and text Use as loose guides for picture and text orientation Drivetrain and Suspension contained inside wheel space Simple snap-on connection to chassis Control by central CPU Intelligent Wheel Robots SMART CITIES MIT Media Lab: Concept Car with GM

6. Intelligent Wheel Robots SMART CITIES MIT Media Lab: Concept Car with GM Video: By Peter Schmitt Video: By Patrik Kunzler Animation: By Franco Vairani

7. Zero Car Video SMART CITIES MIT Media Lab: Concept Car with GM

8. Animation: By Franco Vairani City Car Video SMART CITIES MIT Media Lab: Concept Car with GM

9. Animation: By Franco Vairani City Car Video – Take 2 SMART CITIES MIT Media Lab: Concept Car with GM

10. Adaptability SMART CITIES MIT Media Lab: Concept Car with GM

11. Adaptability SMART CITIES MIT Media Lab: Concept Car with GM

12. Design Iterations of the City Car SMART CITIES MIT Media Lab: Concept Car with GM

13. Design Iterations of the City Car SMART CITIES MIT Media Lab: Concept Car with GM

14. Design Iterations of the City Car

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16. Design Iterations of the City Car SMART CITIES MIT Media Lab: Concept Car with GM

17. Design Iterations of the City Car SMART CITIES MIT Media Lab: Concept Car with GM

18. Design Iterations of the City Car SMART CITIES MIT Media Lab: Concept Car with GM

19. Design Iterations of the City Car SMART CITIES MIT Media Lab: Concept Car with GM

20. Thank You Where: 2 Locations Zero Car live demo – Upper Level Main Atrium Smart Cities Group Research - 443 Credits Collaborators: Federico Casalegno, Research Scientist Dan Greenwood, Visiting Lecturer Mitchell Joachim, PhD Candidate Axel Kilian, PhD Candidate Franco Vairani, PhD Candidate Graduate Students: Ryan Chin, PhD Candidate Will Lark, PhD Candidate Tad Hirsch, PhD Candidate Patrik Künzler, MS Candidate Phil Liang, MS Candidate Raul-David “Retro” Poblano, MS Candidate Daniel Lopuch, UROP Peter Schmitt, MS Candidate Susanne Seitinger, MS Candidate William J. Mitchell SMART CITIES MIT Media Lab: Concept Car with GM