Thank you! People talk about torque all wrong imo. Peak Torque is a fairly meaningless figure. All cars should just come with HP curve graphs instead of Peak Tq and Peak HP figures.
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I have a thing for manual variants of cars that we tend to see only with autos. Like my ‘94 ZJ, or these minivans, or a Ford Aerostar, or a Saturn Vue, or, heck, a Ford Escape.
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Someone forgot to do any research into how hydrogen is sourced, and how that compares to other fuel sources. We’re either using natural gas to create the hydrogen, or via electrolysis which is more energy intensive than just charging the batteries of a BEV.
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If my Jeep was that frozen, I think I would have just let it go.
Alfa being Alfa, no problem. There is already such a robust after market parts system for Alfa, it is the only company that I don’t worry about parts for ageing or abandoned cars.
I really, really hate that Maserati, Alfa and, to a lesser degree, Fiat have been left to anguish while they focus on putting big-screen infotainment in RAM and tacking a pick up bed on the back of the Wrangler.
Hey Torch, man, thanks for a bunch of good times here. I’m sorry the site is exploding due to weaponized incompetence, but if it’s any consolation the work you and your colleagues do is great, and I am confident it will soon be recognized by someone who knows how to, say, own and operate a media website.
So everybody in Editorial is mad about this too. Besides the fact that it looks terrible, we have to actually work in Kinja all day long.
Aero engineer here. The simple answer is power density and weight of batteries. Keep in mind that you have to generate enough lift to carry them, in addition to the plane, cargo, and passengers. Given a relatively fixed speed, that means somehow dramatically increasing the coefficient of lift. You can do it for…
Why is this boring article about a man I don’t know, nor care about, showing up on kotaku? Seriously, I don’t care. This isn’t news, nor is it entertaining.
Germans would not allow a fly to be on the wall.
Leave it to Jalopnik to cry out for buttons when their isnt any, and explode when theres too many... w/e
Nice detour on israel; note that no one actually brings up what China is doing to it’s Muslim population because no one wants to upset them and jeopardize business interests with the world’s second largest economy.
Stating a suspects age is different than stating what “generation” they belong to. It just seems odd to me.
I know it’s cool to hate on Baby Boomers right now but in what way is his age relevant to this story?
People with zero common sense and “wrenching” know how go right into releasing for the most part. The team they work with helps prevent them from making mistakes of previous engineers. You don’t need to have wrenching experience to design a vacuum pump. They guys deciding where everything goes and the general shape…