I don't have a lot of time to spend on a debate on this topic (usually I just let people speak their minds, everyone is allowed an opinion). I have to prep for upcoming thyroid surgery, and more failing eye sight appointments (if I can't read nor type, I won't be able to post anymore - time to pull my plug and make room/resources-available for the next human generation). But, I will clarify my points:
David's reply leaves me to think he and I may not be talking about the same item. The item I posted http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/NPR-Fresh-Air-EV-program-yesterday-tp4692114p4692118.html is not a full transcript of what was said on the .mp3 (audio) link https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/fa/2018/12/20181210_fa_01.mp3 the author's statements on the audio is what I disagree with. The audio interview goes into greater detail of the author's https://www.google.com/search?q=Samuel+I.+Schwartz comments in selling their book https://www.google.com/search?q=No+One+at+the+Wheel The author's statements: -avs most disruptive since motor cars (NPR likes to use negative words, replace disruptive with change. Same as rotary phones have changed to touch-tone, & change again to cell & tablets) -fewer repair shops, car dealerships (There will always be a need for auto repair shops, and dealerships. Not everyone will want to give up owning or driving their own car, thus accident repairs, maintenance, + will happen) -safety (5min) (NPR wording fears that the av will freeze-up/hang like an old MS-windows 95 pc. NPR is so backward, when it comes to vehicles or technology. They still remember the old-days of the blue-screen-of-death, etc.) -not sharing data with the public (this is not true. All av players are sending out pr news-items I see regularly of their progress, successes, issues, R&D status,+ I do not post much on auton because not many on the evdl are interested, nor want to bother with self-driving cars. But I see plenty of data of how quickly avs will be for sale.) -the track record is not very good with avs (9min) (not true, Tesla autopilot get too much coverage as an av when it isn't. But waymo and other av tech companies are way ahead of Tesla and get nil recognition of having a better auto ai, +) -One av making multiple trips to serve a family (11min) (the NPR rep incorrectly uses the example of one av driving the father to work, returns home, then drives the lids to school, return, then drives the mother to work, returns just to sit idle for hours. IMO 1 car in a family is ridiculous. It will be at least 2. Currently, ice sit in their work parking for many hours each day, but NPR is not saying that is bad. All this NPR wording is wack/slanted. -avs will be smaller (16min) (cars will stay the SUV width with lots of interior space. So avs will not shrink, especially if avs are going to be used as ride share to make money while not in use by the owner. i.e.: user you expensive av with Uber when you are at work, etc) -making lanes narrower (17min) (when humans and avs share a hwy, the lanes have to stay the same lane width. Humans do not follow the rules, even when not drunk or high) - NPR rep sez: I'm ending this interview so conflicted (18min) (after 18min of the 35+min interview, it was no longer about avs so nothing that would relate to EVs ... ) As I said NPR has a long history of pumping out negative EV items. A search of the evdl archive on NPR http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=Negative+NPR+Story&i=36 brings up items where the NPR links are now dead (media outlets do not keep old pages around forever). But, below are a few active ones: https://www.npr.org/2011/11/21/142464818/can-electric-cars-help-automakers-reach-55-mpg November 21, 2011 [ref http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVangelism-tp4092072p4092683.html I heard a story on NPR this morning that was pretty negative on EVs: ... Nov 21, 2011 ] https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124012917 February 23, 2010 [ref http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Re-seva-NPR-Lithium-battery-glut-tp1567774.html Feb 24, 2010] http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130433987 October 12, 2010 [ref http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/2nd-Part-of-NPR-s-EV-Horror-Story-tp2992193.html Oct 12, 2010 ... I am actually an NPR Junkie ... But I sure don't like the SLANT this reporter puts on her EV Experience... It's probably the SLANT that a perspective EV buyer with a strong does of Pessimism would put on it all... One which would never buy or lease an EV anyway.... ] I did find a less negative NPR item, some might enjoy going back to the old-days: https://www.marketplace.org/2007/12/06/business/electric-car-you-already-have-one [ref http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/npr-EV-story-tp423984.html npr EV story Dec 06, 2007 ] For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/archive/ {brucedp.neocities.org} -- Sent from: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
