When the Japanese manufacturers first opened US factories, you could make the argument that many more of their parts were supplied from overseas, and therefore it was still better (jobs wise) to buy from the Big-3. I dunno if it’s still the case, but the Toyota Camry was the vehicle with the highest domestic parts…

With that kind of proximity, I’d assume most of the steelworkers knew people at the Flat Rock plant.

I agree in principle, but how many actual wagons are even on the market in the US at this point? I can only think of a few, and they’re all from luxury marques.

All this says is GM isn’t making as many Bolts. That could just as easily be because they don’t see a market. They don’t have 300k preorders after all. Or it could be a supply issue with batteries, since they have to buy them from an external supplier.

I’d say GM is in far better shape than Ford on this front. They still have at least three vehicles I’d call “small cars”: the Spark, Sonic, and Cruze. They also have the Volt and Bolt, which are bigger/heavier but benefit from being (partially) electric. Ford will soon have nothing in North America, and the…

Small cars are suffering because ‘Muricans like big vehicles, but no one wants to spend more on gas. I know plenty of people who put fuel efficiency high on their want list when buying a truck or crossover.

“Brave the storm” and do what, exactly? This is a regional commuter terminal. Most of these people probably live 30+ miles away. Even the people taking the subway are most likely heading outside Manhattan: leaving aside that they’d be outside on foot for an hour or more, would you really walk 2km across a bridge…

Excuse me while I share this with literally everyone I know.

The white cop should be memed as the opposite of that woman in Oakland.

“You keep the camera rolling. If you have any problems with her, what I want you to do is call me back over here,” a white male officer reassures Hayes. “She will go to jail for that.”

Across the nation, countless hungover students are sitting through long and drawn-out speeches

the description says it “meets motorcycle safety standards,” which are generally one step above prisoner of war safety standards.

It’s like quitting cigarettes: once you get over the initial hump, it’s easier to keep going. Find something else to occupy your free time for a week. And I mean all of it. After that, it’s not so bad.

I was a heavy redditor for a few years. Then I had a really intense 10 days at work and couldn’t go on at all. Afterward, I realized that my mental state had improved dramatically. I haven’t gone back. There were a few places which were good, but just too much temptation to wade into the muck.

On an S-10? Supercharge it.

What you are describing has nothing to do with the doppler effect. You hear them better behind them because the exhaust points backward. It’s the same reason you hear a trumpet better when its bell is pointed at you than when it’s pointed away.

Thanks, but I’d like to keep my organs in my own body as long as possible.