@lemondrop
The days of the infernal-combustion-engine-powered vehicle in private hands are numbered. Private vehicles will, with a few exceptions for handicapped people, eventually be HPVs. Wind-resistance squares with doubled speed, hence, HPVs are typically teardrop-shaped to minimize wind resistance. So, most vehicles in private hands will tend towards tear-drop or pear-shapes. The sooner the better, IMO.
@lemondrop saidIn fact economics is a difficult beast, in city cars which go only up to about 50 km/h we can expect curios forms. But there needs to be a business case first 😉
the economics say no
as soon as electric is evolved to efficient standards, the next greatest thing will appear without warning
zero personal vehicles
much like wifi has become quite ubiquitous, transporters will be also
the technology envisioned in the sixties (and prolly before) will be hashed out so that moving from one "space" to another "space" will require no intermediate transportation of any sort
a transport hub, or terminal (ack! not terminal!) will grace every domicile and public hotspot
i promise to give fair warning before i pop into yer bedroom
@ponderable saidI shall pin my hopes on this then.
in city cars which go only up to about 50 km/h we can expect curios forms.
Talk about the aerodynamics of cars pottering around suburbs and city centres for doing the weekly shop or ferrying kids to and from school seems a bit silly.
@fmf saidI doubt it. With all the available info. on demographics, consumer wish lists etc. Auto companies now know what it takes to build a car that generates company profits, and maximizing profits is more important than style and diversity.
Will the cars that ordinary people drive ever again be as diverse and as distinctive in their shapes and styles as they were in the 1960s and 1970s?
@mchill saidI think the homogeneity of car styles is something that "drooling midrange accountants" and their ilk have foisted up consumers over the last 40 years because they are dreary risk averse jobsworths. I don't think the homogeneity of car styles is caused by "consumer wish lists".
I doubt it. With all the available info. on demographics, consumer wish lists etc. Auto companies now know what it takes to build a car that generates company profits, and maximizing profits is more important than style and diversity.
@great-big-stees saidTrue, but it took a long time. 🙂
If we keep up doing what we currently do (to the planet), people, ordinary or not, will go the way of the dinosaurs. 🤔