The vintage cars are loved, pampered, polished, cherished. What of today's cars, and those of the future? They seem to me to have entered the world of the utilitarian. Provided it gets me from A to B in reasonable comfort that's all that matters, seems to be the pattern. For the future car, then, the onus has to be practicality - exemplified by reliability and comfort - at the right price. What actually happens under the bonnet is a secondary issue. Therein lies the opportunity, and the threat, for future clean cars (and I see that Boris is launching a new charging network for EVs - now roll on de-carbonisation of the grid!).
Monday 8 November 2010
Future Car
The Future Car Challenge Brighton-London rally on Saturday was neatly juxtaposed with the London-Brighton Veteran Car Run on Sunday. It made me ponder that the love affair with the car really does seem to be on the way out. 
The vintage cars are loved, pampered, polished, cherished. What of today's cars, and those of the future? They seem to me to have entered the world of the utilitarian. Provided it gets me from A to B in reasonable comfort that's all that matters, seems to be the pattern. For the future car, then, the onus has to be practicality - exemplified by reliability and comfort - at the right price. What actually happens under the bonnet is a secondary issue. Therein lies the opportunity, and the threat, for future clean cars (and I see that Boris is launching a new charging network for EVs - now roll on de-carbonisation of the grid!).
The vintage cars are loved, pampered, polished, cherished. What of today's cars, and those of the future? They seem to me to have entered the world of the utilitarian. Provided it gets me from A to B in reasonable comfort that's all that matters, seems to be the pattern. For the future car, then, the onus has to be practicality - exemplified by reliability and comfort - at the right price. What actually happens under the bonnet is a secondary issue. Therein lies the opportunity, and the threat, for future clean cars (and I see that Boris is launching a new charging network for EVs - now roll on de-carbonisation of the grid!).
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