Minivans Are the Future

The news that Google's next self-driving car will be a modified Chrysler Pacifica hybrid has quickly elevated "minivan" from the punchlines of dad jokes to a totally serious solution for our transportation troubles. It's not surprising at all. Zipping a bunch of people and their stuff around a city safely is exactly what minivans were destined to do. The future of driving--ahem, riding--is the minivan.