Abstract
Chinese leaders find themselves confronted with a massive, self-inflicted threat: the worst air quality in the world. Today’s educated middle-class urban dwellers are angry about the pollution and the associated health risks. This constituency poses a real danger to those in power. As a result, Chinese president Xi Jinping and his comrades on the Politburo feel an urgent need to find solutions, including making full use of new technologies to combat pollution and congestion.
Given its enormous pollution and congestion problems, along with the desire of its leaders to hold onto centralized power, China has tremendous motivation to lead the world in adopting electric, automated, shared vehicles. But it does not have a coordinated master plan and will likely pursue a zigzag path.
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Dunne, M.J. (2018). The Dark Horse: Will China Win the Electric, Automated, Shared Mobility Race?. In: Sperling, D. (eds) Three Revolutions. Island Press, Washington, DC. https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-906-7_8
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