Re:Ford Acquires Chariot (YC W15)
by jdavis703 on Friday September 09, 2016 @04:28PM
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Automakers are tech companies who just decided to put their money into researching how many cupholders you can add to a vehicle. It's like Yahoo!, focusing on content and branding and what not, instead of building technology that people want to use.
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I think that's a little unfair to car companies no? Dual clutch transmissions are a fairly recent invention by car companies and improved dramatically on previous automatic transmissions.
New engines are much more powerful and efficient than before as well. I'm sure improvements have been made to the suspension like using inner wheel braking for FWD cars although I'll admit I dont know too much about this. And of course the biggest improvement is probably safety..