General Motors released today that its developer of futuristic vehicles (concept cars), Chris Borroni-Bird, has left the automaker for another company. It was Borroni-Bird that has been a front-runner with advanced projects like the Chevrolet EN-V autonomous vehicles. Without it being official, Qualcomm Inc., the largest seller of mobile-phone semiconductors is said to have recruited Borroni-Bird.
Without knowledge of internal specifics currently, it is starting to be a little troubling that GM’s top designers continue to fly the coop. Below is a video of him demonstrating the EN-V
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Where did he go??
“What in God’s name is that?’
“Well, sir, it’s the Electric Networked Vehicle, or EN—”
“Did I approve that?”
“Well, development actually commenced prior to your—”
“You know, you talk fun— Say! You’re not a Navy man, aren’t you?”
“Uh, no sir, I’m from Liverpool. En—”
“Oh, that explains it. Shit, you must cost a fortune to keep around.”
“I don’t know how to respond to that, sir. I’ve been—”
“Do you see this Diet Coke can here?’
“Sir?
“Do you see this Diet Coca-Cola can?
“Uh, of cou—”
“Ummm, that tastes good. You probably drank Ginger Ale at West Point, didn’t you?”
“Mr, Akerson, I attended Cambri—”
“Holy fuck, is that another door latch!”
“Sir, that component costs less than a quarter to manufacture. And this is merely a concep—”
“Here, put this on.”
“But, sir, what? Why?”
“It’s your punishment!”
“I don’t understand.”
“I just bought 500,000 shares of stock, you can’t talk to me that way.”
“Mr. Akers—”
“You have failed to meet the expectations this company has of its employees, ground pounder!”
“Screw this shit.”
That’s excellent Joe.
No loss here,stupid “PC” vehicles,electric and hybrids,”The Future”.
Joe, to funny man, love it…
I think some people are missing the big picture. The future of the automotive industry lies in self-driving and co-transporting vehicles. Yes, there will always be a market for the enthusiast but the global demand for productivity will naturally lead the industry in this direction.
This work is more about the engineering behind the product and less about the design of it. Perhaps people should read up about Googles driverless cars that are out there to get a better perspective.
There are self driving vehicles they are called horses.
A horse needs to be told where to go. While on horse-back, it is no more self driving than my car.
A Horse needs to be told where to go. A HORSE IS A HORSE OF COURSE OF COURSE AND NO ONE CAN TALK TO A HORSE OF COURSE THAT IS OF COURSE UNLESS THE HORSE IS THE FAMOUS MR. ED GO RIGHT TO THE SOURCE AND ASK THE HORSE HE’LL GIVE YOU THE ANSWER THAT YOU ENDORSE HE’S ALWAYS ON A STEADY COURSE TALK TO MR. ED. I couldn’t resist you set me up for this.