Our local drive-in theater is working with the state health authority to reopen early for exactly this reason. They recently announced they should reopen in a week or two, but that people must stay in their cars (no laying on blankets or lawn chairs), they’ll only let in half as many vehicles to keep an empty space…

I actually had a 1992 automatic E30 convertible. Do NOT get an automatic E30. That automatic sucks all joy out of what’s otherwise a glorious drivetrain, and knocks something like 2 seconds off the 0-60 time. It’s bad.

Fellow mechanical engineer here. I followed pretty much the exact same path: applied to a bunch of schools, ended up at the in-state one since it was much cheaper and has a well-respected engineering program, studied my ass off, and joined Baja SAE. The Baja team shared a shop with the Formula SAE team, so there was a…

I don’t have links, but I am a mechanical engineer, and have looked into this a little bit.

It really comes down to cost and efficiency. Motors aren’t the largest cost items for an EV, the battery pack is (by a wide margin). Next is typically the controller/charger, depending on how sophisticated it is, and lastly,…

Didn’t the GMC XUV do this in a different fashion, but to similar overall effect?

An $800 Alfa is going to need a LOT more than $400 in repairs...

There’s an electric Bronco restmod for raffle on Omaze. I’d love to see what that can do in actual offroad conditions (assuming the winner dared scratch the paint). https://www.omaze.com/products/electric-gateway-bronco

Yeah, that’s really odd. If only there were nationally certified codes and handbooks detailing exactly how large pipes need to be for a given load...

I seriously doubt you’d be disappointed. 

And it’s just so funny that the millionth car from this company rolled out of that dumbass assembly line in a tent.

Haha me too. I’m part of the YJ owners group on FB, and all of them mercilessly mock the whole angry eye thing. So dumb. 

Well, to be fair to the target market here, this Twingo would likely be used in cities that already have vastly superior public transit than the US. Intercity trains, ferries, etc are far more robust in Europe than the US, so there’s less of a requirement for vehicles that travel long ranges for many population…

Lincoln City is a coastal town on the very wet Oregon coast. Oregon cars typically don’t get much rust since we don’t salt the roads in snow, but all bets are off for vehicles that live on the coast.

This is an extreme example, but if you see a rusty car in Oregon, odds are pretty good it’s a coastal car.

Well sure, I actually own a Leaf, but I meant in terms of “Electric super sedan vs. electric super sedan”.

I’m “team Tesla” in the “Tesla vs. Taycan” debate. Tesla offers far greater power efficiency at a much lower price. If power efficiency in your Porsche isn’t a factor, then a Panamera or 911 is a better car for the money.

Nice! I should dust off my box of them. We never had the fold-up sets, but we had a ton of the various city playsets and track connectors that would snap the playsets together.

My favorite Micro Machine car was a BTTF Delorean, followed closely by an AE86 that had working headlights and taillights. 

The lack of engine options isn’t helping the Gladiator. You can get 4 different engine options on the Wrangler now, but the Gladiator is stuck with just the non-hybrid V6.

Most cruise ships are already electric. They use several diesel generators to power large “Azipod” drives, which can swivel the propeller 360 degrees and enable the ship to move laterally (easier docking), or hold its position on the ocean.

The generators also power the ship’s vast systems and lights.