some really nice wheels

“fell squarely onto the 240's roof”

Yes, should be some exciting accidents to come.

Give that tree a big hug, you eco minded Corvette owner

Holy crap! I can’t wait to wrap one of these around the nearest tree.

DC motors require brushes or slip rings.  Both are extremely problematic from a longevity perspective when you’re cranking a couple of hundred thousand watts at 1000A through them.  Synchronous AC motors let you use ALL THE POWER without a spark gap or wearable item.

The line gets blurry. A synchronous AC motor is the same thing as a brushless DC motor.

Have you seen how crazy parking lots can be around Christmas?

5th Gear: “Ghosn’s team countered that his wife has no direct involvement in his case and that the restriction is merely a penalty designed to apply psychological pressure.”

[...] All modern trucks look like a CAD program ate at the Toxic Masculinity Buffet and the design came out after much screaming and farting.

She was just looking for new opportunities to mention she went to Stanford.

I had a female “sometime” Mech Engnr girlfriend once comment that her favorite core ME classes at Stanford had been “Vibrations” followed by “Advanced Fluid Dynamics”...

I also vibrate like crazy with mechanical stimulus

Phew, I wasn’t expecting to feel feelings this morning. This is legitimately my pinewood derby entry.

I couldn’t come up with a better comment than this one.

I always thought GM made a huge mistake with their full-size truck hybrid system by only putting it in a luxury SUV, that multi-stop urban delivery would’ve been a killer app for hybrid trucks just like taxi work is for hybrid cars. So I’m very much on board with a work-trucks-first policy for the full EVs.

I drive an Alfa. My service advisor comes to my dinner parties.

1st Gear: Ugh, if we have to bring back Hummer as an EV, FINE.

These people from Silicon Valley that think they can “shake up” any industry with enough VC and flashy designs.

There is a theory in engineering that there is a natural path a design solution takes to the best solution. A sort of natural selection. Over the years we learn from our bad designs and our good designs, eventually working our way towards the ideal design.