It may have not even been full.  There have been stories about vehicles being stolen from Memphis’ police impound yard.  It seems they have no fucking clue what’s in it.

That’s the Boomer attitude about any sort of public institution.

It’s why various cartels have paid for various infrastructure projects: it makes them more money by making the core business more efficient. Making the locals think you’re doing a better job than the govt and enabling your kids to have expensive toys are just side benefits.

A little less than 30% of households live in multi-family dwellings.  

They can be impeached, but that would require a functional Congress.

Where are you getting these phones?

Was the C5 lifted and outfitted with offroad tires?

I wonder if the dash cam was due to a probation requirement.

I’m waiting for a certain ex Top Gear host to try to get in on the contract to supply these for London. :D

FWIW, according to the census dept, only about 6% of the US population live in what it defines as rural areas. About 86% live in metro areas with a population of 50k or more and the remainder live in areas between 10-50k.

It kind of depends on how it’s made.  Some production methods utilize natural gas for the hydrogen source, IIRC.

No shit. We have people acting as if EVs can’t be adopted until they work perfectly for a single digit percentage of the US population.

And for a little more than 70% of US households, it could be charged at home.

Getting those people into plug-in hybrids would also save a huge amount of gasoline.

The vast majority of people in the US don’t have to wait until EVs are viable for those in remote parts of rural areas. The typical use case works for them now.

And they believe the shittier they make the planet, the sooner your last paragraph will happen.  If they get richer in the process, it’s a win-win.

the main buyers for pickups: suburban commuters who think they need a truck instead of car.

They won’t do anything like that because they won’t be able to price gouge the Maverick as much as they do the larger vehicles.

I just loved the error messages like “this option (full size spare tire) is incompatible with the powertrain selection (manual transmission)“ when trying to spec out a Colorado years ago.

One of the reasons for solid state batteries is to be able to operate efficiently in sub zero temperatures.  Towing will always be limited by the amount of energy stored in the battery pack.