VW (like many German engineers... I’m an engineer) think the German way is the right way... And it’s their duty to make the rest of the world realize this. A friend of mine works in software and he visits Germany frequently... he concurs with this idea. Sometimes the German way is better, but often not. If you cannot…

So true. It’s the ice down south that gives us the reputation of being bad winter drivers. But guess what?! Just as many (or more in many cities) of the ‘bad drivers’ in the ice are... wait for it... northern transplants. They think they can drive in 1” of snow... but that asphalt was warm... and that snow is ICE the…

Man Bat! Not to be confused with Bat Man. I remember that episode clearly.

I’d say the stupid one is Tesla, for releasing a half-baked attempt at partial autonomous driving and allowing the public to ‘beta test’ it (Musk’s words!). Google has it right... logging thousands of hours of actual driving to develop their system.

Exactly. I’m no old curmudgeon, but I’ve been around long enough to know this idea is the ignorant optimism of youth. If it’s not economically viable, it won’t happen. And no, the future you imagine is not economically viable.