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Back to the original question... and my answer...
Damn Spiffy I would!
Damn Spiffy I would!
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You can register using your Google, Facebook, or Twitter account, just click here.I think you misinterpreted his statement. (Well, one of us did, as I interpreted it differently than you.)
"yet people extend their trust of their beloved phones and video games to robots driving cars, refusing to notice that their presnent gear crashes all the time. "
I interpreted this as meaning "their beloved phones and video games" crash all the time. I.e., he's asserting that people mistakenly feel that because their cell phones and video games are so easy and reliable, that self-driving cars would be, too.
I have mixed feelings about the technology myself. I think that it will eventually happen. I'm not so sure that the technology is quite ready yet. Manufacturer's would definitely have to lock the systems up tight. Computers are too fragile to allow owner's to perform their own modifications to the driving systems. There's too much risk and liability involved.
Not that it works that way, but no.Would you, and especially those 50,000+ who dropped cash to reserve an Elio, pay full price up front, pre-production, if the DOE torpedoed the loan entirely? 50,000 X $6,800 = more than enough to start production. Even a fraction of full price would do.
Thank you Rob; when I first heard mention of this idea I knew it would never be accepted by EM.I would imagine it has something to do with creating an obligation to sell/deliver a car. The Elio reservation system is quite explicit that the reservation money, even for the 1K all-ins, does NOT create an obligation on their end to sell you a car. (Or on our end to buy a car.) If they were to accept full payment up front, that would probably create some form of obligation to sell you a car, and thus open them up to liability if it doesn't get delivered on time, or for the agreed-upon price. I think that kind of system would be a total mess.
Would you, and especially those 50,000+ who dropped cash to reserve an Elio, pay full price up front, pre-production, if the DOE torpedoed the loan entirely? 50,000 X $6,800 = more than enough to start production. Even a fraction of full price would do.