As seen online:
“Three recent books give it a shot. They are part of a growing effort among activists and academics encouraging people around the world — especially in North America and Europe — to reconsider society’s relationship with the automobile. Saving Ourselves from Big Car (Columbia University Press, Sept. 16), by the former literary agent and film producer David Obst, is the most histrionic of the set, with the automotive industry accused of myriad evils that include inviting World War II. Roadkill: Unveiling the True Cost of Our Toxic Relationship With Cars (Wiley, Sept. 16), by Henrietta Moore and Arthur Kay, is philosophical, invoking Kant and Rawls to argue that motor vehicles curtail societal freedom, particularly for those who don’t use them. Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile (Penguin Random House, Oct. 21), by Sarah Goodyear, Doug Gordon and Aaron Naparstek, is the most accessible and the most exhaustive of the trio, synthesizing a small mountain of research that explores how automobiles shape human lives and the environment”
— from Car Brain Is Making the US Unhealthy and Dangerous. EVs Won't Fix It. - Bloomberg as of 11 October 2025