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OK, I did use the term to focus on a large future user of electricity and other energy sources. However, electric and driverless vehicles are much more than simply replacing your current Honda or F-150. For example, electric, driverless vehicles can do all sorts of emergency activities as well as work in environments very difficult for humans/
Well yeah there’s “good reason” why you’d want the government to subsidize and regulate a new technology, so that the economy wouldn’t run wild and crash a lot of people’s lives by the sudden, market-driven shifts. Fortunately* Donald Trump done something about that!
I apologize. This is a much larger discussion that can be contained here. The effect of AI on medicine and medical practice is truly huge. You can inquire of sources that you trust. I certainly have watched many, many hours on this subject. If you truly want to discuss this, please feel free to start a new thread.
My other response was a bit snarky.
Well, yeah, the “market” (if you will), for the possible applications will be a great boon and we should encourage these daring young men in their flying machines! Huzzah!
“Good enough!”, will keep most purchasers of ICE automobiles to continue to purchase them, learning new things is hard, and these will eventually “age-out”. 2035 or thereabouts.
Automatic, but live in hills and (regular) cars don’t anticipate hills in the correct gear, have to manually downshift with a deft flick of the accelerator which probably damages the transmission, (15mph is a fine speed to negotiate some of Pittsburgh’s hills!)
No, I got what you were saying, I just pointed out that older-folks aren’t going to jump on the bandwagon just because it’s a good idea and overall might be better for the environment, since they’re used to the old-tech.
When you are a senior citizen you'll learn why. I bought a 2026 SUV with safety features that will make me a better driver as I age, helping me stay independent, and protecting me and my passengers.
How about we feed the EVs all of the AI data center power? I like that plan.
I've driven rentals from Portland to Bend a few times and got a good paddle shifter and a CVT. Those both drove like real cars and were quite nice. Twenty years ago I was at Lake Tahoe and had to drive around the lake a lot. It wasn't great until I started using the "2" and "3" settings to limit the top gear.
In it being not just EV sales and maintenance, but EV chargers, particularly fast chargers. Keep your eyes peeled around hotels and travel centers (AKA "truck stops") and you should see a few. It's not uncommon to have to upgrade conductors and, in some cases, substation capacity, to handle the load. Add enough load and you have to increase generation capacity.
