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This is great idea. There is or was the idea of skateboard-
type chassis for a car where you just plunked down the
body, motor, etc. that you wanted. The skateboard
provided all of the interconnections.

There is also the idea of a data-power cable which delivers
both throughout the car. In other words, a single cable to
your electric windows provides the power to raise/lower
them as well as delivering the instructions.

It would be nice to link to the car via bluetooth from the
home computer and pull off data stats (miles driven, tire
pressure, maintenance info.) as well as updating the car's
systems. And of course, the car should be a wi-fi center
for any electronics that need to communicate (phone,
radio, traffic, etc).
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PLEASE............  IT_Guy_z | 11/13/08
Agreed!  GuidingLight | 11/13/08
The first thing  Tom Steinert-Threlkeld ZDNet Moderator | 11/13/08
Bio-flex fueled power plant.  IT_Guy_z | 11/13/08
It's more basic than even that  frgough | 11/13/08
Sure, Nothing is as good as Gasoline.  Kevin Derby | 11/14/08
Correction...  bmerc | 11/14/08
Yeah... Well... There IS a good reason (or two) for that...  Wolfie2K3 | 11/14/08
I'm not afraid  Karlkoenig | 11/15/08
Yeah... Well... There IS a good reason (or two) for that...  houndgb | 12/10/08
so who said I was dismissing nuclear power?  ths40 | 11/15/08
$5,000 battery replacement???!!!???  unclefixer@... | 11/14/08
Battery  midenginedrift | 11/14/08
And is he going to limit what type of fuel it runs on...  Questor333 | 11/19/08
Make it a platform  djlong | 11/13/08
Platform is the way to go forward  keaura | 11/14/08
It needs to be all-electric  photog7 | 11/13/08
Lay off the talking points  frgough | 11/13/08
Wrong.  T1Oracle | 11/13/08
Very wrong  itpro_z | 11/13/08
it was  midenginedrift | 11/14/08
Look up mercantilism  frgough | 11/13/08
Look up marxism...  bmerc | 11/14/08
Gasoline generates wealth? ROFL  bmerc | 11/14/08
"...and forbid the manufacture of SUVs."  itpro_z | 11/13/08
It doesn't matter  frgough | 11/13/08
Are we still that?  itpro_z | 11/13/08
Depends on what you think free means  frgough | 11/13/08
Wow, the blunders just keep on coming  bmerc | 11/14/08
Wrong yet again...  bmerc | 11/14/08
I whole heartedly agree!  scottseattle | 11/14/08
Up the gas guzzler tax and use the proceeds to fund alternative feul  T1Oracle | 11/15/08
Raise taxes  itpro_z | 11/15/08
Small buisnesses get tax cuts.  T1Oracle | 11/16/08
Only not with my tax dollars  photog7 | 11/15/08
That isn't what you said  itpro_z | 11/15/08
Anybody ever heard of a Tesla Roadster???  Questor333 | 11/14/08
This is why there is only one steve jobs  frgough | 11/13/08
I'm thinking this must be comedy...  T1Oracle | 11/15/08
Steve Jobs head would explode  j.m.galvin | 11/13/08
I Lived to Tell  MichP | 11/14/08
RE: Help Steve Jobs (Or GM) Design The iCar  Prime Detailer | 11/13/08
Access to the internet  Prime Detailer | 11/13/08
It will KILL millions of people!  no nonsense | 11/13/08
...a "skateboard" electric platform...  Feldwebel Wolfenstool | 11/13/08
Unions are killing Detroit  LBiege | 11/13/08
IT jobs..ha  proton_z | 11/13/08
RE: Help Steve Jobs (Or GM) Design The iCar  proton_z | 11/13/08
Old joke- If IBM built cars  sboverie@... | 11/14/08
Another Old Joke  grgnv | 11/14/08
RE: Help Steve Jobs (Or GM) Design The iCar  kidtree | 11/14/08
It's the big picture that counts.  techotter@... | 11/14/08
Iphone car user interface  davidwday | 11/14/08
Multitouch, Voice, GMaps, Built-In iPod and WiFi  Boulder_Bum | 11/14/08
Pathetic planet,pathetic people  BALTHOR | 11/14/08
RE: Help Steve Jobs (Or GM) Design The iCar  thx1187 | 11/14/08
Help Steve Jobs Re-Design GM  kakman1@... | 11/14/08
Well we all know what lemons drive like, why not Apples? nt  T1Oracle | 11/15/08
RE: Help Steve Jobs (Or GM) Design The iCar  hyf58hyf36 | 03/29/09
RE: Help Steve Jobs (Or GM) Design The iCar  sms021 | 04/16/09

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