High occupancy vehicles should have a high occupancy, like a bus with dozens of people. A car with 2-4 people does not sound like a high occupancy to me. Even taxis and Ubers don’t belong in that lane.

Complacency sets in with everyone, especially with the people who should know better. The kind yet stern old Senior Master Sergeant who instructed me said to me that checklists are written in blood, and so I slavishly adhered to the checklist at all times.

This is because Rivian are car people and Tesla is tech people.  

Good write up. biggest takeaway from it was this:

Looking at the photo of the team, I’m proud to see an equal number of women represented in this fantastic group of scientists.

Fucking Pumped with that capital P. Almost completed the achievements 100% and I’m ready to have some more.

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This thing has been a problem child during smog tests. There are a lot of suspect tests - “A” = Aborted, meaning the technician aborted the test for some reason, “T” means the technician has reported the emissions system has been Tampered with, “F” = fail.

I struggle to imagine ANY Subaru that would command a 60k sale price used.

Hell of a good decision on Justin’s part. Stressful, high paying, jobs are a deal with the devil. The money makes it seem alright at the moment, but those jobs leech away your life. Usually you end up financially worse off anyway, as you try to by your way to happiness. Source? Far too much time in the legal…

Oh, that’s easy.  Musk doesn’t have a company that makes electric trams.

I’ve heard this is a thousand-year event—whatever that means these days.

I’m assuming you’ve never been to Montana? I spent about summers working there in the late 90s/early 2000s. The entire state tends to be a hotbed of “my way or the highway” when it comes governmental oversight and regulation. As you can see... “my way” won, so the highway is gone. It’s a hard lesson to learn, but…

This has got to be made for city driving.

It doesn’t bother me that people are required to pedal. It’s not like you can’t hire people knowing what the job is upfront. The trouble is that a BICYCLE is a, by definition, 2 wheels. I have no problem with them using the bike lane, but if they are trying to do it under the guise of it being a bicycle...then that’s…

Gotta give a callout to the 24 hours of lemons, (or Luckydog, which is a similar series)...

The fundamental question you are asking is, “Should we use public funding to encourage EV adoption?” and the answer generally is Yes.  EVs are becoming more and more affordable each year.

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This seems like a logical step forward for the new Blazer. It was already a pretty sharp-looking crossover, if otherwise a pretty generic and unremarkable vehicle. The camaro-like styling elements made it look like it should have been a lot faster than it actually was.

She explained in the article why flying wasn’t a practical option, and it wasn’t cost. That said, the headline certainly suggests that cost was the motivation. On that score, I completely agree with the points you make in your post.