byd was probably never planning on exporting the cars to the usa they will likely produce the cars in mexico if they were to come stateside. that would render these tariffs useless.  

the difference is steel is one of our biggest exports. so even if a car is made by someone else its likely using us steel 

agreed, the tariffs dont even address WHY the chinese evs are so inexpensive. EVERYTHING byd makes is vertically integrated. They make ALL of their own parts and all of their cars were designed from the ground up as an EV. there is no cost/design/platform sharing with an ICE vehicle. yeah chinese labor is cheaper but…

used cars are still insane right now. so much pent up demand for new cars plus high interest rates means more people are only able to afford/only want to pay /can only find  used cars. 

the bolt’s top speed is only 90mph so while it is quick to 60 it starts running out of steam at about 80mph. so the hyundai kona (turbo version) actually catches up by the end of the quarter mile. Also the braking on the chevy bolt is absolutely terrible. 185 foot 70-0. Most likely atributed to the low rolling…

they have the horsepower wrong on the Kona. the Kona has a 190 horsepower 1.6 turbo but there is also a 2.0 naturally aspirated engine.

agreed. 

I thought the Supra has that beat. 

Getting these adaptors a proper UL code so they could be certified would be a great start. Then people could be fined for non compliance and it would make shopping for these adapters easier you would just have to look for the UL certification and know you are good.

they would rather you lease expensive wharf mooring, or a boat parking lot or WORSE a self storage lot... I bet owners of those places lobbied for these rules in the first place. 

“but my property values.” nimbys have prioritized property values to the point that owning an average suburban home is miserable and you can’t do anything you want on your own property. 

not just the tire size but the rubber compound makes a huge difference. My prius stops just fine with 195/65/15 tires. But my old tires were less-than premium and it got hairy in the wet. My new bridgestones practically stop on a dime. 

$9,500 you can buy a real truck  10 years newer. 

they don’t “emerge” fully formed. it is likely that your dogs got most of them while they were in an earlier stage. that or some household yard chemicals could have eliminated them earlier. 

how do the pilots even see when they drive these behemoths? Cameras?? 

for 50k you can get a lightly used Tahoe Duramax. inline six 275 horsepower and 460 ft/lb of torque.  

Even formula 1 has “manufactured drama” from the gimmicky “boost to pass” and the tires are shaved to wear faster. Perelli has said multiple times they can easily make the tires last the entire race with no effect on performance but F1 wants pit stops so perelli shaves the tires down to not last as long. I do agree…

People almost kill people every day. No sense punishing people for what “might have” happened.

some of the issues is a lack of grip. its not that tight of a curve but that is some smooth slick concrete. the other issue is the blind corner less than 100 foot into an intersection. that is not usual at all. 

Also there are other friction surfaces that could be used other than the smoothest shinyest concrete. they could put grooves in the concrete at least. They could put the white horizontal stripes that usually tell drivers “slow TF down.” You could put a mirror on the outside wall of the corner to give visibility of the…