Have Cars Delivered on the Promise of Freedom?

For years, car companies have been promising freedom. We’ve all seen the commercials. A brand new, shiny car driving through a remote countryside. No other cars in sight. A bottomless gas tank. A woman’s hair blowing in the breeze from the air rushing past her open convertible top. A mysteriously clean SUV climbing a rocky mountain road without even one splatter of mud. The only thing that lies ahead is the open road and endless possibilities…