Thursday, May 15, 2008

Modularizing Automobiles

Tell me this hasn't crossed your mind before. Imagine your automobile being able to be any kind of car you need it to be. When you're cruising down the highway, it's a sports car. When you're hitting the town for a hot date, it's a luxury sedan. When you need a little extra hauling capacity, it's a pickup truck. Different auto-body "shells" for different occasions.

And the modularization wouldn't have to stop there. Automobile components could be standardized based on the optimal designs on the market. The net result is we would put fewer kinds of car chassis out on the market, which would lead to standardizing car components, which would in turn drive down the costs associated with car maintenance.

All of this could be easily achieved with today's manufacturing technology. Plus, automobile industry would benefit from the "accessorizing" people would do on their cars for the sake of "fashion."

No comments: