https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/gm-stellantis-face-95-billion-fuel-economy-fines-letter-2023-10-02/

Or how about ending subsidies for the oil and gas industries that have been going for almost a century and are among the most profitable companies in the world?

They don’t think it actually makes the air cleaner. There are a couple of justifications. One is the belief that humans are not a factor in climate change (if they’re even willing to admit such a thing exists), and so by extension don’t see car emissions as a problem or negative factor that needs to be addressed.

The…

Or even “hey, we have a new propulsion method that is quieter, faster, requires much less maintenance, and you can “fill up” at home every night”

Regardless of which side of the “political aisle” you sit on, it is wild to me that there is a large group of people who are simply unwilling to accept anything that could improve the environment.

“This is the year we finally address quality”.

100% right about having a leader who can bring peeps together, but first you have to deal with the old guy claiming the election is rigged and all his enablers / believers. That’s causing no end of problems, esp among a significant portion of gen-pop who think COVID was overblown.

The front end is eerily reminiscent of the Nissan Hardbody from the 80's-90's.

You have to be careful with drinking water sometimes.

I had the ‘91 with a V8 too! I had the regular cabe long bed (a true 8'!), 4x4, cassette player, power windows, and power mirrors. That thing was awesome.

I just saw a someone on your lawn, you know what to do.....

they should have made an extended cab with a longer bed instead of making all of them 4 door. 

There was one near me with the vanity plate mean318

I was in contact with one of the battery companies a few years ago for racecar applications, and at that point they were being used in UAV/Drone applications, but due to the cost were not yet in the commercial market. So yes, they’re already being used there, just in the bits that we as the general public don’t get to…

What is out there for high end tools is insane even without solid state batteries.

Does this mean they will get rid of oil and gas subsidies?

This is actually a pretty cool idea. It kind of reminds me of the modification slider in a lot of racing games that adjusts the final drive between acceleration and top speed. As a kid I’d go all the way to top speed because why wouldn’t you and start losing races because it was so slow, then go all the way to…

I spotted this beauty last week near my cardiologist’s office.

you and I would be friends in real life. I always enjoy the company of well informed smart people.

I’m most curious about how this impacts Scout.  Rivian is a bit upscale, so possible VW gets a knock off-ish clone under the Scout badge that’s more middle class oriented.