| Re: The Future Of The Automobile I suppose it all depends on what Bangle is referring to as the "current paradigm".
Internal combustion engines? Four doors and four seats? Three box sedans and two box hatches?
Or something more prosaic - single frame grilles? Flame surfacing?
I don't see cars changing too much - it'll be evolutionary rather than revolutionary. If not because of a lack of visionary designers or engineers, and not because of the inherent inertia of a large and largely conservative industry, then because I don't see that a lot needs to change about the essential premise of the motor vehicle.
People will always need personal transport, and the ability to carry other people and cargo. Fuels and ecological factors may change, but it's already in the pipeline. Many other things are there because they're the most effective way, like having four wheels.
Of course, if he's talking about design trends and less drastic changes in technology, then I don't have much to say, since I don't think changing those things can be called a paradigm shift at all. |