I think Koreans can still be bought, at least they still apologize politely after a scandal...P.S. And VW is bought without any doubts? Wait a minute, there was that tiny little dece... oh well, that's water under the bridge.
For single trips, yes. But convert any public transport monthly ticket into car kilometers at 30c. You quickly realize that price can't really be the decisive factor when it comes to using public transport. The crucial question is whether I regularly have routes where public transport is the best solution. For example, I had such routes during my studies. The university is on top of the hill, the bus stop with a direct connection is less than 100m from the front door. Of course, I took the bus there. I now also have a bus stop with a direct connection to work. About 120 sqm to walk on each end. But: in that time I have also leisurely ridden the entire route by bike, and it is flat. And I don't have to stick to a schedule. So no bus to work. And now comes the crux. With a monthly ticket every additional trip is free. Then you are more likely to accept having to wait for a bus. Without a monthly ticket, no longer, because then you pay the expensive single tickets.This is quite new now, only applies temporarily, does not apply to C (Brandenburg is not participating), is useless if you don't have to travel daily. So under normal conditions a single ticket costs 3-3.80 EUR and yes, with that you can travel pretty far for 2 hours (theoretically from Potsdam to Strausberg - I don't know if that works in 2 hours), but if you travel four stations in one direction (about 2-3 km) and want to return within an hour, you have to buy another ticket. Then you end up spending 6 EUR because you had to go to the doctor briefly. And I call that expensive.
From my point of view, it will be ready in no more than 20 years. VW wants to test fully autonomous driving in China starting this or next year. Quote VW: "There the infrastructure, especially regarding 5G, is much better developed than in Germany." As of today, much could already run much more optimized and energy-efficiently. Examples: Our team worked completely from home for two years during Corona - we were significantly more effective than before and now. For comparison: now I drive to the office two to three times a week, simply 50 km each time, thus burning 300 km per week. Our supermarket offers Egyptian potatoes, although we live in the middle of a huge growing area. So things are transported to us that we produce ourselves and then transported away from us. I don't have to understand that.How many decades is that supposed to take? It is pointless to criticize today's traffic now with the argument that there might be solutions for it in 50 years - maybe. I'm not saying either to shut off the gas tap immediately, fusion is the solution.
The Chinese or Koreans will show us how it's done
Yes, even several times and in multiple metropolises.In China? Have you ever been to China and seen the traffic conditions there?
Exactly! I’m not an obsessed driver and even believe that private individual transport will be abolished, but in Berlin public transport is too expensive under standard conditions (because the monthly ticket costs 80–120 EUR), I’ll stick to that,That can only work if they approach it with the mindset "we have 1.4 billion people, so a few less don’t matter" and "even poor autonomous driving is still safer than our human drivers". In China, these approaches wouldn’t surprise me, then it could indeed go quickly.....
