Ford took $5.9+ Billion in DOE loans - but no TARP dollars, even though they lined up for TARP dollars.

Climate change is a bitch.

Early Tesla Roadsters did not use a 12V battery (it used a part of the main battery pack to act as a 12V battery). They ditched that after a while because it's just simpler to have a 12V.

No, Patrick.

I'll just leave this here...

Man, so much dust around after watching this video....

How hot is Mulally?

Article of the year right here. Literally, this is 2013 in a nutshell.

that not ice sickle. THIS ice sickle:

Took me a moment...

The godfather ? anyone ?

Ah, Kinja's comment square took its time to get over there. Are you sure it's not a 142?

On the left, Philistine.

Anyway*

Genius.

So its possible that the greatest barn find in history is literally a found barn?

You do realise that Europe doesn't have any kind of 25 year import restriction, right? And that, in Europe, cars like the Caterhams and the Ariel Atom and all those other unsafe and idiotically wonderful machines, can be sold fully assembled, with no need for any kit-car based workaround, and used on public roads?

What a great story! Gotta give the guy credit for sticking it out and refusing to take "no" for an answer!

Congratulations! This is definitely one of the most beautiful estate cars ever made. Too bad it never ended up on US soil, I would pick on up!