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thenewgreen  ·  3307 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Mercedes Robo-Car That Made Me Want to Stop Driving

    If I have an hour commute, I don't want to feel like I am trapped inside an iPod.
-Funny, I saw this and thought to myself, "wow it looks so clean. I could probably be very productive in an environment like this."

I think the car you are looking for was already prototyped:



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mk  ·  3307 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm thinking more like this:

Everyone's interior could be different.

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kleinbl00  ·  3307 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Many of the more luxe vehicles of the Gilded Age were made this way. One would buy a rolling chassis from Duesenberg and then hire a coachbuilder to put a cockpit on it. I believe Rolls Royce worked with this model for a while. Modern conversion vans are made the same way.

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mike  ·  3307 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yes, agree. Sit and play games or make out while en route, without the usual dangers we all experience while having sex while driving. The outside should be squishy. Marshmallow car.

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mk  ·  3307 days ago  ·  link  ·  

My god, teen pregnancy rates are going to jump! We used to have to search for places to park.

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thenewgreen  ·  3307 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That's an enormous car.

I understand your thinking, I'd rather have a couch and my own personal touches too.

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