joelja

7/9/14

my thoughts exactly.

7/9/14

head-on collisions with fixed barriers are simulations of like size vehicles. tests like the iihs side impact are performed using a simulator the is supposed to stand in for a specific ( in this case 3300lb suv sized) object. So when a honda civic performs better in a side impact then the gmc envoy is that despite…

7/9/14

I have a 330ci it's only 2,979cc.

7/9/14

the engine in the camary is transverse mounted so probably no v8, probably the most powerful k platform car is the lexus rx450h

7/8/14

> Sweden doesn't readily spring to mind when discussing global military powerhouses - The many multifaceted businesses of bofors, saab etc...

7/8/14

What else has lower CO2 emissions then a prius? A plugin prius. e.g. this is also a plugin albiet a somewhat less efficient one.

7/7/14

Full twist in a model s performance is 310kw... assuming it were able to employ that for the entire 13 seconds which seems unlikely given that peak power arrives at around 5000rpm it would use 1.1KWH getting to the other end of the quarter mile. it would presumably be able to recover some but not all of that under…

7/4/14

The whole thing is an experiment. every single user visible code change. Many, if not most of them are probably run without a control. this one appears to have one.

7/2/14

2nd gear at the rev limiter is 75mph...

7/2/14

urea in water breaks down into ammonia over time and if you have a sufficiently high concetration of ammonia you're going to kill off most microbes.

7/1/14

2gr-fe toyota has gone into various lotuses and other things.

7/1/14

fuel cells do exhaust water yes

7/1/14

the fuel in a fuel cell is plenty combustible, it's being used a source of hydrogen ions.

6/27/14

In 1975 the conversion rate of the best junctions was around 8% right now it's around 44%. Trolls have perhaps a higher conversion rate but only if you set them on fire and use them to heat water in your boiler.

6/26/14