I wish they actually believed that.  But a heavy majority now think Trump was the best President ever.  GMAFB... 

Rolling blackouts still will blackout your house if you have a solar PV system with a few exceptions:

1) You must have an automatic grid disconnect (this is fair, as it is a safety issue)
2) You need batteries (pointed out above not legal there)
or
2a)  You have an inverter that has a grid-separated power outlet -…

NV energy is one of the worst companies around when it comes to solar PV. 

Meh... I bought my car with 30k on the odometer.  It has 60k now and has depreciated $1000.  About $0.18/mile. :)

I think almost every single Prius owner I’ve known has had to replace the battery after ~10-12 years at most. It’s anecdotal, to be certain, but its certainly a concern for me when I see a dozen plus people with the same issue.

Fortunately, replacing one isn’t outrageously expensive anymore. My in-laws had a 1st gen.…

You know, consumer reports changes its metrics all the time.  Turns out if they rated cars the way they did even 10 years ago, everything would look perfect.

So the Blue Screen of Death problem I feel is grossly overhyped anymore. I never get those errors. I do get fan failure warnings on my computer, but that’s hardware, not OS, at fault.

But the proper take is neither. Microsoft will make it overly complicated and mediocre at a high price. Probably demand a subscription.

Ap…

There’s all sorts of stuff like this at Ford.

I mean, why the hell don’t we have quickclear windshields as options in the US outside of the Transit Connect?  That used to be just $100 - now they’ve upped it to $300.  Still one of the best convenience features they offer, even at that price.

Realistically, its highly likely profits flatten or decline.

Emissions credits make up something like 236% of their past 12 months’ net income.

What happens to that when other makers are no longer buying because they’re selling their own EVs?

Think of it this way. If Tesla grows to the same profitability as Toyota, their P/E would still be 54 with absolutely no more growth in stock price.

That’s a LONG way off, and if EVs get to be that popular, Tesla will face relentless competition then. The legacy makers are just starting to get going, and some of the…

“driving something with a center of gravity perhaps over a hundred feet above the vehicle has to feel absolutely insane.”

If the center of gravity was that far above the vehicle, the vehicle would tip over.

These blades are actually amazingly light - they wouldn’t even weigh out a normal semi trailer.

Want to know how it gets even more insane?

Their objections were almost entirely on procedure, with only a few QAnon supporters claiming fraud without evidence.

They were upset that the voting rules in those states were changed by judges or Governors, not legislatures, as the consitution implies should be done.

There’s…

and note that the comment on sales falling was on plug-ins and EVs. Non plugin hybrids are also allowed under the new mandate, and they’re significantly more popular, and a more solid financial choice.

That’s a bit of an incorrect take, though.

Because a drop in plugin hybrid or EV sales doesn’t mean customers wouldn’t be fine with hybrids, which are included in that mandate. It’s likely more of a sign of a collapse in oil prices, which brings takes away from the savings for a plugin or ev. Financially, the cheapest…

2nd:

At this point, there’s almost no reason left to not require vehicles to be hybrid at least. Batteries have gotten smaller and cheaper, and the price premium has shrunk dramatically. A standard Honda Insight LX is about $22,631 where the Civic LX is $20,916 (true car average prices). They’re almost identical in…

Only 5% of batteries in the EU coming from recycled sources can be more of an indicator of growth in the market than anything else.

A market that is growing exponentially isn’t going to have a lot of used supply as a percent of demand - i mean, go back 80 years and there was a lot of lead mining in the US for making…

It’s only 3 hours of book labor for a Nissan Leaf.  That implies its pretty darned simple if you have the right lift and equipment.

That’s a big assumption - because you’re assuming that the design defect that has led to the leak occurring in the first place can be fixed during the repair so it doesn’t crop up again.  I mean, it could well be like my Mazda 6, where the idiots didn’t put a flex pipe in the exhaust, instead insisting that a flexible…

I could understand the low end models skipping out, but at $80k+, it seems like it should be standard.

What’s amazing here is the value on some of these. I mean, look at the option cost compared to the score that CR gave it...

SuperCruise : scored 69, costs $2500 to $6150
AutoPilot : scored 57, costs $0 to $8000
CoPilot…

It isn’t just in certain conditions - its lower quality data in all conditions... but in ideal conditions, the deficit in data is much smaller.

For a crude comparison, look at robotic vacuums. Some are just stupid and have no real sensors, they just run until they bump into things, then turn, hoping to eventually cover…