Automotive

Bauhaus, Consumerism, and the Economics of Waste - Part 4: The Automotive Industry as the Perfect Counterexample

17 October 2019·577 words·3 mins

Systems and Innovation Automotive Manufacturing Engineering Obsolescence Technology Design and Innovation Systems Thinking Innovation History Sustainability

How the automotive industry demonstrates the contradiction between technical capability and systemic waste, where advanced engineering is subordinated to demand maintenance.

The Iron Skillet Effect: The Deliberate Engineering of Permanence

31 August 2019·1536 words·8 mins

Vehicle Engineering & Lifecycle Design Durability Engineering Automotive Sustainability Planned Obsolescence

The Paradox of the Permanent Machine: How the conscious engineering of mechanical permanence stands in contrast to planned obsolescence.

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