I think you are exactly right, the traditional automobile manufacturers don't stand a chance in the "new world". I liken them to carriage makers in the early 1

I think you are exactly right, the traditional automobile manufacturers don't stand a chance in the "new world". I liken them to carriage makers in the early 1900s and the likelihood that they could make the transition to a completely new way of life. Sure, some of them did make the jump and you can even find a few modern day carriage makers, but for the most part they all died out when the Model T came to town. They just couldn't adjust & adapt as their whole world was wrapped up in the traditional way to make a vehicle.