Look up “irrelevant” in the dictionary…
…and you might find a link to this CNN story.
I know a lot of people think this guy is awesome, but he apparently believes that a battery-powered car in the year 2008 with the following properties “could change the world”:
- based on a 1959 Lincoln Continental convertible, a car that’s over 19 feet long and originally weighed over 5000 pounds (and almost certainly weighs more as a battery-powered electric)
- has eaten over $120,000 of money to convert to its present state
- acceleration control is a knob in the back seat
- brake is on the passenger side
- a 12-mile test run which almost ended in a collision is considered a milestone
I don’t have a problem with rich people having fun with their money or chasing windmills, but this story is phrased as if we are expected to believe that this car is going to create a revolution in electric automobiles. I honestly don’t know whether the person who wrote this story for CNN is pandering to Young or making fun of him.
When I could (theoretically) buy one of these for $109,000, how does this story have any relevance at all? I don’t blame Young for his apparent delusion. I blame CNN for passing it off as real news.