That's not going to make China catch up to "the US" because it's not China vs the US. It's China vs. the world. Literally no country wants China to be in charge of chip production except maybe Russia, and even then only because 1) they have absolutely no hope of being competitive themselves, ever, given the way they run their country; and 2) China is still happy to do business with Russia since no one can afford to sanction them for it.

Probably, but no US automaker will be among those. The US won't let them fail because they are defense contractors. If we have a war we need them to make vehicles. The bulk of units will be drones, but we will still need tanks and whatnot.

No fucking shit. All the AI companies are working "with" their respective governments. So what?

Apparent to who, crack smokers? A lot more has changed since 1970 than just the hood lines. If you don't understand that then you're fundamentally underequipped to participate in this conversation.

I'm asking you to come up to speed on your own without expecting everyone else to do the work for you, like an adult would. Pretend you are one.

No one said that. Stop making shit up.

No, we did not. We know that's not why we did it because we did not end slavery. We only made it the sole privilege of the state. If you could read, and read the amendments to the constitution, you'd know this.

Fuck off, illiterate.

Pricing and costs are only slightly related. Infotainment in particular is grossly overpriced.

Learn to Internet, troll

I hope Ford gave all those hapless engineers back pay for the whole time they were fired. (Hapless, because they took the offer to come back instead of finding an employer that properly valued their expertise and experience.)

It seems that the gestalt of the era is not just plain incompetence, but a complete disdain for competence. Fuck these bad managers and slipshod stewards.

Vehicles normally don't have "side panels" and it's not just a cost reduction measure.

If you're willing to implement "custom options" then you could make it 4wd yourself, without any help from them, like any other pickup.

We taught kids to use crosswalks, now drivers are mowing them down there because the hoods of their pickups are so high that they cannot see them crossing. This is all stuff you would know if you were paying attention.

Thanks for proving you're not paying attention.

In all but five US states you don't even need a CDL to drive a heavy diesel RV. We have a bus registered as an RV, it weighs 10 tons and has air brakes, I can legally drive it on my basic license.

Ironically, it has much better forward visibility than a modern American pickup truck, including the Japanese pickups made here for sale in the US, as it's transit style (flat front.) I can literally see people crossing in front of me that the driver of an F250 can't. And these days, the most popular school bus appears to be the Blue Bird Vision, which is a conventional type bus but has a short, sloping hood. That also has a better view of pedestrians than a modern American pickup.

It's insanity.

Nothing is more American that slaving and genocide.

Slavery is legal in this country and we're funding a genocide right now.

You are truly the dumbest of fucks.

The air outside is already measurably cleaner, when we're talking about viruses. There's UV out there much of the time.

Don't smoke crack while watching scifi. It makes you say stupid shit.

Found the guy who hasn't actually compared 1970s vehicles to 2020s vehicles. They had lower hoods in both trucks and most cars (as most cars are now crossovers) and also had superior visibility in every other direction as well.