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Disneyland faces pressure to electrify its stinky 'Autopia' ride, and quick (electrek.co)
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[–] [email protected] 90 points 5 months ago (3 children)

But the ride was sponsored by Chevron from 1998-2012, and that company is pretty dedicated to poisoning small children anyway, so it was apt.

Thankfully, in 2012, Disney attracted a new sponsor, Honda, and in 2016, Honda upgraded the engines to small four-stroke engines, reducing noise and pollution significantly. However, the cars still create exhaust, which is still poisonous to the children riding behind these polluting engines. It’s also poisonous to employees, to the point where Disney pays hazard pay to employees who are assigned to staff the ride.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago

Holy fucking smokes, Batman. Was the mouse the evil one all along?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

Oh man it was worst??? Was the worst faux car experience I ever had.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Those are probably the same engines used in smal lAC generators and manual lawnmowers. Yes, the four-stroke ones are better but have you ever used a lawnmower? It is loud and stinky.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I don’t get why they haven’t replaced it by now. Very boring ride that takes up so much more room than its worth

[–] [email protected] 36 points 5 months ago (1 children)

A very good analog to all your car infrastructure then.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 months ago

Yes, that's literally what the ride is about: the now-failed '50s vision of car-dependent America as an "auto utopia."

[–] [email protected] 43 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's in Tomorrowland, but it smells like 1979. Good to remember where we came from as long as we're actually going somewhere else.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

They should rebrand to Yesterdayland.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago

Ride was sponsored by Chevron

relevant Simpsons

https://youtu.be/0wjyaF8ut_E

[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago

So, how was Disneyland?

Well, I've been stuck in a traffic jam, breathing exhaust gasses all day.

Oh you didn't went?

What are you talking about? Autopia was great!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago

This is a thing? Wtf.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Yeah i went on this in 2013 in Paris, i was stunned that PR wholesome Disney was happy to poison families as part of the ride, i distinctly recall my wife and i discussing how dumb it was. I'm equally as stunned in 2024 it's still not been switched to electric cars, i honestly assumed (wrongly) i was seeing the last of the petrol Disney car rides a decade ago.

We're super fucked re climate change aren't we?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

And boomers on Facebook are crying emoji reacting, and talk about how they could tune and repair 1970's engines on the side of the road with minimal tools.

Goddamn car enthusiasts, they need their choice of transportation to be literally evil.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

Boomers: "I used to be able to fix my car myself"

Also boomers: "New cars should have heated gas pedals"

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

I wouldnt go as far as to call the horseless carraige evil, but you could absolutely argue that between how they isolate people in bubbles, kill pedestrians and are contributing to climate change anti-social for sure

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

This is silly, Autopia is not a significant source of pollution. This is like the plastic straw thing.

If you want less problems from cars and oil, build real car-free infrastructure and leave the charming novelty alone, it makes as much pollution as your yard care company does with it's blowers.