You sold me on baking in the hot sun. I like this better than sticking these things in fields where crops should be growing.

As an added benefit, you won’t return to a car that has been absolutely baking in the sun and/or the majority of your walk in the rain/snow would be covered.

Anti-government conservatives have successfully pushed for industry self regulation for decades and so we get what we get.

The Tesla Model 3 is just the Nissan Altima for people with good credit.

Kia Optima/K5

It is already sold by Nissan

Tesla. Are they driving bad because the crappy AI is not being monitored, or because the driver is actively an asshole who thinnks they are better than everyone else? Who knows, just know they are all driven bad. Expect chaos. Make sure you have your dashcam on too, you might get paid for the footage you shoot of their…

This was exactly my thought, in additional to the per mile tax there is some sort of multiplier for the weight of the vehicle.  Heavier vehicles cause more damage, so they would have a higher multiplier.  So if you were still driving a relatively featherweight ICE vehicle that gets great MPG, you are still paying less…

I think this argument distracts from the point of the gas tax in the first place, which isn’t to encourage efficiency but as a way to pay for infrastructure that everyone uses. The idea behind it being a gas tax was that it used to be generally true that heavier cars used more fuel and cause more roadway damage so…

“Right now, there’s no word on their ... motive, according to the AP.”

If I had foxtrot uniform levels of cash, I would totally do this. Would outfit it with wireless networking (LTE with Starlink as a backup?) and work from the train while being towed behind any and all of the western trains (California Zephyr, Empire Builder, Southwest Chief, etc.) back and forth to Chicago.

Maybe do…

This is why all the ECP discourse following the accident has been so maddening. Brakes had jack shit to do with this issue. However, you left off the really fun bit:

Railroads have been telling the government they can self regulate... this proves they can not. Wall Street earnings are being put above safety and that has to stop. Time for real fines and real penalties for CEO’s and the board of directors. Maybe even a Tax per share to be paid for investing in a company that threw…

with almost no protection or surveillance around these intersection

Reading the comments section in Jalopnik every time there’s a study that says “cars are bad actually” is both amusing and depressing at the same time. We’re all Jalops, we all love cars, but there’s so many things that we use cars for that just aren’t necessary at the end of the day. Some of it can be easily…

I know people are angry at the oil companies for being greedy with prices but people really need to get angry at city planners and zoning laws.

Do you think he has a dial or something in the Oval Office that he uses to turn gas prices up or down? And do you think he decided to just crank it to 11? Do you want the President to be in control of the prices of goods? That’s communism, you know.

Based on other info out there this is looking more like of a case of classic pilot error mixed with some face saving on their (the pilots) part.

The AN-225's empty weight was significantly higher than the max takeoff weight for a C-17. Two totally different sizes for two completely missions. The C-17 is meant to be a small cargo jet that can get in and out of small, unimproved runways. The 225 was designed to get a crapton of weight into very long, paved…

Super disappointed that wasn’t a red ‘95 Dodge Ram.