I was 16 once (a very long time ago) and one of the greatest joys was getting a driving licence so I can legally drive and just disappear, puff…
The freedom offered by Automobile is ending. To be specific, American cars are dead!
Ford (F) said on Wednesday the only passenger car models it plans to keep on the market in North America will be the Mustang and the upcoming Ford Focus Active, a crossover-like hatchback that's slated to debut in 2019. That means the Fiesta, Taurus, Fusion and the regular Focus will disappear in the United States and Canada.
money.cnn.com/2018/04/25/autos/ford-cars-north-america/in...
General Motors (GM) plans to halt production at five factories in North America and cut more than 14,000 jobs.
The US carmaker has also announced it will close three plants outside North America by the end of 2019.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46350057
Fiat Chrysler cuts 2018 outlook, shares tumble
www.reuters.com/article/us-fiatchrysler-results/fiat-chry...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk says his electric car startup was close to death over the last year — within "single-digit weeks," he told "Axios on HBO" — during the troubled ramp-up of the mass market Model 3.
www.axios.com/elon-musk-tesla-death-bleeding-cash-a7928b0...
But we still have billions of people out there so what will be the most Modern form of transport? It will be Autonomous (self-driving cars) who will take you everywhere...
eu.azcentral.com/story/money/business/tech/2018/08/21/way...
Surely not, you say? We still have millions of cars on the Road, how can change come so quickly? Well, last time it took less than 10 years on American Roads…
1900:
1913:
Lahore, Pakistan?
But I live in the 3rd world and change cannot come this quickly to us…
My friend went to Lahore and rented a Toyota. He was driving and decided to take an Exit to pray Jumuah and drive around to look for a Masjid. The “brand new car” stopped in the middle of the Road and will not start. They called the company who replied that they track the movement of their cars and the minute the car left the city limits of Lahore, the tracker tracked it and shut it off, immediately.
How is that for the “new found freedom”?
