Electric cars & self-driving cars: I've been posting about those "disruptive" innovations for years. Everyone knows the industry is changing, but radical change may be coming faster that we thought.
Bob Lutz, whose credibility comes from a long career in executive positions with General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, etc., says sadly that:
"[W]e are approaching the end of the automotive era."
What "end" does he mean? No more driver control and no more gas-engine cars. "The era of the human-driven automobile, its repair facilities, its dealerships, the media surrounding it — all will be gone in 20 years."
This week: what he thinks will come after the end of car-world as we know it
(Btw, there are lots of comments to the article, most denying Lutz's prediction. But a few commenters agree with Lutz, claiming that it's only rural, elderly car lovers who deny it - harsh. Lutz thinks everybody in the industry sees the end coming but few want to talk about it.)
(cont'd tomorrow)
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