I think it’s a great idea.
GM was talking about this 20 years ago with what they called a “skateboard” platform. I suspect there were issues with safety and lack of customer demand.
The car of MY future is an MX-5. F*** this electric mumbo-jumbo.
It looks awful.
like the VW thing... but more...
with the exception of the electronic steering, i’d do it.
but if the electronics go out... i’d want to be able to control the thing until it stopped.
“Electric. Modular. And pretty much whatever you want it to be.”
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Yeah, people are pounding on the doors for electric modular cars, yup, Dream come true, it is.
*FUTURE* CARS ARE SELF-DRIVING. You can only go where your social credit score permits you to go.
“I’m sorry Dave; I can’t take you there today. Please submit your appeal to the social credit office if you feel this restriction is in error.”
The people who run Twitter will run the road system.
No, no, no! Nobody is going to want to drive a "truck" named after a San Francisco interior decorator. Call it "Dominator" and put some flames on the sides and maybe.
But can it core a apple?
Oh yeah, sorry. That was the chef of the future.
>>Uhhhhhhh......no......................<<
Uhhhhh... YEAH.
People will not ned to be concerned with driving so the car of the future will be more like a living area. In fact, I have envisioned many cars like SUVs that in the AM rather than getting in the car and driving, you go to your mobile bedroom several hours before, tell the car to drive you to work, and go back to sleep.
When you get the the car wakes you, you jump in the portable shower in the car, change into one of the couple of work outfits and poof, all set with no muss, fuss or fighting traffic.
Self driving vehicles will change things even more fundamentally than the internet did communications — assuredly in ways we cannot even predict.
Although this car might work if they start driver training classes for 12 year old school girls.
if they made it on a hybrid model that just runs to charge the batteries, that also has the built in solar charging for getting free power while parked, that would be the best setup.
i like the user changeable module idea to fit differing needs at a specific time, but would be concerned about structural crash issues as well as potential theft issues.
Ugly, but the price aint bad.
Still, my VW campers were far cheaper.
I have one already it is an old Ford Expedition. You could go bigger with an Excursion but bigger than I want to climb into.
I’ve been looking at Chevrolet Greenbrier vans. They seem like a similar concept from a while back.
I’ll give it 6mos before it goes belly-up.
I want one. And one for my wife too!