Question for anyone who knows more about this -- Japan has one of the most iconic passenger rail systems in the world (the Shinkansen). Is their rail freight system less developed/invested in, or does demand for freight capacity just happen to scale a lot faster than demand for passenger capacity?

It’s difficult to say exactly when the “not-so-distant future” is on Mazda’s timeline

Pretty sure that ship sailed years ago XD

I don’t necessarily disagree with you, but your username detracts somewhat from the urgency and gravity of your post...

Did you know that if a car has both a catalytic converter and a dogleg gearbox, it won’t run? The components are mortal enemies and the transmission will dump itself right out the undercarriage...

“That’s not a catalytic converter, that’s my elbow!”

Why’d they charge you?

First day of work, he’d show up bright and early... at the Mexican border.
“It’s Walmart, isn’t that right here? Oh Rudy!”

If the thing with the landscaping company is any indication, if Rudy is desperate enough to have the Benz, he might strap on a scuba tank, dive to 300m and give himself decompression sickness...

I will fight you — I challenge you to trial by wood beast!

If it’s a Trump loss, and he decides to stage another coup attempt, what will Elon do? Even the guy who spent 44 billion dollars buying Twitter ought to have enough self-control not to participate in a violent revolt (or use X and its resources to do so)...

There is something so beautiful about this. It’s purpose-built, unabashedly weird...

To be fair, a fistful of nickels is as much ‘near infinite’ as a tree stump or a stopped car...

If Elon really wants a fleet of Cybercabs autonomously generating revenue for their owners, Tesla will need a widespread network of repair and maintenance shops, as well as a robust supply of spare parts. After all, every day a Cybercab is in the shop is a day its owner will not earn any revenue.

Don’t Stapp me now -- I’m having such a good time!

Were they a mile high when the banging started?

So would Kentucky Bill be an overbearing sheriff in a Cannonball Run or Smokey and the Bandit type feature? Or the villain in an 80s cartoon version of Knight Rider?

I wonder if they refer to a puncture as ‘fl4tulence’...

That’s nothing, the Kessel run took 12 parsecs...