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on Tuesday June 23 2015, @08:40PM
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from the how-many-cup-holders-does-it-have dept.
According to the Washington Post, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said in the past that the Model S is "a little too guy centric." It's an issue that the company is actively trying to correct with X, a vehicle that's expected to cost between $50,000-$70,000.
And it seems to be working, with more than half of the pre-orders for the Model X coming from women.
That's certainly a good thing. In 2014, women account for 40% of the nearly 17 million cars and trucks sold the US, the Washington Post reported. For crossover SUVs, that number is closer to 50%.
Do EVs really have gender specific appeal?
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(Score: 2, Interesting) by anubi on Wednesday June 24 2015, @12:53AM
Personally, I would love to see them work with Google to make a autonomous van.
This thing would be handy getting to jobsites giving me additional time to devote to my work.
Not only that, disabled people would welcome a van. We have an aging population and the longer we can keep them independent, the less time the rest of us are tasked with trying to meet their needs. A lot of older people really have no business operating motor vehicles, but in today's environment they have no choice. I, for one, would be extremely reticent to deny anyone the privilege of driving unless one was deliberately DUI-ing or flat blind. I would bet a lot of older people would jump at the opportunity of having the machine chauffeur them around. Probably make the roads a lot safer for all of us.
Please do not take this as an anti-geezer rant. I am becoming a geezer myself. I am already under the strong belief the machine would control my vehicle better than I could, and would be quite adoptive of a Google van. ( Besides, a van would make containing any electronics a bit easier - a lot more room in a van - and hopefully not so much cost to do all the aesthetics of a whole new vehicle frame.)
What I have in mind is one of those business vans - usually white - no windows except in front. However I do want cameras mounted on the front and rear so I can get a good view of the scene before I put the nose of the vehicle into the lane, or get good views on anything around my vehicle - all routed to a row of LCD panels above the windshield.
I would love to have this assist technology. Sure would help me avoid stupid little fender benders in the parking lot because "I flat did not see that little car over there". The Google computer would see it and stop me before I got involved in another accident.
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