OnStar is not a built-in by-law service.

Problem is, mankind has shown constantly it will abuse this sort of thing to no end.

It'll be awesome when the US adopts this and our always sane police departments and spy agencies use this to abuse the shit out of people. Then of course Congress will unanimously pass a law giving debt collectors and banks the right to use this.

How dry I am, how dry I am.

Apparently there's already some solid state battery tech that's going for field trials in the next year and a half developed by folks in Colorado, so weight might not be as important in a couple of years. Hopefully a system like that can be developed with those batteries.

Even with battery tech improving (and true solid-state batteries eventually leading to a big breakthrough), they'll probably need to develop a quick-swap system. Deekster already mentioned Tesla's system, and something similar for racing cars would be needed.

Mercedes, RB and Ferrari looking the best so far. It's not saying much, but their noses are OK. The rest of the field...not pretty. Also stands that Merc, RB and Ferrari might be the three fastest cars on the field this year, so they're not just looks.

I saw Todd Barry do stand up once and it was pretty fucking good.

I don't know who I'm rooting for here, Nissan or Panoz. I guess Nissan since they have the original designers of the car and will bring big-time factory cash. But then again, Panoz's DW is running the entire 2014 US sports car season and I can actually see it run.

I will be watching this GIF for the next hour.

Pff. Everyone knows chicks don't know sports.

Well it is perfect for going to the mall and hauling groceries across flat, paved tarmac.

Shocking to see the people who run NASCAR turn the charred ashes of proper racing in America into NASCAR with right turns. Let's add competition yellows to Sebring and another full course caution at the end to bunch together the field.

When the guy guarding you has to hold back a laugh, you're doing it wrong.

Glorious Commissioner Selig ushers in a new era of baseball by awarding self most deserved honor for fighting the traitorous villain scum A-Rod and destroying him with a sea of fire and misery. Nations around the world celebrate the success and greatness of Commissioner Selig.

I got nothing against hydrogen, but it's expensive (and inefficient) to get it (since here on Earth it's always bonded to something), and the energy density isn't great. Batteries are at least constantly improving in energy density, so there's still a few decades of progress to be had there, not to mention the fact…

The soccer mom and douchebro demographic have been running low on options lately. Good move, VW. In all seriousness, it'll probably sell like hotcakes because DURR BIG BAD SUV USA USA USA BRO.

It's fair in that Horowitz gets fired if he disagrees with Selig's decision.

Dan Snyder is a piece of shit. There is no joke.