Zach Frechette
Today, in India, the world's cheapest car hit the streets. Will our planet suffer the undue consequences of millions of suddenly-mobile Indians increasing their carbon footprints, or will mobility for the masses usher in some new era of urbanism, democracy, and capitalism? The clock is ticking. (Previous coverage on GOOD.)
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