The article is supposed to predict the future but is flawed. The first part is how electric vehicles will make everything different, because electric is the future. So exhausts, batteries, and others are a thing of the past because of electric vehicles. No mention of hydrogen cars, or cleaner regular gas powered cars.
Then there is negating their own predictions with a prediction. You don't need mirrors because cameras are so common, and then you don't need cameras because the car will drive itself.
There is also a push for phones being the controller of the car. No keys, just a phone. Adjust everything by phone. Then they say the phone won't connect directly to the car because it's wireless charging.
There are some cool ideas, but the prediction is bad.
What are bad predictions you've seen? What are your predictions?
These are always funny to read decades later. This one seems particularly silly and low quality though.
As far as I can tell manual controls started coming back to more cars, after 90s cars all seemed to use automatic for a time. The automatic controls are too slow and imprecise when you just need a quick adjustment. If he's right about memory seating becoming the standard, I could see that eliminating manual controls. Except for the lean-back lever.
This doesn't make any sense. Yes cars have gone up in price but cheap is relative.
If they're more expensive than spare tires will remain as the basic version in cheaper cars.
I'll admit the height controls are nice.
True otherwise you have to do the manual pumping action. The automatics are better for that.