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How Silicon Valley is inventing the future of cars

Original post made on Jul 30, 2017

When it comes to the automotive industry of today, turn to the "new" Motor City: Silicon Valley. Instead of mechanics with their sleeves rolled up, there are engineers at companies like Google who are dictating where the trillion-dollar industry -- which notched a record 17.55 million vehicles sold in 2016 -- turns next.

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Posted by Bruce England
a resident of Whisman Station
on Jul 30, 2017 at 12:02 pm

Great overview of what is happening in our region, Eric; excellent work! It will be interesting to see how new technologies are accepted by drivers who are used to having their own cars--often selected to reflect their personalities--and having full control over them. I'm excited by what is happening, but I also grew up with the prevalent car culture all around us where having your "wheels" was at least as important as their providing the means to get around. I don't know what will replace this, but I'm fairly sure car-driving apps for the cell phone won't suffice.


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