January 2: Are We There Yet? (Henrico Monthly)
January 2, 2015
Imagine it is 2025 and you need to go to the store. You live in Brandermill or the West End where in 1980 you bought a nice, tree-shaded suburban house that has since been thoroughly upgraded. Picking up your smartphone, you tap in a few buttons, which isn’t all that easy because you are 75 years old.
You walk out to your late model car. It is a small, rakish-looking coupe that is a gasoline-electric hybrid. You plug in the USB cord from your smartphone to the dashboard (or use the latest version of Bluetooth) and are...