As engineer and entrepreneur in the digital space I am biased, but I believe what this man is saying does not make lots of sense. It remembers me the analog pho

As engineer and entrepreneur in the digital space I am biased, but I believe what this man is saying does not make lots of sense. It remembers me the analog photography guys buying analog gear because this "crazy digital thing could not last". People will always love the grain and so on. The key of the issue are proprietary designs. Cars' tech is established and hence a commodity, easier than ever to replace things thanks to technology like computers, 3d scanners and 3d printers. That made possible lots of third parties selling you repair pieces without having to pay an arm and a leg for the official part. The future are electronic cars, battery or hydrogen or ammonia, because it just way simpler and better. With electronics you can make entire designs open source, so you are not dependent of the seller of your car, but you can also make the interface specifications open which is the really important thing. The IBM PC was an example of open interface specifications. Anybody could build new cards and insert it on the slots and start using it. You do not need going back to mechanical systems. You need open specification of interfaces so different companies could compete on equal terms.