You make this sound like it’s a bad thing.

The Chinese government has no respect for IP, but no they aren’t the only country by far. Hell I would expect it’s really only the US, Canada, and Western Europe that at least tries to crack down on IP theft.

Nope. How does that counter the fact that IP law is joke over there and that China should not have most favored nation and or developing nation trade status with the west? Wester companies are blocked unless they partner with a Chinese owned company. The likes of Apple and Ford keep doing everything they ask,…

China seems to be the only country that doesn’t follow copyright laws on anything.

Nobody is optimistic about the track, we are optimistic that it will be a complete disaster. And not a disaster like stage racing, disaster in a fun way.

Honda: A parade of disappointment.

Of course not. It’s a car.

Oh, I don’t know, maybe this fun little thing. I bet that no one else has one, because I rarely see it being used on the roads ever. Oh, by the way, this is probably the first time some of you have seen this, but it’s used for turning. It activates the turn signals. Isn’t that fantastic?!

People in the south will have no idea what this device is, but it is the definition of ‘invaluable’ in the northern climates.

If you’re using it to drive a generator, who gives a shit about torque? What you care about is power, and rotary engines make a lot of power for their size, which is their main advantage: high power to weight/volume ratio.

The rotary engine is a very good engine for a generator. Torque is not important in this application. Small size, low weight, high power density along with low NHV, make it very attractive. Emissions are easily controlled with a 3 way cat. Tuning for a specific rpm can give very good BSFC numbers.

A couple of things make it not totally stupid. Small size and low weight for its power, as you mentioned. That’s actually kind of a big deal for a hybrid. Also, many of the issues inherent in rotaries are reduced when you only need them to spin at a fixed rpm while attached to a generator.

They’re rich and white. So no handcuffs and they get house arrest. At worst, they spend a couple years in a minimum security Club Fed.

He won’t try to stop it. If the SF company looks like it’s going to win the race, he’ll just switch teams so he can be a winner.

As an OEM on my 5th car launch... this is how it starts. A new body line is ambitious and tuning and optimization is often done months into start of production.

LeBron James powerless to stop an organization from the Bay Area... I’ve seen this before.

First thing that came to my mind as well. The V8 Monza was a classic example of what could have been a nice ride if it wasn’t a malaise era GM car.