There;s no need for Volvo to become computer programmers. All they really need to go is forge alliances with other tech companies for things like navigation and entertainment. You know, someone like Google for instance. What? They already do? Huh...
https://www.volvocars.com/intl/v/connectivity/infotainment-page

Canada has fewer people than the state of California...

How about the fact that Canada doesn’t have that many people to begin with and getting things done are easier when you have a smaller country? Hell, California by itself has more people than ALL OF CANADA. CA was able to dictate a lot of the EPAs policies due to its size. If CA (California) can do it, then CA (Canada)…

Agreed.  I just got a little dumber just reading this.  All three cars came in last place?  Hello?  Does anyone even quality check back there??

I own a 2001 New Beetle TDI which has no emissions (pre-emissions diesel) which is able to handle WVO (Waste Vegetable Oil). I looked into making my own biodiesel. The cost of the equipment, the chemicals and oil didn’t really add up to being worth it. As others mentioned, most restaurants have contracts to dispose…

Yes, I was corrected about the sales tax only. I’m in CA too (and I’m a state certified appraiser for one of the more populous counties with boats).  I’m not surprised FL wants to limit taxes - why spend that money on education and kids, right?

I just learned that Florida doesn’t tax boats, just a sales/use tax (one time). That’s why they want this classified as a boat instead of a “floating home”

Yes, correct. I was initially confused as Florida documentation lists both Sales tax AND “USE” taxes. Sounds like Florida also taxes boats that enter Florida, therefore they can’t charge a “sales” tax on those, so they have the “use” tax. But correct, not a regular yearly tax bill like my state has for boats.

I believe that the VW diesel-gate thing was blown way out of proportion. Not in terms of the levels of pollution emitted - I whole heartedly believe that VW was to blame for that. I’m talking about the enforcement in general.

Lots of manufacturers have exemptions built into their emissions profile that are allowed in…

In my state you get billed in the county where the boat “habitually” stays, so even if you go out to another city for say New years and you get reported to the county by the harbor master on Jan 1 (our lien date for determining ownership/location) - you can have that bill cancelled if you can prove that you paid the…

So I double checked - Florida DOES tax boats at 6% of the value.  But Florida changed the law to cap the tax bills for boats to $18,000.  So the owner instead of paying 6% of $3.3 million, would be capped at $18,000.  So nearly a 90% discount versus a home...

Are boats exempt from property taxes in that state? In mine they are taxed, both boats AND floating homes. If a boat, then they should be taxed like other boats and the taxes are usually based on the value of the property (which the owner has stated the cost to buy = value).

There are plenty of longer bridges of different types. I haven’t checked recently as there may be longer ones, but one of the longest “single span” (not broken by an island or other cheat) is the San Mateo Bridge, at nearly 10 miles long, all one span. Back in high school we used to see if we could drive across all…

It was made wider because the old plans had it going over the Golden Gate Bridge, and this was to prevent winds flipping the cars.

note - the power units can be re-gauged or the power units replaced in order to repurpose them. Or just send them to Europe where the cars are made and I believe they could be used there…

Yes, yes, we know. And you also drive three hours a day each way to work and take monthly trips in your car of over 2,000 miles without stopping.

The Williams sisters both agreed later after losing in straight sets to men that they would never want to play against men professionally.  They state that they would be about 300 places down if playing against men.  They changed their claim from beating any man to any man ranked outside of #350.

A family member of mine who is wheelchair bound because of a stroke recently sold his house (for high 6 figures) and moved into a care facility. The money from the house, plus not having utilities, home/car insurance, mortgage, etc made it so he can spend his life being taken care of, three meals a day, shuttle…

I’m waiting on someone to make an EV that isn’t a sedan nor an SUV (either full or compact) but a shooting brake/wagon. Something like the VF9 but without the needing to lease the battery thing...

Is anyone else out there like me who has been using an ad-blocker for at least a decade shocked to see a website with ads? Like, who else likes ads on websites? I understand that you wanted to show a Fisker ad as an example, but wow - do they really have that many ads?
And this is coming from someone who has a degree…

But if he gets hit by a truck, he’ll be reborn in another world and have magical powers...