If you are able to get it on the track, how long can it go at race pace before it depletes the batteries?

We bought an FJ out of state some months ago. Found the car on autotrader, contacted the dealership, negotiated a price and trade in, got pre approved for financing. All that was left was to make the drive, sign the papers and drive off. Everything else was taken care of.

I feel for the guy, but there is no way he is getting a new car out of this.

I'll lease a used car long before I lease a new one.

Roflmao! The JAG is more reliable and easier on the wallet!

There is so much wrong here. KERS siphons energy during braking, it does not provide the main braking force. Most of the braking is done by means of frictional brakes.

Before we get all excited about our crumbling highways (which look rather nice, at least around here), lets ask how much of the money maintaining them actually goes to pay the people patrolling them, and how much goes to the people who used to patrol them and now retired.

My understanding is that hybrids have 2 separate braking systems, one conventional and one regenerative. On mild braking, regenerative system does the job, but it's force is limited, so for hard braking has to be done by conventional brakes. One of the hallmark of a good system is how seamlessly it can switch from one…

Is the truck really controllable after such a jump? I honestly don't know. I figured it would bounce the driver around so much that he wouldn't be able to control the vehicle.

Lesson here is that if you want to beat an electric vehicle with a conventionally powered one, you want as long of a strip as possible.

Why is it that the average guard rail cannot stop the average tractor trailer? I understand that trucks are heavy, and pack a lot of force, but it seems that having the rails about a foot taller would prevent some accidents where the truck crosses over to the other side.

Respected, as in followed in both letter and spirit? Probably never. But there is a difference between bending rules and ignoring them all together.

At least bikes are still manuals.

And what is it that you have against braking?

Aren't we putting the cart before the horse? Has anyone even seen one of these model 3's?

This is not a new phenomena

Massive investment may well be a requirement to success, but it is certainly no guarantee of one. If he is to change the automotive world for the better, he will need to show consistent profit. Let's hold off on the fellatio until that happens.

I thought I read somewhere about a year ago that Tesla was finally pulling a profit without subsidies.

"Musk went on to say that he thinks Tesla will be profitable by 2020"

Interestingly enough, a 94% reduction is tickets did not turn NYC into Somalia. Makes me wonder how much good the tickets do to those of us who are not collecting revenues.