GM, Volkswagen Say Goodbye to Hybrid Vehicles

Re:GM, Volkswagen Say Goodbye to Hybrid Vehicles by tlb on Monday August 12, 2019 @02:11PM (#20678199)

Things made as a result of cynical box-ticking are never good. It's better to fill your life with things designed by people trying to make something great. Even if they didn't fully succeed, you can appreciate the effort. Whereas something made grudgingly will depress you with every detail.

> What counts as a trick? Roughly, it's something done with contempt for the audience. For example, the guys designing Ferraris in the 1950s were probably designing cars that they themselves admired. Whereas I suspect over at General Motors the marketing people are telling the designers, "Most people who buy SUVs do it to seem manly, not to drive off-road. So don't worry about the suspension; just make that sucker as big and tough-looking as you can." -- http://www.paulgraham.com/goodart.html

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Re:GM, Volkswagen Say Goodbye to Hybrid Vehicles by NikkiA on Monday August 12, 2019 @02:22PM (#20678311)

> Things made as a result of cynical box-ticking are never good.

The original versions of the Fiat 500 itself, the Morris Mini, the Beetle, and the 2CV would disagree. Ok, you might have a point on the 2CV, but it's owners loved it.

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Re:GM, Volkswagen Say Goodbye to Hybrid Vehicles by toyg on Monday August 12, 2019 @05:35PM (#20680289)

How was the original 500 “box-ticking”? It changed the company.

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Re:GM, Volkswagen Say Goodbye to Hybrid Vehicles by sib on Monday August 12, 2019 @08:26PM (#20681600)

Or the Beetle?

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