Everybody loves to move. How we choose to move will determine what life looks like for the next generation. OZY’s hit podcast franchise The Future of X is back, and this season we’re investigating the future of mobility with our friends at Ford. The future of mobility has the potential to electrify our imagination, sustain our planet and connect us like never before. If you want to see how we can get there, then get in and buckle up. It’s going to be a wild ride.
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People have started to move again after a year spent
stuck in our homes. Record numbers of people are taking
cross country road trips. They're flying to see loved ones.
People are even coming back to public transit. It feels
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good to get moving, but all that travel puts a
strain on our planets limited resources. Transportation is one of
the biggest sources of greenhouse gas emissions, and as you've
probably noticed, the need to cool our warming climate has
never been greater. We have to rethink everything about how
we get from point A to point B before it's
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too late. Welcome to the Future of X from Ozzi
Media in partnership with Ford. Each season we give you
a glimpse into what lies ahead for humanity. We've looked
at how healthcare will change in the coming decades, asked
what will become of the workplace, and dug deep into
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the future of farming. This season, we look at the
future of mobility. I'm Josh lash, a producer with AZZI.
I grew up in Southeast Michigan, the car capital of
the world. Now I live in New York City, where
I get around on bikes and trains. When I look
at the future of mobility. I see a lot of
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reasons to worry, so there is an urgent need for
us to significantly reduce at the amount of SUE two
we admit. I also see an opportunity to build a better,
more sustainable future for generations to come. Humans are ingenious, right,
we solve all kinds of problems. Hop in, I'll show
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you what I'm talking about. We'll take an electrifying drive
on the Great American Road Trip. As strange as an
electric car was thirty years ago, a gasoline car would
be in two decades. Or sit back and let science
take the wheel. I think you see. You know, fifty
years from now, you won't be driving your car. It
will be driving you. It will be taking you to
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the places you want to go to. We'll take a
part the vehicles we drive today, piece by piece, in
order to build them back better. It's rethinking how we
build cars. It's rethinking how we use cars. It's rethinking
how we disassemble and rebuild cars out of those materials again,
and take a peek under the hood at the technologies
that will get us to a zero carbon future. It
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is now, it has been for a while, sort of
the Wild West when it comes to next generation battery
or fuel cell technologies. There's so many ideas out there.
Everybody loves to move. How we choose to move, we'll
determine what life looks like for the next generation. In
order to avoid the worst of a changing climate, we'll
need to rethink everything about what we drive and how
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we drive it, or if we even drive it at all.
The future of mobility has the potential to elect or
fire our imagination, sustain our planet, and connect us like
never before. If you want to see how we get there,
then get in and buckle up. It's going to be
a wild ride. Listen to the Future of X Future
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of Mobility wherever you get your podcasts. The Ford Mustang
mach E, the F one fifty Lightning, the Transit Van,
three of America's most iconic popular vehicles. They've been fully electrified,
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and they're making the revolutionary feel familiar. We've got a
feeling they will help make electric vehicles even more popular
for all Americans. Call it a hunch forward Electric Vehicles
built for America, Built Forward, Proud
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