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Have We Reached Peak Car?

posted by martyb on Wednesday December 19 2018, @04:34AM   Printer-friendly
from the now-they're-buying...trucks? dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Phys.org:

General Motors has announced it's shuttering five production facilities and killing six vehicle platforms by the end of 2019 as it reallocates resources towards self-driving technologies and electric vehicles.

[...] North American car production hit 17.5 million vehicles in 2016, and dropped marginally to 17.2 million in 2017. Interesting, but perhaps not significant.

More telling are changes in driver behaviour. In North America, for example, fewer teens are getting driver's licences. In 1983, 92 per cent of teens were licensed, while by 2014, that number had dropped to 77 per cent. In Germany, the number of new licences issued to drivers aged 17 to 25 has dropped by 300,000 over the last 10 years.

Are we over our love affair with cars?

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Sulla on Wednesday December 19 2018, @06:44AM (5 children)

    by Sulla (5173) on Wednesday December 19 2018, @06:44AM (#776205) Journal

    80% of the places worth going

    What do you consider the places worth going?

    For me my preferred time off is spent on a road trip. Driving to the coast, driving through the mountains, finding new roads that I have not taken in the past. While i am sure it is a smaller number of people than it used to be, i think regular road trips were part of a culture that is slowly fading. I personally have never cared about anything my local city provides. Dont care about bars, or downtown, or whatever the hell nightlife is, just want to get out and drive.

    Its not all about just getting places, its about the journey.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 19 2018, @08:55AM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 19 2018, @08:55AM (#776229)

    You should consider Amtrak if your purpose for driving is to admire the scenery.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 19 2018, @11:02AM (2 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 19 2018, @11:02AM (#776256)

      Or hitchhiking.

      • (Score: 3, Touché) by khallow on Wednesday December 19 2018, @01:28PM (1 child)

        by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday December 19 2018, @01:28PM (#776292) Journal
        Or driving.

        • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Wednesday December 19 2018, @02:36PM

          by Gaaark (41) on Wednesday December 19 2018, @02:36PM (#776317) Journal

          Or go to Camp Nevermore and just start killing teenagers... you know, get out in the fresh air and enjoy the scenery. Finish up with running...and screaming...and hacking....

          ....OH yeah...

          :)

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    • (Score: 1) by Sulla on Wednesday December 19 2018, @05:05PM

      by Sulla (5173) on Wednesday December 19 2018, @05:05PM (#776384) Journal

      I like amtrak for that purpose. But from my town round trip to seattle or LA will cost 500 round trip for four people + infant at best. Same trip will cost me 200 bucks with a car.

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