Do you know remotely anything about the automotive industry and global economy?

“Trump sure is lucky his followers don’t have even basic understanding”

I have Toyo OC AT3s and they are a great tire. They balance true and handle water and snow great.

“I run my company. I am an expert in these fields.”

That guy standing there summoning his car across a lane of traffic while another car approaches needs his ass kicked.

Camera only to boot! Maybe radar? but def no (bad!) Lidar!

Stock dropped 8% in after hours. Seems like the shine is wearing off.

Elon sucks, dude. Same as it ever was. He’s legitimately a bad person and we’re finally seeing that he lucked/bought his way to his perceived successes as he continues to erode the image and value of the brands he actively manages.

OEMs are lost at sea right now. They’re too big and old to strategize the shift to EVs and SW-centric vehicles effectively. This article is case-in-point. Every OEM continues to lay off people in these specialty areas and areas adjacent. They are walking talented SW engineers with one hand while complaining of not…

Glad you get your cake and to eat it too. Your comfort, even when plentiful alternatives exist, is definitely the priority for science at the other 100s of millions of people who live where ground level infrastructure supports a connected life. We should all just deal with it, as long as you are comfortable of course.

Better to be thought a fool than open your mouth and remove all doubt.

First gear: This has nothing to do with “getting behind the push for EVs”. Everyone I knew when I was there was happy to work on any project. The EVs were the halo and people battled to work on them. That’s an excuse to just keep cutting. Whether it was Covid overstaffing, or a miscalculation on the cost of building…

I’ll say if it can only be one number, 350hp. Better to have and not need than need and not have. Cars are good with 300hp and large Trucks/SUVs need 400+hp for me.

It’s not pedantic, it’s about having an open center coupling vs. having a locked t-case/center diff that mechanically links axles *forcing* identical torque and drive speed front and rear. It comes down to levels of risk for the NPS at the end of the day. AWD is more likely to have a problem on a trail than a 4x4. The…

Locking T-case/center diff. That’s what 4X4 means. 50% to front axle, 50% to rear - mechanically linked. So, if you lift one tire (losing power to that axle), the other axle is still driving.

I drive a 2013. I will drive it until it dies. Car prices are absurd. EV prices are worse.

Who cares? I drove some BMW EV that let you pick themes for the car. Each one had a unique acceleration synthesized sound. I thought it was pretty cool. If people want it to sound like an ICE, who TF cares?

Does Tesla’s DMS suck? Or was the guy lying?

As far as on-the-road experience (not counting some nice routes/scenery), Michigan, especially SE Michigan, is horrible to drive in. The roads are in terrible disrepair, there’s always a shitload of (paradoxical) construction ongoing, and drivers in and around Detroit and Flint are aggressively mediocre. Left lane…