Knowledge. Function > Form, at least in some areas with these trucks.

Not a gentleman on the racetrack, famous for this and his record. Now he is gone. Not gone from my heart, since he was never there in the first place. Just plain gone. 

Superb writing supporting a nicely-balanced view of the film.

Doing a pretty reasonable impression of Elon Musk, I’d say. :-)

Cynical, perhaps, but certainly accurate. 

Boooo!

The entire battery pack -- cell, modules, and pack -- is built by LG, not GM.

Erik, glad you are here in town. Hopefully for something fun. 

Work assignments in Japan, Korea, and China (in that order). Rudimentary conversational Japanese (paid by my employer). Japanese-American (Nisei) girlfriend during my B-school time, who was tremendously helpful in educating me about Japanese culture. Last, but not least: A ton of experience working with Toyota. Good…

Not assumptions, actually — more an informed view. There are many folks within the Toyota organization who are dismayed at their slow pace in electrification and I speak for them as well as myself.

New Yawk is not the best place to be to opine from a position of knowledge on Toyota.

Toyota also had some bullshit reasons for why it is late to the game.

“I wish Hyundai all the luck in the world.”

Head gasket warranty claim denied?

“Seems like it’ll keep dodging the blame, though.”

Chrysler / DaimlerChrysler used what sounds loosely similar in a Jeep Grand Cherokee climate control system a few years back — it took infrared readings of the front seat passengers, and used that as one of the inputs for setting driver and passenger comfort targets. Before you go slamming on DCX, please know the…

Newells are excellent.

Calm down.

Wanna go there. Candlestick, baby.

Nothing agains the Actros, but I’m guessing it’s not such a swell motorhome chassis.