It’s commonly spoken in India among the middle and upper classes (those likely to be able to afford a plane ticket), and it’s particularly useful as a method of communication if you’ve got people with different first languages, as is often the case. 

Having had EVs as rentals, I get this decision. If you don’t have a reliable location to charge on a daily basis (like home or work), having to find a charging location is rather a nuisance. 

CADECA, the official Cuban exchange bureau, is buying USD at 110 pesos, and selling USD at 123 pesos.

That math is clearly wrong. The BBC article says the current 25 peso/liter price is equivalent to $0.20/liter. So, gas will rise from $0.20/liter to $0.78/liter, or from $0.76/gallon to $2.94/gallon.  Essentially, they’re eliminating the huge fuel subsidy that had been in place. 

This is highly informative, thank you.

The parody Lexus ad from a couple of years ago really belongs on this list:

Prius is the right call here, particularly given that it’ll be doing a lot of city driving, where the hybrid really shines. 

The false positive rate here is going to be the problem. 

There’s no constitutional right to drive. You have to prove you have (at least decent) vision in order to be allowed to drive, after all.

I was amused by an SUV I saw with Star Wars figure stickers: two Jawas, Leia, and...LUKE?  Maybe they only saw the original Star Wars?

I’m pretty sure he did mean “hard” in the sense of “hard science fiction.”

I wouldn’t go barefoot into an airplane lav, but if other people want to, no skin off my nose. 

As someone who doesn’t really care what their character looks like, this seems like a much better situation than cheaper/no-cost skins, but a higher game price. 

They don’t make you watch commercials. They offer you a discount if you agree to. 

Agreed, although I wouldn’t regard that as a minor violation. 

Now this story is clearly a lie.  Nobody has ever reached 60mph on the Beltway. 

Honestly, I love ‘em. Never ridden in one, and I don’t like the roof panels, but everyone I see driving or riding in one just seems to be having so much fun doing so.

Ugly, yes, but great for car-service passengers.  Lots of room, minivan-like entry height, but regular doors. 

That’s like those advertised leases:

“Are hospitals going to require someone to share a pregnancy test, proof they’re on birth control, get a hysterectomy, to get life-saving health care”