Re: The EV thread
Reply #27 –
I think this is where Kruddlers argument is most important. Which way is the future? Odds are the car industry doesnt know.
The one thing that the car industry generally agrees on is that driverless vehicles are the future. To be honest, I hope so. There is an element of me first selfishness that has pervaded the roads for the last 10 years, where people are seemingly oblivious to driver etiquette and it all results in line jumping, delays, accidents, and general traffic slowdown.
The thing is that there’s so much investment in EVs that manufacturers and governments don’t want to back another horse.
Hydrogen is earmarked for the next generation of heavy vehicles but Toyota is really the only company promoting the use for light vehicles.
Our environment doesn’t really suit EVs (outside of major population centres) or driverless vehicles; the latter can’t be programmed to deal with kangaroos, emus, etc.
I struggled at first when driving in the UK; the other drivers were incredibly considerate and courteous. So different to the behaviour of most Aussie drivers 🤔