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- cubicledrone, on 03/23/2009, -1/+39Notice how everything new appears elsewhere?
The reason for this is because rat ***** shout down all new ideas in meetings, because new ideas usually lead to people being asked to do work, and pancake-batter-assed chicken-***** middle managers just want to suck paycheck. They don't want to think or do real work.
If we took 50 highly motivated college students, gave them a budget of a million dollars and a goal to solve some important problem, three out of four times it would get solved and occasionally it would get solved brilliantly.
If we took 50 middle managers and gave them a budget of a million dollars and a goal to solve some important problem, they'd schedule a meeting at some faraway hotel and spend the weekend gang-humping Powerpoint.
See if you can guess where all our million dollarses have been going. - Autodidaddict, on 03/23/2009, -0/+36Still safer than cramming 4 people on a small motorbike, as the article points out.....
- Pxtl, on 03/23/2009, -1/+28If they fit a family of 5 on the scooter, they'll be shoving eleven into this thing.
- pradaaddict, on 03/23/2009, -0/+25I wonder when they'll introduce the Shuffle Car.
- NeoNcP, on 03/23/2009, -0/+20it looks like pikachu
- seanstuart, on 03/23/2009, -5/+22Dugg for tata.
- virtualcorey, on 03/23/2009, -4/+21This car is perfect for undeveloped countries were motor scooters are the main form of transportation. It always makes me nervous to see a family a five all on one scooter, with a baby in moms arms. The nano is ideal for these situations and a lot safer. Although is not too practical in more developed countries.
- buckrogers1965, on 03/23/2009, -0/+17Because the car is too small to let people have sex inside it?
- buckrogers1965, on 03/23/2009, -0/+15Safer than a motor cycle, which is completely legal for people to drive.
- yuanzhoulu, on 03/23/2009, -0/+14in other news,
Apple to Tata: "you stole our trademark. we're going to sue you"
Tata: "somebody gonna get a hurt real bad ..." - breadfred, on 03/23/2009, -2/+15I agree with virtualcorey, and therefor reply to you.
- CoD4, on 03/23/2009, -1/+13heh, I just walk to work if you know what i mean
- BESTenemy, on 03/23/2009, -1/+11Why does everything appear elsewhere? Well, for starters is that you can hire 8 better educated engineers in India for the price of 1 engineer in the US. 50 highly motivated students in the US or 400 well trained students in India that actually get the work done, insted of bragging about "being motivated".
- BossKey, on 03/23/2009, -0/+9The one where you get in and let it take you to a random destination?
- nigelmansell, on 03/23/2009, -5/+14opening of time capsule in 2109.
2009: the over population problem that once plague India was solved when millions died while riding in the Nano - Cerebron, on 03/23/2009, -0/+9I don't have airbags or powersteering, and I'm still ali
- digjam, on 03/23/2009, -0/+9Good: People who cant afford to buy big international cars can afford this
Bad: It will add a lot of traffic to already overpopulated roads - Calamier, on 03/23/2009, -3/+11For everyone that cares, this car is getting an extremely bad wrap from media outlets because :
"It now makes a cheap car available to all those in india who could not afford one, all this will do is clog up india's already clogged streets"
Isn't it amazing how the media can make something like this which is 1/10th of the cost of a current car out to be a bad thing. - theutopian, on 03/23/2009, -2/+10Actually a car this size will prove the opposite to be true. Usually the bigger the car the smaller the penis. The smaller the car the more secure a man is with his 'package.' I drive a Honda fit. I'm secure in my manhood and save a ton of money on gas.
- junioratoms, on 03/23/2009, -1/+9They see me rollin'
They hatin'
Patrollin' - hitkaiser, on 03/23/2009, -1/+8It was built by an Indian company. An EU version is planned in the next few years with the required safety standards which has already been pre-approved (as long as those safety standards are met)
- Autodidaddict, on 03/23/2009, -0/+7@DigitusAnonymus
So instead you make comments that insinuate you have a small brain? - yarcod, on 03/23/2009, -0/+7Better than a scooter.
- StreetPreacher, on 03/23/2009, -1/+7That's because it IS a bad thing. Have you ever been to India? I have. And more cars is the last thing that country (or ANY country, now that you mention it) needs.
- drmangrum, on 03/23/2009, -1/+7If you're going to call the bulk of a nation a derogatory name, at least spell it right.
And America actually has some of the best safety records in the world. - yuanzhoulu, on 03/23/2009, -1/+7small and energy efficent IS what the wasteful developed world needs, buddy. you should check out the kind of cars people in Europe drive.
