Elon was right. This thing is definitely not for everybody.

I’m glad I didn’t have to be the one to point this out. But there was a satellite monitoring him, so someone will see it sooner or later.

When I sit on the aisle, I stand. I am taller than the average person, and have had knee surgery. And thanks to the asshole in front of me, I have had someone’s entire upper body weight pressed against my knee as it flexes the entire flight. That means that by the time the plane lands, my right knee is usually in a…

This is a good idea in theory, but when not when I start to think about it. Everything...EVERYTHING...is determined by partisanship these days. I’ll give an example, not at all based in reality or real people:

When they were first talking about this back in 2014-15, I don’t recall a single Marine below the rank of colonel thinking this was a good idea. It’s unfortunate that this is one of the things we’re choosing to spend our money on.

Dammit. I had this idea a year ago. Except for my version, they’d be semi-permanent and make money by charging rent to grocery stores and movie theaters - the type of places people hang out in for more than 15 minutes, and that would benefit from patronage from the type of consumer that can afford an EV. Too bad I…

God, that thing is ugly. From the rear it looks like a store brand Model 3. From the front it looks like I’m looking at a four door Veloster out of my bad eye. Good on them for going electric but Jesus, they should’ve started with an F-150. This thing is hideous.

Damn, if I weren’t holding out for an electric bike, I’d be first in line for that Streetfighter. My last one was the best bike I’ve ever owned - probably would’ve crashed it by now if I hadn’t sold it though.

Most replies are talking about flash drives, which I am not savvy on. But I will reply to this point:

I love Tesla news but all of those EV sites (insideevs, teslarati, electrek) have Tesla truck renders that are baffingly dumb and not at all what Tesla has already said the truck will look like. I’d bet a full internet paycheck on the fact that the truck unveiled next month will look like a small version of the Tesla…

26' U-haul truck with a full size car trailer on the back. Drove it from western Arizona to East Texas. Thankfully that was in late fall, so I wasn’t in imminent danger of dying from heat stroke.

TIE Fighter.

I’m with Uber on this one. They don’t owe their drivers anything - not even a job driving. And I think all of the drivers complaining about fair pay are going to change their tune once they have to actually apply to be an employee of uber. Their accounts aren’t just going to transition to employee accounts. They’ll…

I’ve read through most (not all) of these comments, and I haven’t seen any discussion of “the thing” that most people claimed as the reason they didn’t want to buy EVs: range anxiety. The Taycan might be competitive in the 0-60 time, but it loses the LA to Las Vegas time because there is STILL not a charging…

I wanted to get the same personalized plate in my current state that I had in another state where I used to live. My state denied it because of some stupid reason. So I just renewed my registration where I came from. I keep my silly vanity plate and my current state can go fuck itself and collect registration fees…

4th gear: Most drivers (including me) benefit from such features. I didn’t realize how aggressively I drove until I let my car do most of the heavy lifting. That being said, these systems are EXTREMELY annoying when they respond to phantom obstacles. Every once in a while, my car will brake suddenly because it thinks…

I can see the appeal here for people who like driving or being driven in nice cars, but don’t want to stand out. For my part, if I could afford a car that everyone wanted to look at, I’d love for it to be painted this color. I’m not a BMW kinda guy, but if I could afford a Lotus Evija this would be one of my top…

I clicked on this story specifically to find out more about that helicopter.

I love Tesla to death, but I absolutely hate the phone as key “feature” of the Model 3. Not only did it take more steps, but the “passive” entry feature worked maybe 50% of the time, even after several updates. Not to mention it meant that I needed to keep bluetooth on whenever I wanted to get in the car, which drains…

In addition to the false equivalencies others have listed, you also have to consider mass transit projects in relation to all of the places Uber is available. The two LA projects listed, for example, cost more than $5 billion, yet service one metropolitan area. All of the projects listed only cover five metropolitan…