Actually, as a matter of fact they do, especially when you have particulates at this kind of level: http://aqicn.org/city/beijing/ With emissions control devices in cars, the output air is actually significantly cleaner than what you're finding in these cities right now. China does mandate new cars- vehicles older…

Right. And that explains why the skies in Beijing are bright and sunny. Despite China being the single largest EV market in the world, with over 50 million motorized scooters and incentives that make owning an electric car much easier than buying a ICE vehicle.

Oh man, you just reminded me of minivan drivers. I don't know what's up with those drivers in general; men or women it's like they have a vendetta against the rest of the world.

True. And to Buzz Killington and others, all asians look the same, right?

I see what you did there

I don't know how you can look at all the smog in China and think it's a "small bump". Even if China adopts solar panels more aggressively than other nations, it will always and forever be a tiny fraction of the total power requirements until the "base" energy requirements can be filled in with more nuclear or hydro…

I don't know about you dude, but the smog in China is telling and has nothing to do with "efficiency" or "use of fuel", but rather what the burned emissions from that fuel gives off. Your half-assed notion is that fuel efficiency is all that matters. It's really telling because the LEV II compliant vehicles probably…

China's subsidies for electric car ownership is huge. The unintended side effect of the license plate lottery is that everyone enters, and once they get their plate they sell for huge $$. Really, the hardest part about owning a car in Beijing is not the car, it's the other crap you have to get around to have one in…

"Dear Leader" is North Korean. The Chinese are communist, not under a slightly unhinged dictator.

Yeah, the issue is that this is China, which fueled its huge economic growth the easiest way- coal powerplants. Which means that literally, owning an electric car in Beijing contributes significantly more to air quality issues than your typical LEV II compliant car running on gasoline.

The worst drivers on the road are white female college students. In Toronto the huge Chinese population is relatively well behaved, but in Troy MI the blonde white women in their enormous Yukons literally try to kill you.

Except if you want a lightweight non-gaming and minimalist setup, or you have a HTPC?

Good thing you're not making anything that could hurt or kill anyone, otherwise your company will be held criminally liable. That's awful.

Yeah. Because of the aforementioned telemetry, engineers, pit crews, etc. You aren't even allowed to compete unless you've made provisions for fire proofness/retardation/suppression. Apples and Oranges.

First off, Zenvo blames the clutch failure on "an hour of extreme drifting by Top Gear drivers." Second, Zenvo blames the fire on a faulty intercooler fan from one of their suppliers thanks to "more than one hour of intensive high speed testing and 50 liters of fuel consumed."

A locking diff... locks the diff. The differential is there to allow the wheels on either axle spin at different rates (i.e. when you're making a turn, the outer wheel has to travel farther than the inside wheel). However, because of how it works, if you have one wheel with way more traction than the other, it will…

I love it. Cheap, gets the job done and doesn't look crazy playing games or working in the office. Roll it up and take it with you.

Right, because obviously the kid holding the wiimote was out of arm's reach.

Yeah. It's called a taser. This "I don't know what's out there, so let's shoot first and ask questions later" is the reason why gun violence and gun control is such a raging topic in the states.

No, it doesn't. But the force needs to review its "lethal use of force" criteria. I don't understand why the female officer didn't have use of a batton, spray, or even a taser. This incident just reminded me of another one showing that this isn't really a US/gun control problem but a systemic issue with the police…