So, are we at a point that infrastructure is built up enough for EV sales momentum to be self-sustaining? I don’t think so, but dumping more money into credits doesn’t guarantee that the infrastructure will follow.

I asked this exact question on an article a few months back. It was extremely confusing to me, and had to do with features not proven out with the newer sensor set/software not written/updated yet, etc. So, not just a simple “turn it on” checkbox in the software.

At some point, the EV market has to sustain itself without external subsidies in the form of massive rebates and credits. Whether that point should be next year, or a few years further out....looking forward to the Hindsight 20/20 article in a decade or so.

I’d love to know how many Tesla worker complaints are real and how many are stirred up shit created by UAW sympathizers and those pushing a unionized environment by any means possible.

“Ramirez! Here is one solo cup! Begin emptying this swamp. I expect this tank to be out by sunup!”

Jim Croce has been in my CD player for most of this year. Nice pick

Good point

The guy doesn’t have the best calibrated moral compass, but things like Iron Crosses, the lightning bolt SS symbol, and a lot of other Nazi symbols are inextricably tied to biker culture and history. That in and of itself doesn’t mean he ISN’T a racist- it’s just to point out that this is an incredibly shallow…

No, that’s just the punishment for being a drug USER.

I bought a WRX swapped GC last year to do Rally/Rallycross. I blew a nicely built EJ205 within 2 months. That is motor #6 overall for that car in 10 years of events. My friend has a 2.5 RS. Motor #3 in 2 years coming up. Crank bearings spinning, fuel pressure drops at #4 cylinder, weak ring lands, cam issues....holy…

Headgaskets have been a problem for them for 20 years. It blows my mind that they haven’t re-engineered the interface. O ring the heads? High quality gaskets from the factory? Close the deck up some more on the block so you don’t get cylinder movement under pressure? Do something, for fuck’s sake!

Subarus are barely built to withstand the stock pressures, you could argue. My racecar has a penchant for eating EJ205's, and the STi block is now a decade old with virtually zero changes.

Yeah, absolutely not possible on a modern turbo motor. The margins are thinner. Components are built to withstand thousands of miles at the exact pressure/power tested at. There is not much that is ridiculously overbuilt, like the Chrysler motor you mentioned and things like old Ford Lima motors.

What I picture when I see three figure horsepower gain “kits”

For someone who designs cars to the most demanding standards in the entire world to be able to go off and have something of his own created to those same standards must be incredibly cathartic in its own right

Or, alternately, 1960's Ford GT40 door handles. I wonder if the GT40 was the first to use this style?...

Good thing a TH350 or TH400 are the cheapest transmissions on the planet, and can easily take big horsepower. It sounds like it had a 700R4, and I bet he, like everyone else who has done a 700R4 swap, fried it by not setting the kickdown linkage right. Unlike other transmissions, getting it wrong actually fucks up…

It’s PVC piping. It’s not storing barrels of gasoline. You have to really friggin’ try to get that stuff to go up in flames. Storing all construction materials in perfectly safe bubbles because of one incident is likely a teeny bit of an overreaction

What a dream team. Another goal to add to my “Things to do with a time machine” list

I will miss Rutledge and Tanner.