Car's are not practical in the city. City cars aren't practical on the highway (okay, actually yes most are fine). Mopeds aren't even very practical in the city because you have to stop at red lights. Bicycles are the best. I've never stepped foot outside of Manhattan.
Pie in the Sky Prediction: Between the mysterious "iStream" (iBlech!) and the Nano, we're going to see a whole crop of vehicles designed and built this way in a range of sizes, obliterating traditionally manufactured cars and the companies that make them.
Independent engineer/designer + supplier sourcing for everything + small local plants > monolithic auto makers
The bastard offspring of a Nano and a SMART car designed for treehuggers and those members of the middle class who want to be seen doing their bit for the environment. Or......
Well, iI for one am anxiously iwaiting for what is going to be a truly irevolutionary icar. iSeriously. The dude is promising to iredesign the entire iassembly process with the iStream. iWow!
I can't keep that up. Its making me sick. Enough with all this iShit. Especially in automotive contexts. It works for Apple, not anyone else. Wankers.
And who are the numbnuts buying franchises to sell a car they know nothing about? PT Barnum is proven right more often that I care to admit.
@engineerd wants to be friends with Diddles: It's pretty fair to assume potential customers know a lot more than we do and are beholden to some intense non-disclosure agreements.
@Ben Wojdyla: You would hope. Although watching the way some people make business decisions I wouldn't be surprised if at least a few of these people are buying into the hype and Gordon Murray's name.
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UK Jalops might appreciate this one...
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I can't keep that up. Its making me sick. Enough with all this iShit. Especially in automotive contexts. It works for Apple, not anyone else. Wankers.
And who are the numbnuts buying franchises to sell a car they know nothing about? PT Barnum is proven right more often that I care to admit.
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It's been a long week.
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".. to die, to sleep; to sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come..."
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