I have often thought something like a swappable smaller 30kWh or so “brick” that everyone agreed upon would be prefect. Sure you can make the fit work great for 60% of your battery, but this “brick” is a known format.

One challenge gets to the voltage, where eventually they will range from 450-900V architectures so it…

I would be first in line for a PHEV Ridgeline

As an East Coast resident who takes a lot of road trips, my answer is “any regional fast food chain that isn’t in my area”. Culver’s, Taco John, Del Taco, Whataburger, Taco Time, In N Out, Jack In The Box. Anything I can’t get locally.

It’s Sinhala, or Sinhalese, the most used language in Sri Lanka.

That’s it... I’m calling Honda’s smaller CUVs the Hervey and the Cervey from now on!

I was hanging out in my garage one night. I looked at my GL1500 Goldwing making 100 horsepower and my 69 Beetle making about half of that. Both are 1500cc flat 4 engines. The gears started turning in my mind. I started looking online for a good donor Goldwing. Then, I decided to Google how feasible that swap would be.…

Plum Crazy anyone?

Hey there, Theseus!

MT and AT tires suck in snowy conditions and even more so in icy conditions compared to actual snow/winter tires. I have snow rated ATs and they are barely acceptable on snowy roads, I’d much prefer actual snow tires. That little snowflake on the tire doesn’t really mean all that much. Lots of truck/jeep people don’t…

Having been through Germany’s TÜV inspection, I’m certain it would not have prevented this failure.

Actully you might find that newer cars fail sooner than older ones. The old time engineers didn't have the "design to 2x life" people on their asses. 

I once had to write an email marketing system that also had monthly billing. You aren’t kidding about time being hard...

You’re living the dream! As much as I love innovation and tech in other aspects of my life, I just don’t care about having it in my car. Makes me miss the simplicity of my ‘88 civic. Best clock I’ve ever owned! On that note I have some clouds to go yell at.

The article title is misleading. Sure- the FIRST version they will launch in a limited amount is going to cost a lot. But the “work truck” version that comes soon after will start at $39k. I think GM did a great job here. A much more of a clean sheet design than the F-150 which looks more like a current F-150 with…

$40k for a 400-mile range EV pickup is not expensive, Erik.

You are not alone.

As a developer that just dealt with a year rollover issue, time is hard to get right. Stuff like this is why you really want ota updates in your car. The “I don’t want my car to be a computer” fantasy is long gone and the best you can do is make the fixes easier.

re: 911 that’s likely no longer *required*. 3G networks are being decom’d in Q1 2022. Lots of On-Star type systems are about to stop working b/c of it without a dealer supplied upgrade.

The second they pulled a gun on you it went from murder to justified homicide in self defense.

Nope. 00-Buck. If you shoot, better make sure they can’t shoot back, because they will.