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Given these difficulties, it is hard to avoid the conclusion that the idea of ethical robotic killing machines is unrealistic, and all too likely to support dangerous fantasies of pushbutton wars and guiltless slaughters.

That said, it is roomier than the compact exterior dimensions suggest, has a very functional control layout and now comes standard with pushbutton start, electric windows and a tilt steering wheel across the lineup.

All of it goes to the single rear wheel through either a five-speed manual transmission, or one equipped with an automated hydraulically-actuated clutch that’s operated by pushbutton controls on the center console.

Piezoelectric devices, he notes, are a part of everything from cigarette lighters and pushbutton ignition switches on barbeques to precision motors on scanning force microscopes.

They’re all matched with a 9-speed automatic transmission that’s controlled by a pushbutton gear selector on a redesigned dashboard.