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      01-20-2019, 11:50 AM   #1
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"Detroit's auto show has reached the end of the road"

Do folks agree with this article s assessment? Not just the show, but petrol powered and even human driven cars that you own in general. My millennial partner has no interest in buying a car and would prefer one with no human driver to try to talk to him honestly.

"The auto industry—or rather what is becoming known as the "mobility" industry—is moving west. Analysts commonly condense the future of the auto industry into three categories: electric, autonomous, and shared. One day, they say, fleets of self-driving electric vehicles will patrol our streets picking up and dropping off passengers in ride-hail services controlled by our phones, ending the need to own cars for millions of people. That vision is still decades away, of course, but almost none of the new technology needed to realize it is based in Detroit. That belongs to Silicon Valley. And China. And wherever the digital economy has sunk roots.

You'll find it on display at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, the new nexus for technology and cars, and at the LA Auto Show. At this year's CES, held earlier this month, Mercedes-Benz trotted out a new tech-forward CLA-Class for 2020 packed with driver assist and infotainment systems. Uber talked flying taxis. Audi joined Disney to design a VR experience, and Hyundai dispatched an emergency-response vehicle that walks on articulated legs.

The Detroit car show, meanwhile, seemed stuck in 2010"

https://qz.com/1527487/detroits-auto...d-of-the-road/
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