Where do you see the auto industry 100 years from now??
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Where do you see the auto industry 100 years from now??
Where do you see the auto industry 100 years from now??
1. Where will the cars be made?
2. What will they run on?
3. What will they look like?
4. How much HP with they have?
5. Will they be lighter or heavier?
6. Will we still drive them or will they be driven by computers?
7. Will anyone still use manual trannies or will everything be automatics and/or dual-clutch SMG's?
8. Will cars be more expensive or cheaper (% wise considering annual inflation)?
9. Will people commute even further or will they live closer to work?
1. Where will the cars be made?
2. What will they run on?
3. What will they look like?
4. How much HP with they have?
5. Will they be lighter or heavier?
6. Will we still drive them or will they be driven by computers?
7. Will anyone still use manual trannies or will everything be automatics and/or dual-clutch SMG's?
8. Will cars be more expensive or cheaper (% wise considering annual inflation)?
9. Will people commute even further or will they live closer to work?
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Re: Where do you see the auto industry 100 years from now??
1. Where will the cars be made? Many places
2. What will they run on? Hydrogen?
3. What will they look like? Futuristic
4. How much HP with they have? Depends on the model. Kilovolts maybe instead?
5. Will they be lighter or heavier? About the same.
6. Will we still drive them or will they be driven by computers? Both depending on conditions and the road
7. Will anyone still uses manual trannies or will everything be automatics and/or dual-clutch SMG's? Depends on the powerplant. Manuals don't make much sense in a fuel cell car.
8. Will cars be more expensive or cheaper (% wise considering annual inflation)? About the same as a % of average household income.
9. Will people commute even further or will they live closer to work? Both, depending on their preferences. Urban living is undergoing a huge boom right now but with population forecasts saying 367million Americans by 2030 cities will continue to grow ******d. Its just personal choice on how much of a commute you can accept.
2. What will they run on? Hydrogen?
3. What will they look like? Futuristic
4. How much HP with they have? Depends on the model. Kilovolts maybe instead?
5. Will they be lighter or heavier? About the same.
6. Will we still drive them or will they be driven by computers? Both depending on conditions and the road
7. Will anyone still uses manual trannies or will everything be automatics and/or dual-clutch SMG's? Depends on the powerplant. Manuals don't make much sense in a fuel cell car.
8. Will cars be more expensive or cheaper (% wise considering annual inflation)? About the same as a % of average household income.
9. Will people commute even further or will they live closer to work? Both, depending on their preferences. Urban living is undergoing a huge boom right now but with population forecasts saying 367million Americans by 2030 cities will continue to grow ******d. Its just personal choice on how much of a commute you can accept.
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Re: Where do you see the auto industry 100 years from now??
1) Factories, just like they are now. But the only need for humans will be to make sure everything is coshure. Much like how humans are only 'needed' for most factory jobs now.
2) Hydrogen more than likely.
3) Somewhat like they do now, just without the wheels and tires
4) I don't think HP will even be an issue. There will be other parameters of performance that will be more important.
5) Lighter
6) Both, depending on where you live and what you prefer.
7) I think they'll have a manual version and an automatic version like we have now, but not resembling our archaic trannies in any form. It disgusts me that the hydromatic is even around still, where as the manual needs a LOT of refining. Where does that Zeroshift deal stand?
8) Cheaper, I can't even imagine how we put up with current prices.
9) Further, much further. I think most big cities will have a transportation system set up much more efficient than the current way American cities run. I imagine little car type things on some kind of rail running through cities. I imagine road ways taking the next big step in refinement and technology in 30 years or so. This will make commutes a lot cheaper, easier, and faster.
2) Hydrogen more than likely.
3) Somewhat like they do now, just without the wheels and tires
4) I don't think HP will even be an issue. There will be other parameters of performance that will be more important.
5) Lighter
6) Both, depending on where you live and what you prefer.
7) I think they'll have a manual version and an automatic version like we have now, but not resembling our archaic trannies in any form. It disgusts me that the hydromatic is even around still, where as the manual needs a LOT of refining. Where does that Zeroshift deal stand?
8) Cheaper, I can't even imagine how we put up with current prices.
9) Further, much further. I think most big cities will have a transportation system set up much more efficient than the current way American cities run. I imagine little car type things on some kind of rail running through cities. I imagine road ways taking the next big step in refinement and technology in 30 years or so. This will make commutes a lot cheaper, easier, and faster.
