Somewhat off topic, but secrecy in product support and maintenance is a toxic trend that needs to stop. I work for an approved service provider in the IT industry now but have worked for a “big iron” IT provider and the difference in attitude in support could not be more different. Some security issues do need a…

I wish I could find the article, but I read something about a RORO car carrier that capsized, was eventually righted then towed to port. A temporary scrap yard was set up in the port to destroy all of the cars on board. The idea being that none of the cars or the parts would be allowed to enter the second hand market.…

I’ve mentioned this in another post, but it bears repeating. If the State of Charge of a lithium ion battery is below 20-25% it is incapable of thermal runaway as it doesn’t contain enough energy to sustain it. That’s not to say that an electrical fault in an EV or any of the other vehicles could have been a source of…

Having spent far too much of my life watching dashcam videos on YouTube, I can attest to the fact that Diesel, once vaporized by the kinetic energy of a crash, can be spectacularly flammable.

When I was learning to ride in the UK, I was always advised to put my left foot down when I came to a halt. It was a possible test fail to put your right foot down as you were failing to use the rear brake to come to a complete halt.

https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/low-emission-zone

As a former London resident, I can anecdotally confirm. The highlight for me was walking faster than the guy in his Bugatti Veyron.

Bonus points if the stud’s size and thread pitch match no other fastener on the vehicle.

You know some dick would roll coal on you because you’re obviously some commie / pinko / Democrat / libtard or some such because: dOnKeY!

This is a very good point. The only time I’ve experienced range anxiety was at -20 in snowy conditions. We had pre-heated the car twice (don’t ask) which left us at 80% charge to get to the next supercharger with an estimated 10% remaining when we got there. Poor mathematical skills and needing to concentrate hard…

Not a comprehensive answer, but a couple of bits from Model 3 ownership in the cold. Not quite got down to -30C, but at -20, yes the car cools off fast. The heater can be run, either from the charging equipment or the battery to pre-heat the car. I’ve got a 7kW charger and you still see a hit on the battery % when you…

Finnish has “haista vittu” which Google translates as “f**k you” but literally means “smell c**t”. Bonus fact “voi vittu” Google translates as “oh f**k”, but “voi” is both an exclamation and the word for butter.

I’m guessing it doesn’t look like this.

Why is the guy from Star Wars driving a car that looks like one of the space ships from Space 1999?

Fix the cigarette lighter.

Not forgetting that IBM supplied the business machines required to tabulate and coordinate the holocaust. I’m sure there are many, many others, not just from the US. People made these decisions and they should be held responsible, hiding behind a corporation seems like a variation on the Nuremberg defense.

In poorly maintained vehicles.

Yes, with some lingonberries and a nice Koskenkorva.

You make some sound points in favour of the steering wheel. I’m sure it could be updated with some sophisticated speed to lock per turn whizz-bangery, but do we need to?

How dare you mention ergonomics. That old fashioned crap that studied the efficiency and accuracy of human / machine interaction has been deprecated. Now we have User eXperience.