Kind of surprised this didn’t come up at all in the article, for the car to accelerate it has to have traction, which we’re saying it doesn’t because it’s hydroplaning, and more importantly your point that the wheel speed determines what the cruise control does, not the ground speed. So the whole acceleration issue is…

Assuming you live somewhere they’ll let you buy it.

You’re assuming the meter is an accurate representation of conditions, which if it’s anything like the battery capacity meter is not true. The first capacity bar is approximately 12%, while each one after that is approximately 8% and they only drop after the capacity has been below the threshold for a certain amount…

The robots would respond to intruder alerts, which in Alaska were often wandering moose, and could deploy lights and sounds to scare off the interlopers.

Or even worse the BMW model where you can pay a subscription fee for your CarPlay/Android Auto.

Sounds like it was a grab bag of info, so they got information about 106M people, and part of that included the SS#s and account #s of that many people. The rest, like they alluded to in the article, could just be names and addresses from application data, or names and emails, etc.

Much more likely to be a gen X, this is about the age of my first car, a Shadow ES with the same drivetrain. The v6 was good and reliable, tons of low end torque, with the 4 speed it would flatten the hills of PA where I grew up and made passing dump trucks on 2-lane roads easy. They were easy to work on and cheap to…

Counterpoint: If you were a full time taxi or shuttle driver that had their job taken by Uber and Lyft drivers what were you supposed to do?

Oh this is cheap in the world of fine writing instruments. Mont Blanc is probably the most common high end pen brand, and you can easily spend twice that on one of theirs.

Tesla has said its EVs are about 10 times less likely to experience a fire than petrol-powered cars.

Except no one was LOSING anything. He was already a sitting judge and nothing about the hearings was for the purpose of bringing legal charges or to decide if he should get terminated from his existing job!

Minivans are the best tool for the job if that job is moving more than 4 people, or lots of stuff you don’t want in the bed of a truck, or both.  Just because they’re not sexy is only an issue if you’re too insecure to be seen in one, which is your loss.  I love my wagon, but if we have a second kid our next family…

So we shouldn’t believe women people when they report probable crimes? Or we just don’t believe them when there’s something we want on the line? Or maybe just when it’s against our political party?
I mean if that’s what you need to tell yourself to justify putting a person of questionable moral and ethical standards…

As others stated, there are mandates in California and some others about having to sell a certain number there, but as I also understand it Hyundai/Kia can’t make enough to satisfy the places they are selling them, so right now there’s no stock to sell anywhere else. Otherwise I’m with you, I’d definitely like to see…

There’s no doubt crash protection has added some weight to the vehicle, but I think most of the weight gain is power, emissions, NVH, and luxury, (and in some cases size) despite the fact that same technology has been working to offset that weight like HSS, aluminum, composites, etc.

The point of high strength steel is that it is lighter but just as strong, but it’s also a matter of design at least as much as material. Where the metal is and how it’s shaped has more to do with crash worthiness than how much is there. The real safety features are ABS, traction control, air bags, seat belt…

Not sure I’d say most of the weight is due to them being tougher, most weight in modern cars is for luxury and convenience. After all, my 61 Desoto is 18 feet long, has a 6.7L V8 and weighs about 4500 lbs. My 05 Magnum RT is about 16 feet long, has a 5.7L V8 and weighs about 4300 lbs. The weight in the Magnum doesn’t…

I’ve had the 18V DeWalt tools for probably 20 years, the batteries have been replaced but the tools are going strong, and I’ve used them for everything! I’ve built kitchens, installed decks,restored two cars and countless other jobs and only wanted more power three times. Once when I had to drill about a dozen 1/2"…

Please seriously take precautions when cleaning that out! Tyvex coveralls, gloves, and at least a dust mask and preferably a real respirator, a pair of goggles wouldn’t hurt either. Make sure your vacuum has a good filter too so you’re not blowing a could of death either.

The USS Nautilus construction was started in 1952, and launched in 1954. We didn’t drop MSRs because of the Navy, commercial industry went after PWRs because they were already proven by the Navy. Nuclear power falling out of fashion had more to do with the death of MSRs than anything else.