... [+]Having experienced and thoroughly enjoyed the MINI Electric ride just days before the pandemic shut down the world, I was glad to see the quintessential urban commuter undergo an eco-fashion trim by the British designer Paul Smith. His anti-ornament
literally strips the car and re-imagines its construction with materials that are fully recyclable and can find their way back into the production process., a research project designed to explore a web of ideas around circularity. The car’s design process is therefore anchored on resource-efficiency, which means thinking about every material and element and their construction so they can be easily dismantled at the end of the product’s lifecycle and repurposed elsewhere..
. The UK based company which began life by electrifying classic cars, has expanded its business to include refuse trucks and fire engines and all those big bulky machines that would otherwise have gone to waste.Rolls-Royce and Bentley also revealed plans for electric cars, while simultaneously dedicating time, in the face of new competition, to solidifying their status as prime makers of luxurious transport. They need not worry though.
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