Frantically trying to brake in my new car as an automated voice chimes "Your basic package does not include deceleration services. Would you like to upg--
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Hope they include an ejection seat. or an anchor. or a rear parachute. Using the brake to break in your car. I do hope it's not one of those poorly built and dangerous teslas
As it turns out, no one likes brakes. You bought a car to go places quickly like a chad, not slowly stop like a boring bore.
As a brilliant new cost-saving measure, we found that by removing these unwanted brakes, customers get exactly what they want, and we create even more value for shareholders!
shortly in our towns: air quality so bad that shell companies of fossil fuel industries will be selling clean air tanks, enclosed masks with filters and air sanitizers to mitigate the respiratory hazards common workers are subjected to
1970s sci-fi would be like "Jack Spaceman put a dime into the air dispenser. The old machine chugged and wheezed back to life," and the thing that seems wildly off the mark there is that he didn't have to create an account first
As a big William Gibson fan I am somehow excited about this dystopia where everything's a subscription and first thing you do with a new car is take it to a Kowloon Walled City -type place where an old slavic hacker roots your car and installs software that allows you to have seatwarmers.
Have you tried telling then that technically deceleration is not a thing, but is in fact negative acceleration, thus making it part of the standard acceleration package?
We bought a basic Bolt by chevy. It was the only EV without a ton of whistles and bells that I never want. And our onstar is turned off. We refused to give our car our phone number.
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As a brilliant new cost-saving measure, we found that by removing these unwanted brakes, customers get exactly what they want, and we create even more value for shareholders!
If you want a fully functional car then you to upgrade to the centurion package.
Everyone knows that!