Gas pumps on one side, charging stations on the other: “A two-speed highway rest area”
The electric car brings back an old acquaintance of the motorist: the gas station attendant, renamed the "borniste." This figure "transforms electric vehicles even more into a world of luxury," according to Apolline Guillot, a philosopher of technology.
By Matthieu PelloliApolline Guillot, a philosophy professor at the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, is the author, with Anne Lavaud, of “Petite philosophie des mobilités” (Philosophie magazine, 10 euros).
In your latest book, you talk about the "virtualization of the world" and "intelligent cars that obey algorithms." Conversely, is the emergence of the "bornist" the return of an old figure?
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