The best thing about Fastest Car was how quick it was to binge-watch. Just skip to the last 5 minutes, watch the single drag race, and on to the next episode. I was hoping there would at least be a shakedown run before the main event, or a couple of single elimination 2-way races, but nope, just line ‘em up for a…

Diversification is always a good idea. If Saudi Arabia waits until their oil reserves run dry or the world has shifted away from oil towards cleaner energy sources before looking for ways to support their economy, it’ll already be too late. Much better to invest in the technologies that may replace oil early so that…

I’m pretty sure the towers were 90m high, so about 295 ft, but the actual road surface was only 45m high, so ~15o ft. Still quite a distance to fall in a vehicle that’s designed to survive a 0 ft vertical drop.

4th: So, what happens when Canada is invited back to the negotiating table and disagrees with whatever bilateral agreements that the US and Mexico came up with in secret? NAFTA is a 3 party agreement, so negotiating terms with only Mexico on an issue that affects all 3 parties (auto manufacturing) seems like a good…

So, what’s everybodys guess for the model of the other car? I’m getting a WRX/STI vibe from the brief view, possibly a 3rd gen hatchback.

I think we’re working with different definitions of weaving movements. I would classify a weaving movement as when two parallel lanes of traffic need to cross each others’ path to continue on their chosen route, as opposed to merging and diverging movements where a lane of traffic ends or begins. The parclo was…

Regarding size, the example provided in the article is hardly a small interchange. There should be more than enough room to make a partial clover in the space provided.

I still don’t understand the advantage of this design over a standard A4 partial clover interchange. Traffic coming off of the highway still needs to wait for a traffic light to merge with street traffic and street traffic going onto the highway can do so without an obstruction, but the parclo doesn’t require…

I’d like to imagine that a Lotus SUV would just be a Ford Fusion. It’s bigger, sits higher, seats more people, and has more cargo capacity than the rest of their lineup.

Most plug-ins will burn the gas to prevent it from going stale if it hasn’t been burnt in a while. On my C-Max, if I haven’t burnt a tank of gas in 18 months the vehicle will revert to a standard hybrid mode until the vehicle is down to 1/8 of a tank before allowing EV mode to resume.

The non plug-in version likely has a smaller battery in the range of ~1 kWh while the plug-in probably has about ~7-8 kWh based on the range estimates. There’s a trade-off to be made going to the plug-in, and aside from price it’s probably the loss of cargo space to accommodate the larger battery.

Regarding range penalties, I don’t have a Bolt but I just ran some quick numbers on my PHEV’s electric range.

I think you’d be correct. More video from the scene shows fire crews attempting to cool the wreck before it exploded.

I think you’re a bit misinformed about the current IMSA prototype class. Currently, there are 2 classes of cars competing in the P class, DPi spec cars which allow manufacturers to supply their own engine, and Global LMP2 spec cars which use the spec Gibson engine as regulated by the ACO. IMSA has had a hard time…

Not an FJ40. It’s different enough that a layperson can tell the difference.

America keeps people back for a reason, and that reason is liability and the presence of death.

Neutral: I’m sure I’ll get a lot of stares here, but I’m pretty sure I’ll never own a purely petroleum powered car again. I currently drive a PHEV and I suspect my future will only hold more PHEVs or Electrics.

There’s only one Don’t Bring Me Down, and the one you posted is severely lacking in trilled ‘Groos.’

I don’t trust Hollywood to make a decent trucking movie, but I think there’s still stories to be told that revolves around trucking.

I believe it’s a very short throw shifter.