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Small plane air travel will become the new normal. Electric aeroplanes part 4.

I can't speak for anyone else, but I really don't like flying. I'll always choose another option if possible. Sure its really terrible for the environment, but on a personal level, its humiliating, degrading, tiring, stressful, time consuming and thoroughly unenjoyable. Lets take a minute to figure out why. Getting to the airport Most flights are from mid-large size airports that are usually not close to where you live. Due to their size they are unlikely to be in or very close to any cities or towns. The good ones have good rail links but often that's not even the case so you may end up driving or catching a coach (bus). Neither are particularly relaxing, driving for (sometimes many) hours to get to the airport, having to book and pay for long term parking - frequently requiring handing over your keys for strangers to park your car. Then having to get a transfer bus with all your luggage. Its a huge hassle. In all time consuming and expensive. Airports and s...

Predictions for Tesla Full Self Driving

Clickbait In this article I'm going to explain why I believe that Tesla will allow all of their vehicle owners to use Full Self Driving, even if they haven't purchased the package, and why you might still want to do so even if it costs $100,000. I'm also going to talk about the media circus surrounding the inevitable deaths. Preamble Tesla has been developing autonomous vehicle software for a while now, and their latest version "FSD limited beta" has just been released to a few selected individuals. This release marks the first time members of the public can activate a vehicle with ' feature complete ' self driving 'assistance'. What this means in short, is that under ideal circumstances your car can drive you from point A to point B by itself without any human assistance, regardless of where those points are. For clarity, the way Tesla are developing their 'full self driving' software is a little different from how some might imagine, and ...