I think cars are an odd product, where there’s a large spectrum of buyers who are deeply passionate about them, and another large spectrum of buyers who merely see them as appliances.

That’s only part of the story really.

1998 is ‘ancient’ now? Fook me, I feel old.

EVs will only become a viable option once every gas station is mandated to have at least one (but preferably more) charging station.

I actually tried premium once on my Dad’s Corolla, and while it didn’t gain any added performance, it strangely got slightly better fuel economy.

There’s also the myth that red cars cost more to insure.

True. But it seems like the aim is to develop the AI to be good enough such that it can overcome all these things.

Here’s the thing: based on the trends I’ve been observing, in-car infotainment will evolve from touchscreen to voice recognition activation. Already in China (the biggest car market, and will arguably be influential in future), that is the minimum expectation from consumers for even the most entry-level cars, to have…

We don’t do public flogging (it’s all behind closed doors). You’ve mistaken us for somewhere else.

Better still, make them walk to their destination.

No. They can walk.

I don’t think safety is really the main consideration here (sadly). It’s convenience.

You’ll be surprised. People make decisions like these based on far more petty reasons than this.

Launching an electric city car when most cities weren’t prepared for EVs was what doomed the i3 IMO.

Are you related to Alanis? :P

Exactly. I was wondering why Lawrence is rehashing an old article (nearly word for word in some places too).

There was a similar story with a soccer player too (Jermaine Pennant). He was sent out to Spain for six months from his English club, and when he returned to England he left his car at the train station in Spain (He claimed he forgot about it).

Yeah I was thinking this as well. No way were these willfully abandoned.

I saw a Toyota Century recently, which looks a bit odd outside the environment of Japan. Someone must really liked it a lot to make the effort to import one.

Actually I liked a lot of what you wrote on the weekends. And hopefully we’ll get to see more of that in your new position.