Battery based electric vehicles of today and tomorrow.

[drssg]

Another thought on the subject: I've seen videos of some inner city asian areas where the general driving patterns are quite ad hoc. Throw in a bunch of aggressive scooter riders, and the traffic looks more like a swarm of bees than any orderly pattern.

Put an autonomous vehicle in the middle, which HAS to follow the rules and attempt to yield to avoid any collisions, and I wonder if it could get anywhere. People could continually cut it off, and it would be stuck.

But who knows, the Chinese might just give it right of way. People have to get out of the way or else!

 

[riptides]

The combination of autonomous vehicles and smart roads is upon us.

Litigation will not stop the progress.

Virginia Smart Roads | Virginia Tech Transportation Institute

Go Hokies!

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Driverless cars will race at Indy in autonomous vehicle challenge

Some day perhaps?

 

[airbiscuit]

Off topic, but we when would talk with managers about inertia and resistance to change, the following quote would inspire us:

"If you're still under control, you're not going fast enough."
.............................................................Mario Andretti

 

[drssg]

A previous employer of mine had the corporate motto, "Embrace change!" I always found this annoying. If we detonate every nuclear bomb on earth, that would cause change, but I don't embrace that. I'm willing to embrace improvements.

Any new manager with a bit of authority can implement change. Improvements are much more complicated. That involves getting a solid understanding of the current system, including all its strengths and weaknesses. After careful consideration, an improvement can be implemented that fixes one or more weaknesses without destroying strengths.

IMO, the primary motivation for change was to remove the possibility of any apples-to-apples comparison of how a department is performing over time.

 

[airbiscuit]

That kind of thinking would put you on this Indy racing team.

 

[drssg]

That kind of thinking would put you on this Indy racing team.

To be fair, I suspect that the changes in indy racing are due to a series of well thought out improvements over time. It's not from some new guy in middle management saying, "Hey, lets put the gas pedal on the LEFT side!"

 

[cqaigy2]

To be fair, I suspect that the changes in indy racing are due to a series of well thought out improvements over time. It's not from some new guy in middle management saying, "Hey, lets put the gas pedal on the LEFT side!"

I think i've seen people driving like the brake peddle is on the right side. :laughing:

 

[dragoneggs]

Off topic, but we when would talk with managers about inertia and resistance to change, the following quote would inspire us:

"If you're still under control, you're not going fast enough."
.............................................................Mario Andretti

that belongs in the 'favorite quotes' thread. :thumbsup:

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Off topic, but we when would talk with managers about inertia and resistance to change, the following quote would inspire us:

"If you're still under control, you're not going fast enough."
.............................................................Mario Andretti

I like that quote.

My $1,193,762.40 EV learning misstep was expensive tution. Taxes ran the cost of our 2016 Leaf in October 2019 to $14,000.00.

On the same day that would have bought 282 shares of Tesla stock. At close today 22 January 2021 that $14K purchase would have been worth $1,193,762.40.