Welcome to Life After Cars
The War on Cars
The War on Cars, LLC
4.9 • 937 Ratings
🗓️ 21 October 2025
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Today we celebrate the publication of our new book, Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves From the Tyranny of the Automobile.
In this episode, we serve up a sample of the audiobook and talk about some of the things we learned and that surprised us during the process of bringing Life After Cars to publication. Also, who should play us in the movie version? Listen to hear our thoughts and let us know your opinion.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, it's Doug. You already know that e-bikes are a great way to replace car trips and help end our reliance on fossil fuels, which are big wins for the environment. |
| 0:12.0 | So if you're looking for an e-bike for your transportation needs, you'll want to check out Upway, which sells certified, pre-owned e-bikes all at discounted prices. |
| 0:23.3 | And as Maxim Renson, the head of Upway U.S. puts it, reducing driving is a big part of what |
| 0:29.2 | Upway is all about. |
| 0:31.0 | The core mission of Upway lies into sustainability. |
| 0:35.3 | When you think about the U.S., where you have 80 to 85% of the car trips |
| 0:41.3 | are below 10 to 15 miles. I think that's exactly the street spot of our e-bike and you can cover |
| 0:49.3 | all the use cases because no e-bikes, they can transport pretty heavy cargoes, they can transport kids, |
| 0:55.0 | and you can go shopping, do the groceries with your e-bike. |
| 0:58.0 | Upway's commitment to sustainability goes beyond getting people out of cars and onto e-bikes. |
| 1:04.0 | Our mission doesn't stop there at just selling e-bikes. |
| 1:07.0 | We are also on a mission to reduce waste. |
| 1:10.0 | When you think about bikes that are returned, bikes that are replaced but never reused, |
| 1:19.2 | taking dust in the middle of a garage, sometimes thrown away and then you just don't want |
| 1:25.6 | your business to create even more waste. |
| 1:28.3 | Right now we are actually reducing it at Upway. |
| 1:31.3 | By selling fully inspected and guaranteed used e-bikes, |
| 1:35.3 | Upway keeps high-quality e-bikes rolling and in the hands of people who need them. |
| 1:40.3 | Sometimes you have previous seasons models that have not been sold. |
| 1:44.3 | Sometimes there was a bit of overproduction of a specific model. |
| 1:47.4 | And then we get also Demo fleets, marketing bikes, rentals, hotel bikes, |
| 1:53.6 | the use bikes that can be sold at a very attractive price with a warranty |
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