The question is not if drivers are inattentive because we all know that drivers are inattentive regardless of the amount of automation in the car. The key question is if these automation systems are safer than human drivers. I personally know 2 people that damaged their cars when they fell asleep while driving and…

I work for a non-automotive manufacturing company here in the USA. The supply chain all across the manufacturing world is completely f’d. We have been battling weird shortages for 18 months from raw plastics, to electronics, to metal shapes. We are probably not going get un-F’d any time soon.  Here is a great primer…

Tesla is deserving of criticism in many cases but this site takes it wayyy to far. For example, this site has quickly jumped all over Tesla any time there is a crash and been very slow to retract blame when it has turned out to be driver error instead of some Tesla defect.

How did Jalopnik’s whipping boy Tesla do on this test?  I’m assuming it passed since you did not mention it.

This looks too much like the “male” gender symbol.

It is time for folks that make the decision not to get a vaccination to pay the cost of that decision.  If they have to go to hospital to treat a disease that is nearly completely preventable with a free and safe vaccine they should pay the cost of that medical care instead of having insurance or the rest of society…

I can’t imagine how anyone would think these test results would match the WLTP test results because they are doing a different test. I could make up a test that makes sense to me and it would have yet a whole different result from these and the WLTP. All this does is compare the range for a variety of cars for a…

It does. 5mph max over posted limit.

I suspect that the other main reason that you can not use a carburetor with diesel fuel is that diesel does not evaporate nearly as quickly as gasoline. For a carburetor to work the fuel has to be atomized in the venturi of the carburetor then the liquid fuel particles evaporate as they move through the intake system s…

I owned a 2013 Nissan Leaf. The battery degraded by 16% in 5 years at 45,000 miles when we sold it and we live in a mild climate in northwest Oregon. The passively cooled battery is just not acceptable. We purchased a 2014 Tesla model S when we sold the Leaf. The battery on the Tesla has no more than 5-6% degradation…

We just got back from a 400+ (800 round trip) mile trip to another state in my 2014 Tesla mostly on interstates. It “only” has a fully charged range of 250 miles. The trip was no problem since there were 5 superchargers on the route. On at least 1/2 the stops it took my wife longer to get food and use the restroom…

I had this happen to me in a fast food parking lot. We were both back out of spots like this and touched rear bumpers. We exchanged info and based on the conversation I figured we would just each cover it through our own insurance as a “neither of us at fault” type incident since we agreed that we were both moving. A…

The most common plastic used for headlights is polycarbonate. For older cars and maybe colored turn or brake lights acrylic is another option for the plastic. Polycarbonate is very clear, has good heat resistance, and is very good for impact so that is why it is used for headlights. Modern vehicles have a siloxane…

Wait, I thought only electric vehicles catch on fire.  Fossil fuel vehicles use flammable fuels??

I purchased a used Tesla Model S a little over 2 years ago after owning a Nissan Leaf for 2 years. I purchased the Model S because Tesla has a well thought out fast charging network and the car has a fully charged range of 250 miles. It is a car that I can take out of town on a trip which I could not in the Leaf. I…

Remember the Uber self driving car crash in Phoenix.  The backup “driver” was not paying attention and the car ran a pedestrian over anyway.  Almost all aircraft accidents are due to pilot error.  We will be much safer when the human is not required for cars and airplanes.  It will likely take a while for the…

Since the only economically viable way to make hydrogen for cars is to reformulate natural gas via a hot steam reaction. I’m guessing the carbon footprint of a hydrogen car is not that good so I’m not really interested in the process. I’ve driven battery electric and for the last 5 years and still have one gasoline…

VW is “very unhappy” that SK Innovation and LG Energy’s legal battle is messing up VW’s US battery manufacturing supply chain. It sounds like they both lost out because they could not resolve legal issues.  Now VW will be cutting them out of the lion’s share of their battery business.

I work at a non-automotive domestic manufacturing company with 500+ people assembling product. Thus far all the cases we have seen have been due to workers getting exposed at gatherings outside of work. Mask use is not just encouraged, you cannot be in any building without one unless you want to be fired. The local…

Wait, I thought only electric vehicles burned up due to fires. Gasoline vehicles are not fireproof?