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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This would be the thing, ja? Start with this design, whack off that silly useless Aardvark nose, keep everything aft of the seat:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/articles/2016/11/10/pink-panthermobile">https://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/articles/2016/11/10/pink-panthermobile</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>These things will sell like hotcakes if engineers can make them fun and comfortable. You don’t even need much of an engine really. Any modest four-banger will do, turned sideways and driving the front wheels, with a really sincere muffler (pay the weight penalty for a lot of quiet) in order to make a great sound system in there.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have a better sound system in my car than I do in my house. If not better, at least I have more time to listen to my CDs with fewer distractions than I do at home. (Ja I know: CDs! spike you primitive savage!) If we had self-drivers, we could make something like the Pleasure Capsule, great sound system, computer screen, that sorta thing, voice command to the car, audio feedback with location info if you want it.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Think about it: automotive design hasn’t really changed much in the last couple decades. Self-drivers open up a whole nuther pile of fun problems and opportunities. I am already thinking of the edges of the envelope: the lowest cost, the highest luxury, forget highest speed (self drivers aren’t for the impatient) the design best suited for people with special medical needs (with a toilet in there for instance) or a design with radiation shielding for those anticipating nuclear warfare or the best design for lots of kids, and so on.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cool!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>