The Car Thread

[Tredman]

Sent from an ARM powered device no doubt.

 

[EpsomWolf]

We'll never know if we don't try though, will we?
10 years ago, we were amongst the world leaders in developing ecologically sound tech options. If we had really pushed on then, who knows where we could/would be now. A proper missed opportunity.

I don’t really know about that but would assume “pushing on” at that time would’ve meant tax-payer investment, in the form of further subsidies for private companies, tax-breaks, protecting profits and the like. And also any long term vision with a strategic plan which any government chasing short term votes to avoid being kicked out at the next election is always going to struggle to get behind.

I think that’s fundamentally why we’re seeing the sovereign states come to the fore and the realisation they’re virtually impossible to compete with. Not sure what the answers are but the thought the only option might be a managed decline is pretty depressing tbh.

 

[EpsomWolf]

Sent from an ARM powered device no doubt.

Interesting company. I lived less than a mile from there and followed them very closely indeed, as did anyone that knew what was happening. They never needed the AIM and went straight to the main LSE at flotation in 1998. Almost 50% increase on the first day and were the darling of the stock market at the time. Eventually delisted when acquired by SoftBank in 2016, for what Google says was $32 billion.

I’m not picking a fight here, but similarly to LJ’s frustration at missed opportunities elsewhere, in an increasingly less significant democracy I’m not sure how we can stop the flow of all of that into the hands of the sovereign states or the immense private wealth of the likes of SoftBank either.

 

[leedswolf]

Thousands of drivers wrongly fined for speeding since 2021

An anomaly identified by National Highways caused thousands of incorrect speed camera activations.

www.bbc.co.uk