Daniel Sperling is Professor of Engineering and Environmental Science & Policy at the University of California, Davis, and Founding Director of UC-Davis's Institute of Transportation Studies. He also serves on the California Air Resources Board.Deborah Gordon is a veteran transportation policy consultant who has worked with the National Commission on Energy Policy, the California Energy Commission, International Council for Clean Transportation, and the Chinese government to develop fiscal policies for their burgeoning auto fleet. She earlier developed and directed transportation policy programs for the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and the Union of Concerned Scientists.

• Preface to the Paperback Edition Foreword Acknowledgments 1. Surviving Two Billion Cars Transportation Trends: Headed in the Wrong Direction Roadmap to Survival Hard Work Ahead 2. Beyond the Gas-Guzzler Monoculture Internal Combustion: From the Model T to Cars on Steroids The Quest for a Better Engine: Electric Drive Technology Beyond Cars: New Options for Personal Mobility The Coming Transformations 3. Toward a Greener Detroit The Making of the Detroit Mindset The Jolt of Japanese Competition Moving Detroit Toward Green 4. In Search of Low-Carbon Fuels Petroleum Fuels in Transition Alternative Fuels Past, Present, and Future Steps Toward a Post-Petroleum World 5. Aligning Big Oil with the Public Interest The Changing Oil Supply Unconventional Oil: Savior or Disaster? The Changing Oil Industry Big Oil's Environmental Epiphany Big Carrots and Big Sticks 6. The Motivated Consumer The Car-Centric American From Mean to Green: Shifting Consumer Identities Aligning Incentives with Socially and Environmentally Responsible Behavior 7. California's Pioneering Role From Smog and Sprawl to Environmental Leadership Leadership in Climate and Air Quality Policy Leadership in Clean Energy Technology The Trendsetting California Consumer California's Ripple Effect 8. Stimulating Chinese Innovation China's Extreme Makeover Toward an Enlightened Car Policy Innovations That Might Spread From China How the Rest of the World Can Help China Help Us All 9. Driving Toward Sustainability Imagining Futurama III Our Strategy for Getting There Transforming Vehicles Transforming Fuels Transforming Consumer and Local Government Behavior Realizing the Vision Afterword

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