Ford says its system could make law enforcement's job easier.

"Ain’t no snitches riding with us

Ol mo the mouth n***as could holler the front" - Lil’ Wayne

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
    452·
    5 months ago

    Ford could put all their R&D money into developing low-cost EVs, but they’d prefer to give the cops a handout.

    • ILikeBoobies
      1·
      5 months ago

      Maybe a natural consequence but better than that would be low profile vehicles

    • enbyecho@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      5 months ago

      Ford could put all their R&D money into developing low-cost EVs,

      Thus making the EVs very expensive… just sayin’

      Edit: I don’t know why you are downvoting. These are economic realities as they exist today. More R&D => greater costs => higher price. Fully Automated Luxury Communism is, unfortunately, not a likely reality in our lifetimes.

        • enbyecho@lemmy.worldEnglish
          12·
          5 months ago

          By minimizing costs, including R&D. Further, the lower the price the lower the profit and usually the lower the margin. Companies are not incentivitized to make less money.

          This is pretty basic stuff…

          • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
            2·
            5 months ago

            Companies are not incentivitized to make less money.

            If only it were physically possible to change that. Alas, the fifth law of thermodynamics says profit above all.

            • enbyecho@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              5 months ago

              If only it were physically possible to change that. Alas, the fifth law of thermodynamics says profit above all.

              It is possible to change it, of course, but every attempt thus far has ended in authoritarian political systems with even less opportunity for you to be housed, fed and well cared for, much less able to get things like affordable EVs.

              I’m pretty convinced, sadly, that this is mainly because humans basically suck.