But hey, at least you got your cheap Chinese shit right?

I dont trust U.S. companies any more than I trust Chinese companies. If anything U.S. companies are just selling data to Chinese companies and they dont want to lose the middle man. I know I’ve been exploited by U.S. companies. I doubt the Chinese have.

This has been in the works for awhile and has actually been pretty well reported on. Heck, some version of it was built into the IIJ act. The problem is a decent chunk of this country doesn’t read/watch the places where that gets reported.

Damn, so Chinese EVs are affordable because the country’s government invested in making clean transport accessible to its citizens? How evil. I’m so glad we don’t do that here, outside of the billions in subsidies for EV retooling (https://www.energy.gov/articles/biden-harris-administration-announces-nearly-2-billion-s…

Anyone ever notice how this really only happens with Asian products? (also, I noticed they tossed in Russian cars here to stop the overwhelming flow of... what, exactly?)

The goal of retardant is mainly to slow the fire’s spread, not to put out the fire. So they strategically choose a flight path to help protect specific areas or features or try to discourage the fire from going a particular direction. Depending on wind, visibility, & distance to reloading retardant/fuel they can many…

Eh, I had the same length commute into and out of Boston for a year and a half, and that was driving. Would’ve loved to take “The T” but didn’t live anywhere near a station and it would’ve taken longer both ways. I’m glad I have a 20-30 minute commute now living in Honolulu. 

And it’s a little disingenious for the MTA to announce this as a success by selling the commute time savings.

a lucid is cooler than a taycan because you have a fully functioning, carvernous, exceptional handling car which allows you to forget whether it’s IC or EV. The taycan reminds you at every 180 mile recharge that it’s a first gen EV, not to mention the fact it will spend a significant portion of your ownership in the…

Never mind all the electric vehicle selling points, these appear to be just well-made cars. Hope they make it past the hump.

No ‘B’ here either.

So here’s the thing, people probably shouldn’t be spending 50% of their income on a car. At $75k that would be 50% of a single person making $150k which is where the tax credit stops anyways. I don’t think these credits are making cars more affordable for the people that would reasonably be buying them.

This is a side effect of anti-Chinese sentiment. In Australia we’re about to see EVs from companies like BYD get down to $30k - that’s around $20-22k US.

I have a used ex rental Tesla that did 95% of it’s charging on DCFCs (scan my Tesla). After 120k miles of DCFC it has a grand total of 7% battery degradation. Stop fear mongering about DCFC. It’s a non issue.

Seriously, I have had the pleasure of riding the Victoria Line (and others) a lot, and never in a million years could this Tesla Loop move anywhere near 40% as many people in even a fraction of the time.

4 paying passengers per car, as the Teslas still have a driver. They are not operated with FSD.

Because the Vegas tunnel was backed by the private Vegas Tourism board, it’s exempt from federal scrutineers who may criticize its construction and operation...

I live here. And I work at the Convention Center sometimes. Let me tell you, The Loop is *nothing* like public transportation. It only operates when there is a convention in progress, not in between. Since I mostly do setups and teardowns, I have *never* had the opportunity to take this. It’s not transportation, it’s…

ProPublica has been knocking it out of the park lately.  This story, the car tows in Connecticut, the mole that infiltrated a few militias.  Really excellent reporting that needs to be more common in America, especially over the next four years.

Turns out it was easier and cheaper to bribe someone at Consumer Reports to do what could only be described as a hit piece against the Samurai.