You're right it would work well for building hopping. Just don't expect to be able to get out of town.

I know, I was really excited to see the plug in velociraptor.

Is it supposed to have the hour endurance empty or fully loaded? Even if the latter, what can you do in an hour (or realistically 40 minutes, since you want some reserve). How long does it take to recharge? Does the endurance diminish with temperature? Also, that Ferris wheel arrangement up top looks like it would…

Loosing 15miles worth of charge overnight isn't that big of a deal, but having the car go from full to empty in 2 weeks is, especially if it bricks itself if the battery drains. Do they still brick themselves, or did they fix that?

Mazdas webside used to claim that if you wanted three pedals, you had to give up the bluetooth. Is that no longer the case?

I don't know. My 70kmile bmw is starting to feel more worn out than my old 160k mile ford.

So, our government made 10bn on TARP, which was not enough to keep up with inflation, lost 10bn on GM and another 5bn on Chrysler, but according to the headline it made money overall? Am I the only one that has a hard time squaring that up?

Saw a colorado (previous version) on the highway next to one of the curvy, 90's-early '00 f150's. They looked the same size. Just goes to show how quickly trucks have grown.

Mine has that feature as well. However, it is set to go off on somewhat cold morning, but plenty warm to not have to worry about ice. It's more a "hey its chilly outside, don't forget your jacket" alert.

And they move up and down they push on connecting rods, which in turn, turn (ha!) the crank shaft, which rotates. On most cars the crank shaft is in the engine, not the transmission (also you never know how it is with the french). So you can be fairly certain that all the conversion from linear to rotary motion…

I would, but he is a preachy alien, making fun of our paper signs. I can't stand those.

"turns vertical motion into various degrees of circular motion"

Dear alien: The transmission does not turn linear to rotary motion. A being so advanced as you should really know better.

The half of the story that has the KERS charging and thus reducing available power seems straight forward enough, all while being very clever, but I'm not sure how much I buy the "lets use the suspension travel as indication of whether or not our tires are gripping" Seems like a suspensions to dropped under load will…

If it happens, it will probably be very fast, fun to drive, utterly unreliable, impossible to find parts, impossible to work on, or find service anywhere outside of very few cities.

I seriously doubt the Model S rides 2-3" lower than say a 3 series. An X3, sure, but it didn't seem to ride much lower than most luxury cars. Saying that the drivers should be avoiding debris they are choosing to his is a bit too close to saying drivers should be avoiding obstacles that they are choosing to hit. Even…

Most rural vehicles are trucks, but I don't know if most trucks are rural vehicles.

For us mere mortals, sure. For the US gov't 70bn isn't really that big of a deal. What matters to them is not the loss, but the perception. There is no way to avoid a loss on GM, there might be a way to lessen it, but that does not affect the perception by much.

There is absolutely no way the share price will ever go up as high as what the treasury bought the original shares for ($50, gm stock will forever be between $20-$30, unless something terrible happens and the company tanks again), so its a loss no matter what.

I think the point is that conventional cars don't catch fire if they hit an animal. Truth is, it is far too early to tell. 3 fires out of 20k cars in a year is not a big deal. 3 fires out of 20k cars in 6 weeks is. With numbers this low, it could be some meaningless clumping, in which case it will be many months…