While certain members of the Supreme Court think racism has been eradicated, smart people know better. Sure, we see fewer overtly hateful acts on a day-to-day basis, but the institutional discrimination that lives just under the surface of so many of our structures is far more damaging.

Ok, if by "just like Mr. Jia said" you mean "just like Ghandi said." That's a Ghandi quote, not something a Chinese TV billionaire made up. FYI.

One of history's biggest automotive safety dramas turned out to be utter bullshit that nearly killed Audi in America. It was driver error, and some piss-poor excuses for "journalism" from 60 Minutes.

This person didn't at all strike me as an idiot, although clearly this investor had bought into the hype machine and had made an investment without doing any sort of actual research beyond – and I swear I'm not making this up – watching interviews with Elon Musk.

We'll see. I tend to think we should make them try to hit it.

Musk was quoted as saying that even though Tesla makes 40,000 cars now, he believes that the company will be selling "millions" by 2025. Millions.

Terrifying video from Minneapolis today, where a driver ran down a woman in a solidarity rally for Michael Brown, driving through an entire crowd of demonstrators.

LOL... well... this also comes from someone NOT Murican! But seriously... WTF Range Rover?

As a result, I propose that we move away from the check engine light and towards descriptive warning signals that explain the car's exact issue. For instance: if you have a loose gas cap, a light comes on that says "LOOSE GAS CAP." If you have a faulty oxygen sensor, a light comes on that says "FAULTY OXYGEN SENSOR."…

And this brings me to the point of today's column, which is: the check engine light is the single stupidest warning light in existence. Stupider, even, than the "Low Tire Pressure" one, which is this little asshole warning light that tells you that one tire is low, and it's probably dangerous, and it could kill you,…

Musk is NOT a hard line capitalist. He is a vulture. There is a difference.

Filing a false report is a felony.

Neutral: Are These Delinquent Really That Bad? Or is it much ado about nothing?

I don't believe you can always "look before you leap." Sometimes you just have to take a leap. It's the lack of spending and investing that's hurting the economy, not the kind of freewheeling fiscal attitude that got is into the mess.

Here's hoping this isn't just a feint and that the feeling is as widespread as the previously unresolved safety issues.

The Volkswagen Golf R Wagon we spotted in Arizona was no desert illusion, but instead a peak at the production-intent wagon version of the 296 horsepower Golf R hot hatch. Oh, and they're bringing one to the LA Auto Show.

From everything I've seen, the NYT's Hiroko Tabuchi is a straight-up reporter and, while her damning report on Takata does fall on anonymous sources, Takata has done nothing to convince me that the report they secretly tasted their airbags and destroyed the evidence isn't true.

Neutral: Was GM Being Thoughtful Or Conspiratorial? It looks bad, but is it bad?

2nd Gear: Good Economic News With Hilarious Timing

This is a truly ignorant argument. Please pick up an engineering text on Power generation or Power plants and get blown away by how 'efficient' and 'clean' thermal power is. (sarc). Then add conversion and transmission losses. Ohh and transformer losses at your local level power grid. Then add the loss of charge in…