Well, when I lived in downtown San Francisco, after spending 90 minutes circling my neighborhood looking for a parking spot I always left my Miata unlocked. The urge to do this came as I realized all other soft tops had a V-shaped tear in the top. I never left ANYTHING in the car except The Club on the steeringwheel.…

1% ?? Maybe somewhere, like in the regional US market today. In many other western, more modern countries electrified vehicles sells in much higher volumes. For instance in 2019 56% of all vehicle sales were electric in Norway. In California: 13%. In the US as a whole electrified cars hover around 2-3% mostly dependin…

This is how China operates now. Without regard for nature or consequences enormous projects gets built in record time. Question is will their society be able to act and listen to those that are impacted and to those that point to the awful environmental consequences or will they be swiftly dealt with as enemies of the…

GM is stuck in the past. The future is electric anyways:

Absolutely wrong. You have no jurisdiction to decide who gets to pass you, dont worry about what others do wrong as long as it doesn’t impact you directly.

One thing that seems to be missing from all this is The Lander- There need to be a craft that takes you all they way to the surface! Whats the point of all this? This craft described above is just for drive-by viewing, or perhaps a quick grab-n-go if they are in the mood for asteroids.

Interesting point you make there, Im no expert on these things but I enjoy reading stories about space tech, missions and stuff like that. Im pretty sure that getting rotation uses minimal resources as you simply fire a couple of small thrusters sideways around an axis for a few seconds and you suddenly have perpetual…

1980s and 90s Hondas are awesome in the snow. With the engine over the front wheels, they have more traction, plus the front wheels can turn, which can be used to get extra grip. The rest of the car is relatively light, compared to a say 1989 Mercedes E-class, and with the driving wheel up front, they will pull you up…

Besides GMs errors, if the motor suddenly cuts out on you, you will be startled. You will forget obvious stuff and be prone to do the dumb stuff or freeze and do nothing.

Great question west-coaster! Without going full-on nerd here, per definition, a hybrid car is a vehicle who gets its “fuel” from more than source, consuming two or more of the following: gasoline/natural- gas/diesel/hydrogen/electricity/thorium. The regular Prius is per definition therefor NOT a hybrid per se, since…

Looks like somebody made a nasty scrape here