It’s a good idea; but that would probably require legislation or possibly a treaty, and not just a rule-making; unless you just want to adopt the current ECE regulations at this point in time as a snapshot.

1st gear: FMVSS108 limits front lighting to two (2) beam patterns, low and high. There’s a weird carve-out on dynamic lighting where the beam pattern stays the same; but just points in a different direction. Adaptive high-beam, along with ramped transitions between low and high beam, create new beam patterns and,…

I think it’s six. The block quote is from the 2018 article about the indictment, and shows $5m. The $6m figure is from the article about Warner taking the powder, so further investigation probably found that extra $1m.

“There has been some recent debate over whether to call over-the-air updates “recalls,” given that the term “recall” implies that you have to take the car to a dealer for service. Well, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration still calls over-the-air updates for potential safety issues recalls, so take it…

Level 4 autonomy, geofenced self-driving, is achievable. You’ll start to see limited-use fleets in the next few years.

Exactly the speed limit? Not really, as long as there’s a 2-3mph hysteresis. And I wouldn’t, because there’s a logical explanation behind that behavior. That person is driving the speed limit because that’s the posted speed limit.

I’d guess the hidden wiper he wants would stow under the frunk lid to keep the frunk/windshield seam as tight as Tesla’s assembly process can get a panel gap; and would tilt open when the wipers were needed.

The Mustang didn’t start out as a muscle car, it started as a pony car - not high performance but high style. It was originally marketed as a “secretary’s car”

2nd Gear: From youridioms.com:

Heated seats, while they sound simple, are more complex than your example. First, the heated seat control is going to need a couple of high-current MOSFETs to duty cycle the resistive coil mats and a A2D channels to read the PTC (positive temperature coefficient) device to sense the temperature. It will also need some…

The industry hasn’t used through-hole for decades. Almost everything, with the exception of connector headers, is all surface mount.

There is a difference between chip design and chip fab processes.

You have to read the article and the relevant law. When most of these tickets were written, occupying the left lane is only an infraction when it is posted with appropriate signage. There was no “Keep Right Except to Pass” signage on I-22.

Uh... what? LIDAR is LIght Detection And Ranging; it’s a laser-based volume scanning system that builds a 3D model of the scene centered around the sensor. It is entirely self-contained.

Yes, or at least driving unsupervised. We already do this. And yes, if you are driving with a learner’s permit you can get tickets for traffic violations.

A correction for Reverse.  The GM heritage center is in Sterling Heights, MI; not Sterling, MI.  Sterling Heights is just north of Warren, MI, the home of the GM tech center.  Sterling is a tiny village (pop ~500) about two hours north of Sterling Heights.

This has the same problem as every other ultra-low mileage car - you can’t drive it.

Henry David Thoreau was the original glamper. The cabin on Walden Pond was a 20 minute walk from his family home; his mom regularly brought food, cleaned and did his laundry. The land was served by a rail line; and was wasn’t some backwater wilderness - it was owned by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

I call foul on this.

They both feature mountains, with LotR’s Mount Doom and Cold Mountain’s.... uh.... Mount Cold.