The Future of Cars – What Will YOU Be Driving – or NOT – By 2025?

Technology Revolution: The Future of Now

Bonnie D Graham

News, Business News, Technology

4.9 • 112 Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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The Buzz 1: “You care more about that car than you do about most people.” [Thelma (Geena Davis) to Louise (Susan Sarandon) in Thelma & Louise (1991) The Buzz 2: “A driver don't pick the cars. Mmm-mm. Cars pick the driver. It's a mystical bond between man and machine.” (Bernie Mac as Bobby Bolivia in Transformers,2 007 film) The Buzz 3: “The next few years should be exciting. We’re in the midst of an electric vehicle onslaught and seeing a flood of new EV pickup trucks. We're also watching more supercar and hypercar debuts than ever before.” [www.motor1.com/car-lists/future-cars] Fast-forward to 2025. Will you own, lease by the hour, day, season or year, share, borrow, or be cargo in a vehicle that moves you from point A to point B? As the automotive industry literally shifts gears and accelerates, concepts like ICE, BEV and AV are grabbing headlines and the steering wheel as mainstream options for your future transportation comfort, speed and safety. Whether you're driving or simply along for the ride, will you want or need technology-enabled, driver-assisted, touchless/online, or virtual experiences? Remember how semiconductors changed the speed and capabilities in the computer industry? Let’s see what's changing the automotive industry. We'll ask five car futurists – Tom Madonna at SAP, Julie Fream at OESA, Otto Schell at IGDCR, Clint Crook at Accenture, and Marco Gollarza at SAP – to predict our automotive journey, including the economic and environmental impacts of this evolution. Join us for The Future of Cars: What Will You Be Driving – Or Not – By 2025?

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0:00.0	Where does yesterday's future, which is already here, really here, really here, meet today's future, which is about to happen, and tomorrow's future, which could be just minutes away?
0:16.4	Welcome to Technology Revolution, the future of now.
0:30.4	Where host Bonnie D. Graham asks savvy futurists for their predictions about the tech-driven trends that are shaping our future right now.
0:34.4	Here's your host who will take us into the future of now.
0:35.7	Bonnie D. Graham.
0:40.4	Thank you, Ryan, Treasure, VP of everything at Voice America Radio.
0:45.1	Thank you for that introduction, Ryan. I'm so happy to be here. We have a hot topic. We have a packed house. I should say the car is packed because we're talking about the future of cars. What will you be
0:51.5	driving or not by 2025 and all, let's see, today is March 10th,
0:56.9	2021. So we're well on our way to a year that seemed so far in the distance. And now it's
1:02.4	almost here as time goes. So let me give you a quick introduction here. I have three buzz quotes.
1:07.2	You know, I always open with a quote. First one is from the famous movie Thelma and
1:11.1	Louise 1991. Oh my goodness. How many years ago is that 30 years? Who is counting? The quote is
1:17.2	from Thelma, Gina Davis to Louise Susan Sarandon. You care more about that car than you do about
1:22.5	most people. Okay, we've set that one up. Buzz number two. Here's a quote from Bobby Bolivia in Transformers,
1:28.9	played by Bernie Mac, 2007 film a little more recent. A driver don't pick the cars.
1:34.3	Cars pick the driver. It's a mystical bond between man and woman and machine. There, I added that
1:40.8	one in, and I have one more quote. This is from a report at motor one.
1:44.6	That's the number one.com. The next few years should be exciting. We're in the midst of an
1:49.8	electric vehicle onslaught in seeing a flood of new EV pickup trucks. We're also watching more
1:55.1	supercar and hypercar debuts than ever before. So let's all go into that time machine and fast forward to
2:02.1	2025. Will you own? Will you lease by the hour day season or year? Will you share, borrow,
2:08.1	or will you be cargo in a vehicle that moves you from point A to some point B where you want to go?
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