Parking spots for cars are already a waste of expensive real estate - take it back and devote it to more efficient modes of transportation like bikes and scooters and, god forbid, more pedestrians.

I struggle to understand how a job 12 miles away when living in the middle of DC is making this person get a car. You do not need a car when living in the district...period. And especially if he’s already a cyclist. This just sounds like a poor life decision. And talking shit about DC public transit? WTF.

Martinis are made with gin. That disgusting pile of shit for people who don’t like real booze is called a Kangaroo, not a martini.

I’m not talking R&D - I’m talking parts cost. I mean, OEMs are trying to balance extending the life of old technology and diving headfirst in new tech. At some point, it becomes pointless to throw good money at a lost cause, but we aren’t remotely close to being there yet.

I’m not talking about consumers-I’m talking about the companies that actually make the decisions for consumers, i.e. manufacturers. It’s an expensive approach to reducing CO2 by 10%. It’s not nothing, but it’s a cost-ineffective approach to cutting emissions. I mean, nearly half the vehicles sold today don’t even have…

When your fuel is 15% more carbon-dense, the CO2 benefit isn’t that great from the improved efficiency. For all the shit you need to do to make diesel match tailpipe pollution of a gas engine (which is the case here in the US), you end up netting < 10% CO2 benefit at a cost of thousands of dollars. It’s not a…

I was super disappointed he called the hybrid system “more-or-less similar to what you’ll find in a standard Toyota Prius” for that reason — the hybrid system in the Accord is way more interesting and than a Prius, just from a pure engineering POV.

This article has absolutely no clue what it is talking about. The rule is not a mandated number - the rule is a series of curves that set individual vehicle targets based on size and type. What automakers were complaining about? It’s the curves and the difficulty they feel in hitting those individual targets, not the…