- gortface, on 03/23/2009, -3/+9I like nano cars
- ASfinkterSezWut, on 03/23/2009, -4/+10Question: Is this the future of Automobiles?
Answer: No, it is the PAST. - ChristBehemoth, on 03/23/2009, -3/+8As if the streets weren't ***** already, let's put a cheap car and make it easily available for everyone just to add the pain of driving through any street in India.
- drmangrum, on 03/23/2009, -5/+10This car also has nothing in the way of safety features. You get in a wreck doing more than 35 mph and you're toast.
- maceelk, on 03/23/2009, -1/+6I'd love to see the road tests myself. The Smartcar does amazingly well in 70mph crashes. The egg shape is actually a large part of the safety, along with the materials of course.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJHpUO-S0i8 - FredFredrickson, on 03/23/2009, -1/+5Does this one require proprietary headphones to work, too?
- SnuKs, on 03/23/2009, -17/+21http://tinyurl.com/dg92hd
Plastic and no airbags = death - leif77, on 03/23/2009, -0/+4I must be crazy but it seems like retard is spelled right. I'm not agreeing with him... just saying I don't see the misspell you mentioned.
- ashay, on 03/23/2009, -0/+4its definitely much better for the environment than driving alone in your Hummer H2
- digjam, on 03/23/2009, -1/+5LEARN TO SPEAK ENGLISH
- stevo9er, on 03/23/2009, -0/+4StreetPreacher is correct. The last thing any country needs is more automobiles, especially ones running off of fossil fuels. The larger Indian cities suffer from tons of pollution and smog, it is terrible. And the world suffers in general.
People should be liberated and gain more equality, but I think that can better be achieved through rails and better public transportation. - catbeller, on 03/23/2009, -0/+4SUVs survive by using families of five driving responsible cars as an *airbag*. If a truck hits something unforgiving, like a wall, the truck barely deforms, and transmits *more* energy to the passengers than a car would. An SUV's safety relies on crushing other vehicles to soak up kinetic energy.
Trucks don't handle well, and can't dodge like a car can. They are more dangerous to all around them than cars. By design.
Truck drivers, by my observations, drive recklessly and agressively *because* they think they're invulnerable. When you drive a microcar, you drive carefully, responsibly, and are aware you can die. I'd rather be driving on a road filled with Nanos than with Explorers. Collectively we'd all live longer.
If you drove a tank, you'd be safer still, because you could roll over anyone stopped in front of you. "Safe" in this context means you sacrifice others to save yourself. - CoD4, on 03/23/2009, -1/+5the word you're looking for is parata
- bf01, on 03/23/2009, -1/+5Really!?!? I'm the first to comment on the fact that the factory is located in PUNE, India? Come on!
- inactive, on 03/23/2009, -0/+3Because they can not afford it in India. 80% of the population can not even afford this Nano crap.
- buckrogers1965, on 03/23/2009, -0/+3It is because they would get 1/10th the advertising revenue from the new car companies that sell cars at 1/10th the price.
- shakabrah, on 03/23/2009, -2/+5That thing is 10 million times too big to be considered truly nano. Maybe the next iteration will be smaller.
- monkeyrun, on 03/23/2009, -3/+6http://allworldcars.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploa ...
lol probably end up like this.
I don't think making cars affordable is a good thing at all.
Instead they should focus more on city planning and public transportation. - inactive, on 03/23/2009, -0/+3They are planning a Hybrid for this so keep and eye out for that. They are Also doing a CNG version which runs on Compressed Natural Gas which is much more cheaper and eco friendly.
- virtualcorey, on 03/23/2009, -1/+4maybe if you spent some time there you could figure it out. Not everyone has money...or credit to burn.
- Culyt, on 03/23/2009, -0/+3A $2000 electric car is not going to happen any time soon.
Of course with enough nanotechnology it could happen eventually, they are already making sheets of carbon nano tubes, it shouldn't be to much longer before they are cheaper than the equivalent metal that would be required and used in cars (as well as everywhere) which would massively reduce their weight requiring less energy to move them, while also increasing battery efficiency. - yarcod, on 03/23/2009, -1/+4So guys who ride motorcycles don't even need a kickstand?
- sanskrtam, on 03/23/2009, -0/+3Don't know. Ask a Parsi.
- distressless, on 03/23/2009, -0/+3I'm sorry, but the big cars are the ones that make me think your compensating for a small penis.
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