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Ultralight Hybrid Vehicle Design: Overcoming the Barriers to Using Advanced Composites in the Automotive Industry
This paper describes the many diverse and important barriers that inhibit automakers’ adoption of advanced composite materials. The authors argue that a strategy to produce…
Moving Toward a New System
In this interview with the Society of Automotive Engineers, Amory Lovins responds to questions about the role of the government and business in setting transportation…
Vehicle Design Strategies to Meet and Exceed PNGV Goals
A host of important and interactive factors contribute to the successful design of any production vehicle. However, the combination of hybrid-electric drive and low-drag platform…
Comments to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
In 1995, Amory Lovins wrote a letter to the Secretary of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission commenting on the proposed rulemaking on open access transmission.
Nonproliferation: Now a Workable Idea
This editorial in the Christian Science Monitor discusses the contradictions inherent in the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, especially in the world 25 years later. The…