Primarily through numbers. In December and January, they drastically underreported the number of cases, the rate of infection, and the number of deaths. I teach ESL, and half of my class is Chinese--even the the Chinese students said, “You can bet it’s ten times what they’re saying.” One of the students has family in…

Yep—corporate debt at an all time high was going to be a problem in any economic storm—I just don’t think anyone saw this giant Tsunami.

South Korea still has new cases though, it’s chugging along at about 100 a day, although many of these are amongst people coming or returning to the country. Ditto China, though you might not want to believe their stats.

The short answer is yes. 

If the roads are slippery, you can have your Cake and eat it...

The wing, motors, and controller probably weigh less than 10 pounds all in. 

The less expensive version is $1500. Including the carbon wing. 

They’re all rich men’s Supras in 2019.

I wrote it <3

Let’s not forget this engine (1UZ-FE) also came in the Lexus SC400 which was essentially the rich man’s Supra. So that's a fairly fitting connection.

This is actually excellent, clever clickbait.

But only on take off and landing, for forward flight the main rotor was unpowered. 

I have ideas. 

I remember asking him about EV land cruisers in his future. He’s sees the possibility for it for sure, though like everything he does, it comes down to being interesting and profitable.

Damnit. I want this. To me this thing is cooler then any 6+ figure car I’ve ever seen (in person or in print). I never felt bad that I couldn’t afford the latest Ferrari quatrofolienflameblowupanello or whatever but the want for this thing right here is emanating from deep within my loins.

Huh? They sit idle for hours at a time, then need to accelerate hard for at most 5 minutes. Sounds like a great use case for electric. If someone runs for more than a couple miles, they will have called in backup and gotten the heli to chase.

I’ve said this ever since they hinted at pricing... nobody outside of rich older dudes with interest in EVs will buy this. This is coming from someone who owns a $14k neo-retro bike. Like I can justify spending that kind of money on a nice toy, but DOUBLE that? With worse performance too. Fuck that.

I was curious to find out if I could figure out which Ohio HD dealer was being mentioned. Of the 7 dealers in a three county area of me only two appear to actually sell the Livewire so it certainly isn’t limited to just one dealer. Even most of the dealers apparently knew this was a stupid idea.

I’m going to say this one more time:

I work with an asshole that recently bought one with the “Loud Douche Exhaust” option. He parks in the company garage and revs it while he rolls it back into his spot. The noise is painful enough that I’ve thought about a worker comp claim.