I just did some further reading and it looks like they are expecting to employ ~10,000 people in the next few years.

What labor? The entire thing is full of robots. There will be some staff to oversee them, but this is not like a GM plant.

“Look, kids! Big Ben, parliament.”

Makes sense. They’re still in the prototype stage, and that’s not something you can afford to having sitting outside your factory 24/7. I think it’s cool that they have a replica there though. It at least plants the idea in your head about what the factory is for.

I used to think the front of the Model 3 looked to bare, and that they needed the Model S style “grille” up there (the new, slim one. Not the huge old one). But I think I’ve been converted. Now the Model 3 just looks sleek and minimal and purposeful. The new nose has grown on me.

The human behind the wheel that has a minimum reaction time.

I think that an electric semi will be much further from a traditional truck than what you have in the lead image. There’s no reason for the nose to stick out, because there’s no engine or radiator there. Most of the profile of a modern semi is defined by cooling needs, and that all goes away once there’s no more…

Completely disagree. “Autopilot” doesn’t mean “you don’t have to pay any attention and the car will handle all situations” any more than autopilot on a plane means the pilot and copilot are just along for the ride. The autopilot system on aircraft is there to do the monotonous stuff while the pilot and copilot do the…

The desire to save several thousand dollars over the Japanese competitors. Also, the last couple of people I knew who bought a Dodge/Chrysler (not including Jeep buyers) did so because they had a family member that worked for them and could get a steep employee discount, saving even more.

That’ll buff right out.

If you paid a dime for that thing, you need to have your goddamn head examined. I hope, for your sake, that when you say “cheapest Japanese turbo halo car” that what you mean is “the owner paid me $1500 to tow this away”.

The video showed them crashing some Hyundais (or something) and then overlaying them with Aston Martins. So it looks like this is something they’re already working on, and it sounds great to me. Quick wrecking all the cool old muscle cars, Hollywood!

You just blew my mind, man!

I had a Kia for a rental last year and, frankly, it was far better than any Chrysler I’ve ever been in. Sure, it wasn’t a BMW and didn’t have a VW level interior, but it was a pretty decent car (especially for a low end rental). Not to mention, it looked far better than most everything else on the lot.

Since head-on, offset collisions would most likely occur on the driver’s side of the car, it makes sense to me that the driver’s side is the one that’s tested and the one that’s more structurally braced.

That’s more work than fixing it would be! Parting out cars is for guys with lots of spare time and neighbors who don’t give a shit about the half missing hunks sitting in the back yard.

Sometimes a car isn’t worth it, even if it’s free. About two years ago a friend of mine offered to give me his ‘99 BMW 540i, and I turned it down. Sure, it’s an awesome car and would have been great for cross country trips or just hooning around, but I already had a daily driver, a motorcycle, a muscle car project,…

“A biker without a helmet carries a societal cost of emergency services.”

As a Bonneville owner, I don’t think I would recommend one as a first bike. Sure, it’s got great ergonomics and good, tractable power. It’s a great all-around bike, and I really love riding it. However, it’s also really heavy (not Ultraglide heavy, but damn-near-600-lbs heavy). My girlfriend could barely push it over…

That’s not a situation that could easily happen in normal traffic, since that is the front end of the trailer, not the rear. That end is normally hooked to a truck, and would be pretty hard to drive into.