Any chance the guys at “The Tour” (new-old TG) take Elon up on his comment? That would be decent material.

The current assumption is that the extra unused buffer would allow owners to charge to 100% all the time and let the car sit for a long time without fear of shortening battery life.

Wait. Wait: this was not in Florida?

That last phrase should start with “Our”...

Audi in the 80's. Toyota and the floor mats. We have seen this time and again. It is always “highly-publicized” because cars are big scary hunks of metal, and we recognize they are dangerous when they inevitably hit something while we were totally not distracted. Or doing anything wrong.

You forget that most EVs charge at home and work. Superchargers are for long-distance travel i.e. trips.

Any idea where they stuck all that rock?

That was the slowest passing maneuver I have ever seen.

Haha, yeah, I was that too (space bound steel plate).

Just like a 1990 sport prototype race in Montreal, but in that case, it was a full, round, manhole cover that came off. It also inspired a Mythbusters episode.

Why does the Gawker-bot think this is a new story? This is years old and sitting on the front page today. You risk losing suspension of disbelief...

Oh no, my work day...

Great for all highway situations, no matter the speed (0 mph to X). And heavy traffic in the city and on two-lane roads (bumper to bumper or moving).

HA! Fair point.

Yeah, once you’ve tasted autopilot, you have it on the minute you get on the highway. That means you may not have your foot close to the throttle to go all <insert race car driver name here> on others at an instant. That might be it.

Tesla has made inroads on the cable thickness front by doing liquid-cooled cables at newer superchargers. Much easier to handle in my experience.

Let’s not forget that home charging is a thing for electric cars, and where most of those EVs get their charging done. And which standard the EV you own adheres to is of little consequence, since it is your home, and you will buy/install/get whatever you need to plug in there. So if company A creates it’s own…

Subaru-tough.

BTW: That quote is not mine, but comes from http://arstechnica.com/cars/2016/05/f…

To your point about the safety of current race car cells, there will always be pesky laws of physics and freak accidents: