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Re:The end of the manual transmission is near? by smitty1e on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @09:06PM (#32588059)
And, if there is a market for such features, where is the capitalism to service that market?

And where are the political candidates to take pliers and a blowtorch to the regulatory barriers to satisfying the customers?

Down with all or these regulatory pencil-necks and their doctrine of Portion-Controlled Servings[1], say I.

[1] http://www.murashev.com/dmdl/lyrics.php?disk=196

Re:The end of the manual transmission is near? by Grim-444 on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @09:22PM (#32588184)
I'd love to see new car manufacturers doing new things and appealing to different segments of the market, but I imagine there's so much barrier to entry, so many regulations to adhere to, that as a new car manufacturer it'd be near impossible to do anything new/different at this point, unless you're ready to throw billions into it; and even then, the regulations/laws are extensive enough that you'd end up making something 98% the same as what already existed.