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© Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.Chip shortage keeps driving up auto prices, cutting sales
By TOM KRISHER DETROIT©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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sf2k
bicycles work just fine but the cities are not designed for anything else except cars. USA and other car centric nations are never going to change until they have to.
Meanwhile, fun to see Paris ditching the car and incorporating bicycles into their infrastructure. Go check out Not Just Bikes on Youtube, there are short clips there. After a few about Amsterdam you'll be wanting to move to Europe where they are designing for human beings!
Japan with its mixed zoning could more easily shift to human and bike centric designs, and even more trains, if that's even possible :D
No matter where you are by increasing transportation options this removed the requirement to drive. And for those that need to drive then it removes those from the road who want to use other options.
So let the chips fall where they may.
JeffLee
Not when it rains.
Mat
Or you have passengers, or luggage, or shopping bags, or if you're a taxi, or a bus...
A cycle isn't a universal answer.
Chabbawanga
Vast majority of people in cities do not need a car, yet they insist in owning one as a kind of status symbol.
CaptDingleheimer
Time to dust off the blueprints for the old 1970's muscle cars that just had carburetors. They out to just make those again. I wouldn't mind a new 1972 Chevelle Super Sport.
Paying for gas on 8mpg would suck, but it would be worth it to burn out at every green light and look at the blue smoke in the rear view mirror.
Kyo wa heiwa dayo ne
How many passengers do you see on bicycles ?
quercetum
1972 BMW Bavaria. Forest green tan interior. Twin carburetors. Those were the days.
Ramzel
In most parts of the US, public transport is terrible, hence people need a car. Not everywhere is like Tokyo.
WA4TKG
Excellent, that's why my five year old car is practically still worth what I bought it for.
I'll sell it right before coming back to Japan
Rodney
I would love an electric car but have petrol engine cars. When I was young my rally cars has a radiator, polished head and twin carbs with extractors. I and my poor dad always repaired. It was basic. Now one of my cars has turbo, fuel injection, the other fuel injection. I don’t regonised anything. The electrics are a nightmare and both cars have problems with the tv. A new TV is quoted at ¥110,000 x 2. I am told it’s because of COVID-19 and distribution problems with chips. Because of the complicated electrical problems, my battery dies a lot. To fix the electricity problems I have to wait two months for parts. No tv and always battery charger leads. Ever driven a car without TV? Impossible.
I wish I could use a bicycle, but there are pretty big mountains here.
garypen
I'm assuming you're joking.
juminRhee
Electric cars actually pre-date petrol (gasoline) cars. The chips aren't necessary. They can work around and still give 200 "mpg". The reason is the car companies don't want to invest and workaround, they'd rather just wait it out.
Tom San
On a related note, cars these days are way too expensive.
Can get anything new that's fun to drive for under $30,000.
Ping An
The topics: Chip Shortage is misleading. Overall chip prices are over-supply and many manufacturers have piles of stock, e.g. Samsung has cut chip orders for the next three months.
Ping An
The topics: Chip Shortage is misleading. Chips are over-supply and many manufacturers have piles of stock, e.g. Samsung has cut chip orders for the next three months.
Tom San
What makes you think so?
juminRhee
Electric cars actually pre-date petrol (gasoline) cars. The chips aren't necessary. They can work around and still give 200 "mpg". The reason is the car companies don't want to invest and workaround, they'd rather just wait it out.
Wow. Truth gets a -2 vote. Wasnt political, it was a fact. Research it.