I would be very curious to see how many CyberTrucks, F150 Lightnings, & Silverado/Avalache EV would be sold cumulatively by say 2025. If Tesla opens up their Supercharger Network (their major advantage over the other EVs relying on Electrify America, etc.) than I see no moat Tesla has other then its cars and the tech…

If someone complains of Motion Sickness, especially in an EV than Regenerative Braking is the number 1, 2, & 3 cause. Imagine getting of the accelerator and using your handbrakes to immediately slow the car down. That back and forth see-sawing motion is what causes motion sickness.

Easiest thing to do is go to a golf…

I love w201 Mercs. Especially the 2.3-16 and 2.5-16. I even had a 93 190E 2.6 that has an m103 3.0l conversion done. But at $430k, I’m sure a collector will continue to see appreciation. I’ve also owned a 97 NSX that I put almost 100k on and bought it with almost 100k miles. I believe in cars being driven just as much…

2015 Toyota Highlander Hybrid Limited AWD for $27.9k: https://www.toyotaonedens.com/inventory/used-2015-toyota-highlander-hybrid-awd-sport-utility-5tddcrfh9fs009361

You can even make them look rugged (skip the A/T tires for MPGs) and get about 30mpg.

I actually had way too much time on my hands and saw that entire video. I thought the FSD Beta handles some congested traffic and things well. The cyclist part really scared the shit out of me. But a part of me still feels pretty impressed with the way it drove. I guess my biggest concern is live testing on public…

This all sounds kind of asinine. Biden is so pro-union, he won’t mention Tesla and actually praises GM for its EV efforts (I think they sold 26 EVs in Q4 2021). Tesla Fans had their feelings hurt and got all emo. Jalopnik hates on an anti-Democrat slant. Coal Rolling Red Country hates Tesla. Many American’s don’t even…

Agreed. And like anything else, they have metrics for everything. Let the warning say you are abusing the normal operating limits and warranty will be void if you continue. I mean Tesla removed the sunroof option because they found less then 0.2% of the time was one even open for those equipped with a sunroof. It just…

Time to hop on Car-Part.com and fine you a used engine and a garage that can do this for much less. See:

JB Straubel (may remember hearing about his wife passing away 6 months ago by being struck head on with a car while she was riding her bike) was the former CTO at Tesla. He started Redwood Materials for this reason. It is really dendrites forming that short circuit a battery. But all of the material is still there and…

I can only imagine what a LWB (ie Suburban, Extended Expedition, etc. competitor) would look like with the seats folded down. What a joke.

The gearhead side mentions Tesla’s build quality and harm to its brand’s reputation. But the Finance side of me wonders if that is true. Demand is greater than their supply at the moment. They have a huge backlog regardless of building more cars out of that 1 plant than other OEMs have.

This feels equivalent to…

I have a vague feeling that if Sony produced this it would be higher quality than Tesla, and beat many of the Auto OEMs as a clean sheet build. I would be curious at what price point and scale they need to make the numbers work as Tesla seems to be the goal post to beat (on the EV side, not talking Autopilot,…

https://electrek.co/2021/09/13/tesla-battery-pack-replacement-repair/

Now you do not have to replace the battery pack for $20k. A $5k fix isolating the bad cell in a pack is cheaper and keeps the existing packs on the road longer. I think the right to repair laws are important for this reason. The more shops trained on…

For the Minivan segment, Kudos to Kia for making the styling anti Minivan and more SUVish. Kudos to Chrysler for making a Plug-In. Kudos to Toyota for making a Hybird standard. Kudos to both Toyota and Chrysler for offering AWD. I’d really enjoyed seeing the 4-row Grand Carnival make it stateside.

It seems to me, they are trying to limit their Demo’s Warranty to the manufacturer date. In doing so, they put this disclaimer. But some of the Demos are probably 2020s, or may be even 2019s. So someone in Legal decided to go back to 2017 which is when the Model 3 first started being made to use on their Used…

That is what Honda should have made. Yet they made a Passport that no one asked for. A larger SUV/CUV based on the Ridgeline’s stretched wheelbase would have sold well. Just look at Kia’s Telluride and Hyundai’s Palisades. Here is my futile attempt at it. But people want bigger.

But will the ID Buzz/ID Cali beat Kia’s Grand Carnival’s Interior Capacity?

Most of these comments focus on Pursuit of Criminals or Payout/Liability for accidents from Pursuit. Does this have to be Zero sum? StarChase (https://www.starchase.com/) allows you to tag them with a GPS and the Grappler (https://policebumper.com/) allows you to literally end pursuits.

This seems like a no brainer for…

Aren’t the Front 6 Piston Brembos effectively the same 380mm Brembo Brakes on the F82 BMW M4? That car weighed ~3600-3800#s which is almost 1,000#s less than a comparable 2021+ Tesla Model S Plaid or Long Range.

I think they are an improvement over the 2012-2020 Tesla Model S Brembos, but I think this is the reason the…

Let me google my 97 NSX VIN and try and buy it back :/