Three characteristics of your next car:
1, very likely, it will be Chinese
2, very likely, it will be your LAST car
3, and this will be GOOD, if it happens the right way:
https://open.substack.com/pub/mfioretti/p/carmakers-must-die-and-flat-cars
@mfioretti My car is already largely Chinese. Raybestos, Gates, Sunsong brake lines, the ignition switch, window lift shocks. If that Ford was anymore Chinese now I'd have to dump pho noodles in each fill-up. I don't see that as remotely "good". Greed is what brought us here to begin with. My company moved a lot to Guadalajara after manufacturing hit the targets they said would prevent that. It was the only time in the history of the company security was dispatched to the manufacturing floor.
@MidnightRider no doubt that greed caused huge damage, but what I propose is "good" in the sense that as things stand now, it's the least impossible way to solve certain problems. E.g. mass urbanization, which is unstoppable barring REAL catastrophes, is incompatible with the car industry of today, REGARDLESS of who makes cars, and what fuel they use.
@MidnightRider of course it's a huge, huge task. My thesis is that the whole circus is going to pot right now anyway, at increasing speed, all by itself. So we'd take advantage of this to slide in the right solutions
@mfioretti I hope you're right, I'm likely to be dead by then, I hope we're both right.
@mfioretti The segway from going anywhere you want when you want will only work with a similar system. You're going to need those Elroy separation capsules like the Jetson's to get that done. Then there's the problem of upsetting Exxon / Mobil & pals who own every politician. An entire industry of collectable cars, parts of all kinds and museums. I don't disagree with you but like changing the direction of a ship, it's going to take some time and I'm not sure we have enough left.