The fact that any scientist could study and promote this with the notion that it is a good idea whatsoever, is astonishing.

You didn’t know about that Nikola v Tesla lawsuit?  Jalop probably covered it a dozen times, dude.  Do your god damn job.

Sure, downtown is “fun and hip” or whatever.  This AMC plant isn’t anywhere near downtown.  Just a shabby outer detroit hood.

No way, I live in a pristine chunk of woods (45 mins from detroit). I grew up in Manhattan, wiping the grime off my face whenever we came inside the apartment. No thanks, never again.

Oh please. Most of Detroit is just residential housing that has never been anything else.

Theoretically, sure, but the area is rough, so there would be no demand.

I’m just old enough that I went to a meeting for my supplier with the Jeep truck guys in this building, early in my engineering career, before Chrysler (DCX at the time, I believe?) moved out. There were some lovely, well preserved wood paneled offices in there. Most of the generic office space was a shit show of…

You really think the car wasn’t strapped down during transport? C’mon. The dang parking brake wasn’t on, it was obviously unstrapped before the vid starts.

good to know. That sounds kinda terrible (plate stays with car). Here in michigan, if you dont keep your plate clean in the winters, it corrodes within 4-6 years. I wouldn’t want someone elses shitty old plate.

Or just drive the car home without plates on it, and then go to the DMV and get new ones, or transfer your old ones.  meh.

My understanding is that the auto scanners first just run the plate number to see if any registration, insurance or criminal activity comes up as associated with it, then probably flashes an alarm at the cop. But if the plate itself is “clean”, the officer probably has to notice that its not the correct car listed.…

Yeah, well drat, man.  I don’t usually think of Michigan as a freedom-loving state, but these kind of small anecdotes about the tribulations of living on the coasts do start to add up over time.

If the cops have the auto plate scanner technology running... might be an easy flag.  Ugh, the future sucks.

Shit. Busted.

I know that it is enshrined in Michigan law, but suppose I cannot vouch for other states. Not that I would really care, personally. It’s simply a reasonable thing to do, that an officer would have to be a total piece of shit to harass you about.

Thats completely ridiculous. What kind of police officer wants to ruin someone’s day for simply driving home after buying a used car? And what’s the likelihood of even getting pulled over?

Take the plate off when you sell a car. A new buyer of your used car is allowed to drive the car home, and/or then to DMV, with no plate.

Reducing passenger vehicle carbon emissions and local tailpipe pollution is always a worthy goal. But it does make sense to consider the global implications of this new burden upon the automakers and financial costs that will be obviously borne by consumers.

Reducing passenger vehicle carbon emissions and local tailpipe pollution is always a worthy goal. But it does make sense to consider the global implications of this new burden upon the automakers and financial costs that will be obviously borne by consumers.