Oh yes. A diesel generator that charges a bank of super capacitors that run the electric motor. Every time the caps run out of juice, you have to turn on the generator and pump them up again. “Tassler. It’s the journey not the destination”
Robocop is fantastic sci-fi, but this comparison to reality kind of falls apart right at the beginning with the part of corporations helping rioters. Has that ever actually happened? Is there any real evidence of that at all? Corporations have a long history of crushing riots, strikes, and protests with private security forces, such as the Pinkertons. Large corporations are also frequent donors to police departments and police projects. They’d much rather just buy buildings in the part of town that already has low property values and jack-up the prices to a tenant without any recourse but to move out or pay up, even if that means many apartments will sit empty for long stretches at a time.
Corporations will shut down protests that fucks with their profit margins, but if it can make them some more money, then thats a different story.
Remember that these corporations have been getting away with worse things than manipulating riots and like if Nestlé can get away with everything they’ve ever done and nothing of consequence happen to them, then it’s plausible to believe that corporations have financed and fuled riots to serve their own interests.
They still inforce the Pinkertons for union breaking, forgot if they changed the name…
Social media and news is controlled by a few billionaires. They determine what is censored and what is okay to talk about. Always dividing the people into tribes, so as to distract us with identity politics and culture wars.
Not as direct as in Robocop but it is there. Greedy politicians/lobbiests/executives working for the oligarchy keeping the working class divided and fighting each other.
It depends on what kind of riot, really. I’m sure what’s depicted in the movie has happened at some point (recently in Venezuela, perhaps?) but it’s definitely not the common version.
Note that the article is an auto-generated comparison. In my opinion these two cars aren’t really comparable and are only kind of similar in terms of looks and dimensions. Everything else is pretty different. The volvo is about twice as heavy and up to three times as powerful depending on configuration and is available with allwheel drive vs just frontwheel drive fir the Dacia and far more luxurious. They appeal to a completely different class of cutomers.
Yeah, there are lots of manufacturers like that. They typically start out as an overseas factory producing the main manufacturer’s cars, then the factory expands into producing its own cars alongside.
This is me too. I’m in my late 30’s, working a full time job in a bank while completing a full time degree, trying to maintain my top-of-my-class-grade while also trying to keep the rest of my life from falling apart, and genuinely thinking - I’m going to do my masters at the top university in my country because fuck it, why not.
They are a thing. Many manufacturers outsource some of their production to poorer countries, these factories end up starting up their own brand and produce their own vehicles alongside those of the main manufacturer (who supplies components from engines to dashboard switchgear). For example, Dacia is a knock off Renault.
Yes it is. It’s still a knock off Renault, though, in contrast with relationships like VW/Seat/Audi/Skoda which is more of a conglomerate where they all have the same base models, even if some brands are seen as more premium than the others.
For the life of me I can’t think of any other examples of budget brands right now. I remember one for Suzuki motorbikes that I’m pretty sure is a separate company that also manufactures Suzuki under license, but can’t remember the name. I’m sure there are loads out there.
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