You know I'm not convinced that what the world's megacities "need" is any kind of car at all.

Nothing earthshaking here, but a nice roundup of all of the sensors and sources involved in plotting optimal routes. IMO, this stuff will come into its own not when embedded in a privately-owned vehicle, but when adaptive to & portable between all the different contexts of a transmodal mobility system. Also: ROBOT MUST DIE. I *hate* cutesy anthropomorphic interfaces with a scarcely-conceivable passion.

Smart commentary on cars and vehicular design in general. Plenty to chew on, dis/agree with and engage here.

I'm sorry: but for the inexplicable instrument cluster, this is a verrrrrry sexy car.

Insupportable!

GM's Volt, the "Barack Obama of cars."

Very probably, the kiss of death for global air quality. Nevertheless, almost certainly perfect for its market.

Yes/yes/yes.

Holy crap, that would have been sweet

"Powered by Microsoft" are not the words you want to hear in this context. BSOD, LOL.

Some nice formal thinking here from the folks at Big T. Verrrry Syd Mead, *at last*.

Christ, what an asshole.

With a background in economics, engineering, and planning, Donald Shoup...has extensively studied the issue of parking as a key link between transportation and land use, with important consequences for cities, the economy, and the environment

I've had to put my 1970 Citroën DS on the block. No fun for me, but for you...?

Car as phone ("an integrated GSM telephone - simply insert your SIM card into a drawer in the main instrument console")