And the super-complicated turbo-hybrid engine has a lot of heavy components to package.

It is politician and bureaucrat virtue signalling. We aren’t willing to actually do something that could be controversial, annoy constituents, or get us sued but we sure can make public pronouncements.

And you can’t click on their notification and go right to that place to respond. This all worked a couple of years ago and has been going backward. For a business model that thrives on clicks and engagement, that is counter-productive. It really is a joke.

My partner took his brand new C8 to VIR to run some laps and proceeded to run out of gas. It was stuck in drive and they had no way to tow it. The incident took a half hour and people were quite unhappy.

Speed bumps waste energy (slowing down, accelerating, remanufacturing broken parts) and therefore contribute to climate change. They are not good.

Rivian - now with AutoPilot.

Hey I love me a nice Filet Mignon but I recognize raising cows for beef, leather, and dairy is really not a sustainable thing.

It’s not just the carbon cycle, it is the life cycle. Cow and sheep are ruminants and their digestion produces large amounts of methane, a more serious greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. Cow farts, they really can kill you, or maybe your children — eventually.

The first one happens because marketing either doesn’t know what they want (inadequate research or imagination) or doesn’t know what is possible (inadequate knowledge of technology).

I take my 1990 Miata to the grocery store and only have to use the passenger seat for paper goods. What the hell you buyin?

Recycled vinyl. But I love the wool idea. My Dad’s 1924 Packard has wool seats and they are comfortable and long-lasting.

Leather is not cruel if you are going to kill the animal for food anyway. However, if we are going to escape climate change, we must curb animal production. But doesn’t that include sheep?

Viper Diplomacy. Now there’s a strategy we can all get on board with.

My friend dropped an SC430 V8 into a Porsche 914 with a Megasquirt ECU.
Much awesomeness ensued.

For the record, I am not an anesthesiologist.

Which is why we need to incentivize people to charge their EV at work during the day instead of at night at home. It also solves the apartment problem. But companies have to get on board with chargers.

5th Gear. The long knives are out for Chang Li. Don’t tell Jason.

Hydrogen is less efficient to make and distribute but it has one big advantage, it can be stored. Today much solar power is wasted because the grid has limited storage. It could be used to make hydrogen that can be consumed later. 

Free car. Needs slight body work.

One easy solution would be suspend the Parc Ferme rules during an extreme wet weather event. Let the teams crank in the downforce and change to a low torque engine map. As for the spray, it’s really bad but manageable with track position. Start the race single file and just don’t follow as close. Yes it will be a…