Originally posted by @christopher-albonYou cannot drive an electric car using a "low-cost, swappable battery" for more than a few kilometers.
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.
Originally posted by @athousandyoungI meant one of the reasons we have private cars instead of public transport...
We had cars first. So, that's why.
Originally posted by @apathistPublic transport predates traffic congestion by several millennia.
No. The main reason for public transportation is to relieve traffic congestion, which is the opposite of what you suggest.
Originally posted by @kazetnagorraCity buses, trolleys, light rail and subways do not, so I suppose you mean ferries. Which were subsidized because of congestion, btw.
Public transport predates traffic congestion by several millennia.
Originally posted by @apathistBuses, 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.
City buses, trolleys, light rail and subways do not, so I suppose you mean ferries. Which were subsidized because of congestion, btw.
Originally posted by @kazetnagorraCongestion of cars? Who said otherwise?
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.
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!