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Re: Where do you see the auto industry 100 years from now??
Well I guess it really depends on the amount of oil, or alternative fuel sources. Everything will more than likely stem from there. I would think a lot more automation would take place 100 years from now as well...
1. Where will the cars be made? Anywhere
2. What will they run on? Not Gasoline....
3. What will they look like? futuristic
4. How much HP with they have? comperable to today i would imagine
5. Will they be lighter or heavier? lighter with the help of new materials maybe
6. Will we still drive them or will they be driven by computers? both
7. Will anyone still use manual trannies or will everything be automatics and/or dual-clutch SMG's? hopefully manual =)
8. Will cars be more expensive or cheaper (% wise considering annual inflation)? Around the same % wise for cost of living and such...
9. Will people commute even further or will they live closer to work? Probably similar to what they are commuting now
1. Where will the cars be made? Anywhere
2. What will they run on? Not Gasoline....
3. What will they look like? futuristic
4. How much HP with they have? comperable to today i would imagine
5. Will they be lighter or heavier? lighter with the help of new materials maybe
6. Will we still drive them or will they be driven by computers? both
7. Will anyone still use manual trannies or will everything be automatics and/or dual-clutch SMG's? hopefully manual =)
8. Will cars be more expensive or cheaper (% wise considering annual inflation)? Around the same % wise for cost of living and such...
9. Will people commute even further or will they live closer to work? Probably similar to what they are commuting now
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Re: Where do you see the auto industry 100 years from now??
I just watched I-Robot today, and i think the year it's based on was 2035. It seemed somewhat realistic given the speed techolonogy seems to be progresses in. Car's driving themselves aren't too far off i think. The parking garage scene/idea in the movie was very neat i thought. We probably won't see anything like that for a very long time, but we may get there...who knows.
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well actually for the movie, cant remember the name of it.. had Tom Cruise and they could see murders before people commited them and arrested them.. They did alot of research on what the future would be like by going to many groups that specialize in the stuff and asking them questions and what not. They said that it's a pretty good idea of what the future will hold, as well with lil things throw in from hollywood of course to make the movie a bit more interesting.
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Re: Where do you see the auto industry 100 years from now??
Originally Posted by Gold_Rush
I just watched I-Robot today, and i think the year it's based on was 2035. It seemed somewhat realistic given the speed techolonogy seems to be progresses in. Car's driving themselves aren't too far off i think. The parking garage scene/idea in the movie was very neat i thought. We probably won't see anything like that for a very long time, but we may get there...who knows.
Oh, and I picked up I, Robot on Tuesday and have alreaddy watched it 6 times
Great movie 
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Re: Where do you see the auto industry 100 years from now??
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Where do you see the auto industry 100 years from now??
2. They'll run on Nuclear
.3. They'd better be retro (styled like NOW basically
) or I won't buy one (Futuristic is Fugly
).4. HP ranging from ~100HP to ~2000HP
.5. I'm sure the materials will be lighter, but stronger.
6. If they're computer driven, and we can't drive ourselves? I'll quit life
.7. Semi-automatic would be alright (gotta be able to shift
).8. They'll probably cost roughly the same in comparison (percentage wise).
9. Everyone will be working from home online, but any communting will be much farther than it is now (for the "common" folk anyways
).
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Re: Where do you see the auto industry 100 years from now??
1) all over the world
2) electric (battery tech will improve huge over the next 100 year)
3) safety standards will force cars to all be a standard shape (think NASCAR)
4) No HP, only torque ratings
5) Lighter due to improved CAD and new materials
6) both, you can drive or have autodrive, maybe it will depend on the roadway
7) Everything will be an auto but will be able to simulate any tranny you like.
8) cheaper, but not by much, having a car is a necessity in the USA unless you are in NYC
9) we will probably experience trends that swing between the two over the next 100 year. Different generations like different things.
2) electric (battery tech will improve huge over the next 100 year)
3) safety standards will force cars to all be a standard shape (think NASCAR)
4) No HP, only torque ratings
5) Lighter due to improved CAD and new materials
6) both, you can drive or have autodrive, maybe it will depend on the roadway
7) Everything will be an auto but will be able to simulate any tranny you like.
