McKinsey published a report last month on the future of electric vehicles and what that will mean for the industry. Many countries, cities, and companies have set some sort of electrification target for 2030. The US is targeting 50% EVs by 2030. Several countries have… Read More
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Cumulative electric vehicle sales around the world
When I was shopping for a new car last year I gave serious thought to buying an electric vehicle. In fact, it is what I initially set out to do. But I couldn’t find a model that I liked and I didn’t feel like the… Read More
A new typology of cities
Earlier in the week, my friend Rodney Wilts of Theia Partners sent me a JLL report called, World Cities: Mapping the Pathways to Success. I am admittedly only getting around to it now. The report proposes a new typology of world cities that looks like… Read More
Friluftsliv (or open air living)
Johnathon Little (husband) and Zoe Little (wife) recently launched a new housing concept out of the UK called Koto, which is supposedly Finnish for “cozy at home.” (Before Koto, Johnathon worked for Snohetta in Oslo.) The goal of the company is to create beautiful, small, and prefabricated… Read More
The city is the brand
https://500px.com/embed.js I was reading the internet this morning and I stumbled upon an interesting urban blogger from Oslo named Erling Fossen. Most of his writing is in Norwegian, but he does have a section called “City Notes” that is in English. I enjoyed this paragraph titled, "The… Read More