Advancing Urbanization and Changing Car Design

Abstract

Between before and after World War II, the automobile design evolved primarily in a way that stimulated the customer's palatability. However, since the 1970s, dealing with such social trends as the global environment, traffic accidents, and urbanization has been emphasized, and its importance is increasing every year. In recent years, there have been some new entrants that come from other industries. In this article, I will propose a future direction on car designs that are well suited to our contemporary society where urbanization advances, while looking at recent movements such as vehicle electrification, autonomous cars, and sharing economy.