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Post by Baron von Lotsov on Nov 20, 2024 21:40:03 GMT
One thing you won't be able to do is fly your car or or take an air-taxi to Heathrow, or indeed any other commercial airport in the country. In such cases controlled airspace extends down to 0.0 meters, VFR traffic is not permitted and ATC permission is needed for any and all incursions. After a dozen or so commercial airline disasters caused by collisions with flying cars, the pencil pushers in Whitehall are bound to restrict things down a bit You need computers that don't make mistakes, then your accident rate should be zero. You see air is such a predictable thing. Roads are not. Roads have all sorts of nasty surprises on them, like even kids running out. No one will run out in the way of an EV 1km in the air. Each EV knows where all the other EVs are every microsecond. You completely eliminate human error. |
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Post by zanygame on Nov 20, 2024 22:01:36 GMT
So where have you heard that modern EV owners still have range anxiety. I know a dozen now who all say a 250 mile range leaves them never thinking about running out. If you only drive 50 miles a week then range of 100 miles is fine . You are , once again’ pulling out a strawman . The problem is when one wants to go beyond the EVs range and the anxiety is caused by the lack of available charging points . Why hasn’t that penny dropped yet? No modern EV has a range of 100 miles. You're living 6 years ago. Range anxiety doesn't happen if the distance you travel is nowhere near the cars range. On a daily basis people don't drive 250 miles. |
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Post by zanygame on Nov 20, 2024 22:05:03 GMT
You are 40 years in the past, not where you want to be, which is 20 years ahead. China plans long-term and that is why the European car industry is about to die.
You realise air travel will be safer. Roads have all sorts of obstructions and hazards, like ice for example. Why would you take your car if you could fly? Just dial in the coordinates you wish to fly to and sit back and enjoy the ride. You will never get a traffic jam in the sky. As for developing countries without roads, well why bother building them? For long distances the trains of the future will go at 300-400mph. You can use an EVtol to get to the station. In fact you get an EVtol taxi, so there is no need to park.
One thing you won't be able to do is fly your car or or take an air-taxi to Heathrow, or indeed any other commercial airport in the country. In such cases controlled airspace extends down to 0.0 meters, VFR traffic is not permitted and ATC permission is needed for any and all incursions. Or fly over any town, a car falling out of the sky into a house is not going to ever be allowed. |
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Post by Pacifico on Nov 20, 2024 22:11:28 GMT
After a dozen or so commercial airline disasters caused by collisions with flying cars, the pencil pushers in Whitehall are bound to restrict things down a bit then your accident rate should be zero. You see air is such a predictable thing. Roads are not. Roads have all sorts of nasty surprises on them, like even kids running out. No one will run out in the way of an EV 1km in the air. Each EV knows where all the other EVs are every microsecond. You completely eliminate human error. where are you proposing to get these computers from? - just out of interest.. |
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Post by Baron von Lotsov on Nov 20, 2024 22:17:08 GMT
You need computers that don't make mistakes, then your accident rate should be zero. You see air is such a predictable thing. Roads are not. Roads have all sorts of nasty surprises on them, like even kids running out. No one will run out in the way of an EV 1km in the air. Each EV knows where all the other EVs are every microsecond. You completely eliminate human error. where are you proposing to get these computers from? - just out of interest.. China. Their code seems pretty robust to me. Places not to go would be India, Britain and the US. I'm talking from personal experience here. |
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Post by Bentley on Nov 20, 2024 22:21:56 GMT
If you only drive 50 miles a week then range of 100 miles is fine . You are , once again’ pulling out a strawman . The problem is when one wants to go beyond the EVs range and the anxiety is caused by the lack of available charging points . Why hasn’t that penny dropped yet? No modern EV has a range of 100 miles. You're living 6 years ago. Range anxiety doesn't happen if the distance you travel is nowhere near the cars range. On a daily basis people don't drive 250 miles. Where did I say claim any range for any modern EV? Your second sentence was addressed already by “The problem is when one wants to go beyond the EVs range” You had nothing to say but you said it anyway 😁 |
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Post by Bentley on Nov 20, 2024 22:23:13 GMT
One thing you won't be able to do is fly your car or or take an air-taxi to Heathrow, or indeed any other commercial airport in the country. In such cases controlled airspace extends down to 0.0 meters, VFR traffic is not permitted and ATC permission is needed for any and all incursions. Or fly over any town, a car falling out of the sky into a house is not going to ever be allowed. Using your debate method …”Somebody will find a way over it …Luddite .” |
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Post by Pacifico on Nov 20, 2024 22:33:43 GMT
where are you proposing to get these computers from? - just out of interest.. China. Their code seems pretty robust to me. Places not to go would be India, Britain and the US. I'm talking from personal experience here. Oh OK - it's just that Chinas aviation industry will not touch Chinese computer systems - on their latest jet they use ones from Rockwell Collins in the US. But if you know better from personal experience.. |
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Post by Orac on Nov 20, 2024 22:50:42 GMT
where are you proposing to get these computers from? - just out of interest.. China. lol silly question. |
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Post by Baron von Lotsov on Nov 21, 2024 1:39:10 GMT
China. Their code seems pretty robust to me. Places not to go would be India, Britain and the US. I'm talking from personal experience here. Oh OK - it's just that Chinas aviation industry will not touch Chinese computer systems - on their latest jet they use ones from Rockwell Collins in the US. But if you know better from personal experience.. Windows
Also for UK software
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Post by Pacifico on Nov 21, 2024 8:02:08 GMT
Oh OK - it's just that Chinas aviation industry will not touch Chinese computer systems - on their latest jet they use ones from Rockwell Collins in the US. But if you know better from personal experience.. Windows
Also for UK software
and yet the Chinese still prefer US software and computer systems.. |
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Post by zanygame on Nov 21, 2024 8:49:42 GMT
You need computers that don't make mistakes, then your accident rate should be zero. You see air is such a predictable thing. Roads are not. Roads have all sorts of nasty surprises on them, like even kids running out. No one will run out in the way of an EV 1km in the air. Each EV knows where all the other EVs are every microsecond. You completely eliminate human error. where are you proposing to get these computers from? - just out of interest.. Horizon. Sorry couldn't resist. |
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Post by zanygame on Nov 21, 2024 8:57:33 GMT
No modern EV has a range of 100 miles. You're living 6 years ago. Range anxiety doesn't happen if the distance you travel is nowhere near the cars range. On a daily basis people don't drive 250 miles. Where did I say claim any range for any modern EV? Your second sentence was addressed already by “The problem is when one wants to go beyond the EVs range” You had nothing to say but you said it anyway 😁 You said. "If you only drive 50 miles a week then range of 100 miles is fine" Your example is flawed because it uses unreal numbers to imply there is a reasonable failure point. I counter with "If you only drive 150 miles a day then 250 miles is fine. " "If you drive the average 18 miles a day 250 miles is fine" "If you only drive 300 miles twice a year 250 miles if fine" |
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Post by Dan Dare on Nov 21, 2024 10:01:40 GMT
250 miles is the threshold at which train travel begins to make more sense rather than tangle with the nose-to-tail traffic on Britain's chronically congested roads which have to be shared with five million or so trucks.
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Post by Baron von Lotsov on Nov 21, 2024 10:33:17 GMT
Windows
Also for UK software
and yet the Chinese still prefer US software and computer systems.. I don't think they do. they are rebuilding the whole ecosystem of software from the software used to design the chips all the way through with new operating systems as well. There are several reasons for this. You may find specific examples where they use US software, but generally the move is away from it and into their own creations. Take a look at Harmony OS or Hóngméng in Chinese. |
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