I think this is a bad take and IndyCar has some of the fastest response times and best medics of any racing series. Just look at Baku last week and see how long it took a safety team to get to Verstappen after he crashed on the main straight at over 200 mph. Hell, they didn’t even throw a caution flag until the rest…

Fixed it for ya!

Jason, this just tells me that their radar supplier is hit by the chip shortage and unable to deliver the necessary volume, so Tesla is going to build cars without them while putting a marking spin on it.

Why is there a charge port on both sides of the truck?

Jason, the seat belt buckle is used as an input to detect/infer driver presence. On most ACC systems if you unbuckle your seat belt at low speed or at a stop, the system will disengage. But at high speed it’s not like you can jump out of the vehicle and disappear. Yes, you can try to climb in the back seat (not gonna…

Torch, you had far more patience than I would have head.

Remember when the Superbowl went off with 25,000 people in the stands? This is over five times as many people. It’s still a pretty big risk, and for what? To watch some cars race.

Don’t forget Ericsson was up at the front too, but had to save a lot of fuel towards the end, which dropped him down a couple places. Team Ganassi sent a message this weekend that they will be a team to contend with this year.

Give me a break. The ‘bonk’ came after they had exchanged words and Bottas was giving the finger before Russell tapped his helmet.

You should also check out Hamilton’s pass on Norris. And this was a pass for 2nd place, not 9th. (start at 2:20) Or the pass Perez makes on Vettel right after that, which shows how Vettel successfully defended by keeping Perez on the outside.

“Kink” is a big understatement, since a kink is something that can usually be taken flat out. They had just come through a kink, and Bottas needed to choose a defensive line going into the braking zone and the next series of turns. This same maneuver had been happening all race with other drivers, and they almost…

Trying to get position for the upcoming right handed kink? The next turn was to the left. Russell would have still been on the outside and would have been pushed off at the right hander the same way Hamilton was on lap 1.

However when Howard Wilson, the Vice President of Hughes Aircraft, pitched the proposal to Lloyd Reuss, the head of GM’s North American operation, Reuss turned it down.

IIRC from when the car debuted, this think is built off the chassis of the SL-C “kit car” from Superlite Cars/Race Car Replica’s, also in suburban Detroit. So, if this is just a re-body of the SL-C, you’re not really getting any chassis design IP in this purchase, you’re getting body molds, trademarks, design rights,…

Not only did they get to keep the credits, but they also got to sell them Ultium batteries and charge for development/engineering services. Zero risk, all reward on GM’s part.

It solves the problem of buying millions of dollars in CAFE credits from Tesla every year.

They already use Grand Commander in China, so I doubt they want to have a different model with the same name.

This is also why Tesla has a huge advantage right now. They are the only one with a large enough charging network to make road trips possible.

Carbon neutral-ish fuels hold way more potential than EV’s, especially in the short term.

You didn’t even post pics of the Dodge Circuit! Keep in mind that the Wrangler, Town and Country minivan, and Circuit were all fully running vehicles. There are a few magazines that tested the Circuit and there are performance numbers out there. Who knows what might have been had the bankruptcy never happened.