Originally posted by @christopher-albon Agreed that the car needs to be semi-intelligent for the reason you state ( brain farts). Secondly we don't want to dispose of those already built. With regards to the technologies you have listed, that sounds incredibly expensive. Wouldn't it be cheaper to paint a solenoid on the car and use inductance charging from the centre Isle? Could this th ...[text shortened]... ve people actually find release driving around the countrywide, so why give an AI that pleasure.
You cannot drive an electric car using a "low-cost, swappable battery" for more than a few kilometers.
Originally posted by @apathist No. The main reason for public transportation is to relieve traffic congestion, which is the opposite of what you suggest.
Public transport predates traffic congestion by several millennia.
Originally posted by @apathist City buses, trolleys, light rail and subways do not, so I suppose you mean ferries. Which were subsidized because of congestion, btw.
Buses, trains, trams and subways all existed long before traffic congestion of cars became an issue. Of course it is true that recent investment in public transport has been motivated in part by attempting to alleviate congestion.
Originally posted by @kazetnagorra Buses, trains, trams and subways all existed long before traffic congestion of cars became an issue. Of course it is true that recent investment in public transport has been motivated in part by attempting to alleviate congestion.
Congestion of cars? Who said otherwise?
kazet, you seem to be one of those people who oppose honest communication. All splitting hairs, digressing and moving goalposts as a matter of automatic routine. Good to know!
Next generation cars
03 Oct '17 17:25
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