You are a wise man........green and the development of high mpg vehicles and sustainable transportation is essential and I don't understand how or why anybody can oppose it. I'm betting most vehicles will be leased over owned in the not so distant future. A fixed monthly payment for the vehicle including fuel and maintenance.
-
Welcome to Elio Owners! Join today, registration is easy!
You can register using your Google, Facebook, or Twitter account, just click here.
Why Buy Elio (don't Worry, I'm All In)
- Thread starter Mike Badgle
- Start date
- Status
bunchathrees
Elio Addict
Extrapolate the lease versus owning idea into dystopia - everyone pays fees for access to autonomous self-driving vehicles. 
Ekh
Elio Addict
The other model that may work is "auto-uber" -- the self-driving car shows up on time, takes you to your destination, and is released to the next customer. Huge reduction in parking space, fuel, and other consumables while preserving "freedom of motion"-- our apparently god-given right not to ride a bus.
Ekh
Elio Addict
That may well be where we end up. And whether or not it's dystopian depends on your cultural norms. When things get hot enough, crowded enough, hungry enough, and dry enough -- autonomous self-driving electric vehicles become normative, and self-driven, personally owned cars get rocks thrown at them for selfishness in a time of environmental penury.Extrapolate the lease versus owning idea into dystopia - everyone pays fees for access to autonomous self-driving vehicles.
Want to see the REALLY dystopian vision? Read "The Water Knife," a horrific novel about dealing with a 50-year drought in the western states. It will make your blood stop running -- not enough liquid to keep it flowing!
Link:
http://www.amazon.com/Water-Knife-Paolo-Bacigalupi/dp/080417153X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1464026597&sr=1-1&keywords=the+water+knife
Last edited:
bunchathrees
Elio Addict
I have a still suit from my time on Arakis.
Just imagine how cheap a used Elio will be if a new replacement is only $6800. THAT would be a great value.
I can actually see it being something like having a big boat motor go bad and learn that often pays to buy a new boat, motor and trailer than it is to replace just the boat motor
Uh.... You misspelled "Southern California."
Serious question: For all the talk of self-driving vehicles, I've yet to hear anyone address rural or seriously off-road destinations. I get how such vehicles would work in urban areas, but.... Well, let's just say that I've no interest in an autonomous vehicle until somebody tells me how they handle rock crawling and such.Extrapolate the lease versus owning idea into dystopia - everyone pays fees for access to autonomous self-driving vehicles.
Ekh
Elio Addict
I think you're right -- but I think if they DON'T get it done within 10 years they'll be kaput. My betting is they DO come out with the Eelio within five years of launching the gas powered version. Maybe as few as 3 years.
- Status