What specifically is encouraging the electrification of cars?

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[–]Bigs 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (10 children)

You still think they intend letting filth like you own and use your own car? BWAHAHAHA!!!

No.

The aim for electric cars is precisely because they can't go far, can be remotely controlled etc. You won't own your own, just a subscription service so you can call some self-driving Piss Pod. I call them Piss Pods because I guarantee they will soon smell of piss.

The next stage will be sharing them, so you'll call a PP and have to wait for the next one passing by that's going your way, like a bus, and like a bus it will already have some (pee-smelling) passengers in it. And this is if you're lucky. If you live somewhere unlucky they'll just tell you to get on a bus.

On the bright side, by then your digital ID and their master computer will figure out where you should live and work, so there'll always be a Piss Pod within the hour or two of you needing one to get to and from your designated place of work.

Obviously other destinations will be banned unless you have a suitably high social credit score or sucked the right cock.

Are you new around here?

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    [–]BravoVictor 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

    If Taco Bell wins the Franchise Wars, I just might have to kill myself.

    [–]Dr_Bukkake 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

    This guy probably doesn’t even know how to use the three seashells.

    [–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

    I get all that. What I'm wondering about is the mechanism by which consumer goods companies are being made to shift production to something for which there seems to be little demand.

    I buy Subarus. I bought a new Impreza, kept it 10 years, then bought a new WRX. Meanwhile, Subaru has apparently decided to half-ass the WRX and start on electric cars.

    I'm the consumer. I don't want an electric car. Why would Subaru not continue making the cars I do want if they're not being compelled to?

    I've heard talk of regulating carbon dioxide as a pollutant. I don't think it's really happened anywhere. Our overseers can't afford that economically or politically, and they know it.

    My hope is that Subaru, etc. have been "wrong-footed" here and are planning around things that won't actually happen. There is some precedent for that.

    [–]Bigs 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

    My wife as a Crosstrek, lovely little motor :)

    We specially got that from the dealer because it was the 2016 model, as new-old-stock, because the new one had that 'eyesight' or whatever bullshit, where it steers you into oncoming traffic if you don't indicate or something. Fuck all noise, didn't want it.

    Even then, much as we love the car, it must be said the ICE (in-car entertainment, not the engine) was utter shit and we had to replace it in the end. As I said to Wifey "Betcha glad we didn't rely on even more Subaru electronics?"

    [–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

    That interesting. The electronics are great on my 2019. It's mostly just a host for Android Auto. I have heard that Starlink itself (and the pre-2019 stuff in general) is pretty clunky. Oh, and no EyeSight on the WRX, unless you want an automatic!

    The 2019 base model stereo is also shockingly good. For decades it seemed like an upgrade was mandatory if you wanted to listen to music in a Subaru.

    [–]Bigs 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    Well sadly enough we probably won't get another one, as all the new ones here have the Eyesight stuff (Malaysia). If forced down that route then I'd go for Toyota, simply for reliability. Our Scooby has been entirely reliable, other than the electronics.

    Did I mention the ICE managed to destroy all the speakers? When my wife told me it needed all the speakers replacing I said that was utter bullshit and demanded we take it elsewhere. Took different audio specialists said the same thing; all the speakers were dead. Not blown skins or burnt or anything, just... dead. As was the head unit. Quite bizarre really.

    So I'm happy yours seem OK but no, I won't trust Scooby electronics again any time soon.

    [–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Oh, I seriously doubt I'll buy another one. I somehow managed to buy one at their peak, out of luck