How about all the plastics, alloys and aluminum? Raw steel...
How about all the plastics, alloys and aluminum? Raw steel...
4-hour bio-break? Haha!
You are absolutely right. That is if no one in the car wants to stop for food or bathroom breaks. You run a tight ship. :)
The debate is not battery versus diesel. It's battery or hydrogen.
Home charging. While you sleep. 0 effort!
Like you just said, 26 or so for the next day. Which comes after? The night! Yes! During which your car recharges just as painfully slowly as we humans do. And both come up in the morning fresh as a daisy, ready to go again! So what exactly is the problem with batteries?
But the problem is so much of the real world is a sloppy mess that, for the vast majority of drivers, the ability to rapidly recharge outweighs efficiency advantages most drivers can't even perceive. Is this better technology, or better for the environment? Nope. Will most people give a shit when you ask them to pick…
In the real world, I could not care less if the recharge time is 12 times as long, since I could recharge my battery EV at home overnight.
Both systems are bulky and heavy. Batteries are bulky and heavy, reinforced kevlar-weave hydrogen tanks are bulky and heavy. Let's call that one a draw. Sure, hydrogen is flammable and potentially explosive, but it's not like no Tesla has ever caught on fire (or that there's no safety risks with Li-ion batteries) and…
Believe it or not, scheduling an automotive shipment for worldwide transit across international oceans on a huge vessel is the easy part. You can find a dozen such companies with a quick Google search.
Phone sales are subsidized by the carriers. That is some nice value-add for price-conscious consumers. Paying full-price up-front at the Apple Store for an unlocked phone is not for everyone.
The Toyobaru twins. Specifically the BRZ.
In a detailed but surprisingly comprehendible post over at MacStories, TJ Luoma showed off how he's combined a few tools to connect his car with his computer to automate a handful of tasks when he gets to work and clocks out at the end of the day.
Yeah, but dat devil soundtrack!
As a kid, I remember the families in our neighbourhood getting organized and staging a protest at the railroad crossing at the end of our street to get the trains to STFU.
I am jealous of this gentleman's enthusiasm. I'd like to live that someday, with you know, something else.
Maybe the lesson of the car is that even today's smallest, least powerful cars are more than able at beating America's biggest Interstates. Maybe it's that the Internet guides you to understand cars in ways that are easily digested on the Internet and there's a lot of feel, and attitude, and joy that slips through the…
Fiat 500 Abarth
Of our four bests, the VW GTI is the only one that really qualifies as a car for adults. In a land where most interiors have the aesthetic pleasure of meth face, the GTI is Mila Kunis. It's almost as if the person who designed the interior has working eyes and hands. It's better than cars that cost twice as much.