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I found this article an informative expose on the future of vehicular transportation. The superb engineering prowess demonstrated by Mr. Dietrich and his team, and the detailed consideration given to every aspect of design and construction of this vehicle will serve as a blueprint for future advances in vehicular transportation. But I did note one particular discrepancy. For some reason, the author of this article included the perspective of a less-than-visionary spokesperson who found it necessary to refer to any inventor who is not supported by notoriety and funding as a “crank tinkering in his garage.” I am reminded of a few such “cranks”, from William Harley and the Davidson brothers, whose first workshop was little more than a small shed; to Preston Tucker, another such “crank”, who developed many unique vehicle design ideas that decades later became common automotive features. And I can only imagine what that limited individual would have thought of the biggest “crank” of all, who envisioned calculators, helicopters, hydraulics and solar energy centuries before they were actually developed. The limitations demonstrated by this questionable individual are a notable blemish on an otherwise excellent article.