“I think the real concern with Americans is that Chinese cars may be stealing their data”

Other cars (Ferrari 360) has the same type of latch, but it is the one you use every time you open the door.

First off, middle of the pack?? They are entirely hidden from view... on purpose! You really think that is a good idea in any way? If so, please explain. And while you’re at it, go ahead and list all of the cars that also have completely hidden door handles and why they aren’t equally dumb.

I’ve long thought electric door latches are a solution in search of a problem. Doubly stupid because you still need a manual latch, so now you need two latches. 

If you have to have a mechanism built into the door for manual release anyway, why the hell not just have the door handle use that to open in the first place instead of connecting to an electrical system?

That only makes the decision to have electric door latches and completely hiding the manual releases all the more dumb knowing that they have caused people to die needlessly in the past.

“That front release is well designed and intelligently placed.”

There should be one handle per door, half pull - electronic, full pull mechanical.

The cabin is fully intact; crumple zones absorbed the impact forces. They burned to death.

Can you imagine the morons who sat there designing this thing and literally thought “how can we better hide this emergency release latch so it can’t be seen at all?”

“...EMERGENCY RELEASE LATCHES FOR THE MODEL Y’s REAR DOORS ARE HIDDEN BENEATH A MAT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR POCKET. ONCE THAT’S REMOVED, A RED TAB OPENS AN ACCESS HATCH THAT REVEALS AN EMERGENCY RELEASE CABLE...!”

The last words your fast-googling friend will scream in the seconds between the crash and you all burning…

They keep trying to build AI robots to replace factory workers, when clearly the lower hanging fruit is to use AI to replace the CEOs. Computer models are very good at solving optimization problems. You don’t even need a robot for that, just a server in an office will do.

I’ve never understood the logic of anyone who would work with Trump in the first place.

Heck, imagine being so unlikable that people who work for Donald J. Motherfucking Trump are like “wow.”

We’ve tried nothin’ and we’re all out of ideas!

Musk has enough common knowledge of a subject to be able to wow most crowds. I’ll give him his ability to recall data points that have been presented to him, but this belief he “understands” it all is misplaced.

In 2022, global fossil fuel subsidies reached a record $7 trillion, which is 7.1% of the global GDP. This is more than governments spend on education annually and about two-thirds of what they spend on healthcare. - International Monetary Fund.

Jimmy Kimmel summed it up neatly:

Congress being GOP means that the has a has clearer path on new laws he’d like to pass; Mitch indicated the filibuster isn’t going anywhere, but he’s not going to be Senate Majority leader, so who the fuck knows what happens.

I love that the arguments “for” Trump’s next term not being awful are to claim that he’s not really going to do all of the stuff that he campaigned on doing... Sure, if he doesn’t do the stupid stuff he said he would do, then I guess I won’t criticize him for that, but what’s the point of campaigns where candidates…