8) cheaper, but not by much, having a car is a necessity in the USA unless you are in NYC
9) we will probably experience trends that swing between the two over the next 100 year. Different generations like different things.
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I remember when I was a little kid in the early 80's dreaming of what the futuristic "year 2000" would be like. I envisioned futuristic cars and etc. , but only to find out when I grew up that we are actually driving around in big-ole old-fashion-like-trucks. Another oddity is that I have come to dislike cars that try too hard to look futuristic since most of the time the cars that try too hard to look hightech end up looking dated/old-fashion faster then most other cars (and I'm not talking cool-classic-old-fashion either).
I would think cars would get lighter in the future but if the Porsche 911 is any example it has only gotten heavier, larger, and more expensive with each new iteration.
I would think cars would get lighter in the future but if the Porsche 911 is any example it has only gotten heavier, larger, and more expensive with each new iteration.
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All I have to say is that we will porbably not even be close to where we think we will be. If I remember right, from some of those old "This is the Future", aren't we suppose to have cars that can drive themselves and have robots doing all of our work for us by now? I believe the Jetsons were set in the year 2002. 
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I think the further away we get from simpleness and slower-pace of the past the more we (as a culture) yearn for it. This is why underneath the surface most things are very hightech, fast-paced, and confusing but the outter skin and/or design is often very contemporary or even classic.
I think this is the reason why generic-contemporary-looking cars, retro-ish new cars, and classic old cars have a strong following is because they represent simpler time and in some ways represent "Home" in a classic sense.
Because of this I doubt "futuristic styling" will ever become mainstream because we live in such a face paced world that we want our products to reminds us (real or imagined) of a simpler time even though the products themselve might be hightech underneath the surface.
In many ways cars are like homes and while our culture went through a time where people got rid of fireplaces in their homes because central heat/air made fireplaces obsolete, but people still yearn for a fireplace because how it looks and makes one feel. People for a while replaced normal lighting with flourescent lighting in their homes because it was hightech and used less energy, but slowly and surely people have removed the more cost effective flourecent lighting with more convental lighting because the way it looks and makes them feel. Most people also prefer homes to look like a classic house and not some odd-futuristic place that seems cold and soul-less and ironically people who live in ultramodern apartments in big cities are the ones who tend to spend alot of money on antiques and other things from past to try to compensate for their ultra-modern and fastpaced lifestyle.
I think this is the reason why generic-contemporary-looking cars, retro-ish new cars, and classic old cars have a strong following is because they represent simpler time and in some ways represent "Home" in a classic sense.
Because of this I doubt "futuristic styling" will ever become mainstream because we live in such a face paced world that we want our products to reminds us (real or imagined) of a simpler time even though the products themselve might be hightech underneath the surface.
In many ways cars are like homes and while our culture went through a time where people got rid of fireplaces in their homes because central heat/air made fireplaces obsolete, but people still yearn for a fireplace because how it looks and makes one feel. People for a while replaced normal lighting with flourescent lighting in their homes because it was hightech and used less energy, but slowly and surely people have removed the more cost effective flourecent lighting with more convental lighting because the way it looks and makes them feel. Most people also prefer homes to look like a classic house and not some odd-futuristic place that seems cold and soul-less and ironically people who live in ultramodern apartments in big cities are the ones who tend to spend alot of money on antiques and other things from past to try to compensate for their ultra-modern and fastpaced lifestyle.
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Re: Where do you see the auto industry 100 years from now??
Originally Posted by johnsocal
I would think cars would get lighter in the future but if the Porsche 911 is any example it has only gotten heavier, larger, and more expensive with each new iteration.
Originally Posted by Professor Frink
Well, sure, the 911 looks impressive, don't touch it, but I predict that within 100 years, automobiles will be twice as powerful, 10,000 times larger, and so expensive that only the five richest kings of Europe will own them.
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I remember when "digital" gauges were going to be the future (what happened to all those digital dash's of the 1980's?) but here in 2004 it appears the people still want analog gauges.
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Re: Where do you see the auto industry 100 years from now??
Originally Posted by johnsocal
I remember when "digital" gauges were going to be the future (rember all those digital dash's in the 1980's?) but here in 2004 it appears the people still want analog gauges.
It seems like Honda is the only one going down the digital route with most of their cars.
Anyone know of any after market companies that sell digital dashes/faces?
