Audi’s system isn’t a differential at all. It has two clutches for both rear wheels but Acura/Honda system has two separate gearboxes. So Audi’s system can only disengage/engage the clutches when needed but it cannot distribute the power like a differential.

27 kg/s of compressed air will not exit the nozzles without extremely loud noise. This might became the first EV that will be able to give permanent hearing loss.

It’s still not a pretty looking BMW but it’s still a lot better than the road going version.

In my country (Finland) we introduced a heavy import tax for cars in 1963. But here the heavy tax was only for passengers cars. Vans, trucks, buses, taxis etc were exempted from this. The point was to tax cars that regular people are buying but not any the vehicle that are used mostly for work. We didn’t have any…

A thing that combines fancy driving and sipping fine alcohol should definitely have a nice precision breath analyzer with an alcohol interlock.

My ‘73 Dodge 3700 GT has a separate light switch for the dash lights. It does have a trimmer too but so far it’s the only car that I have driven that let’s you turn off the dash lights completely. Of course the switch doesn’t have an effect on the blinker and high beam tell tale lights.

My colleagues weighed several tire and wheel combinations used for heavy trucks and buses. They were weighing 150-170 kg. The hub and drum should weigh at least 40 kg. So that package should be totaling at least 350 kg (770 lb).

I think they were all leased vehicles and BMW didn’t sell any of these. I’m pretty sure that the most of them have been destroyed but likely BMW is keeping some of them in their stashes.

She doesn’t look like very badly damaged. If the owners want they should be able to revive her again.

LaFerrari had a hybrid powertrain but Ferrari insisted that it was only for the performance and nothing to with fuel savings. It had “plug” for keeping the battery alive but it wasn’t able to charge the battery. They also said that it couldn’t be driven without the ICE running but there was some video of a factory’s…

The kerb damping is indeed likely a very important part for the suspension tuning. It’s a bit sad that the low profile tires and the ban for the inerters are coming at the same time. The current tires used the F1 cars have a very high profile. This lessens the effectiveness of the suspension damping. But the…

Yes. It is kind of a kinetic battery.

They aren’t just using traditional hydraulic dampers. They also use J-dampers (also known as inerters or inertial dampers). These don’t convert mechanical energy into heat but store it as kinetic energy. Unlike traditional dampers these are immune to their damping properties changing during temperature changes. A…

These are quite common sight in areas where large offshore wind turbines are been installed. The ones used for wind turbine assembly usually carry larger crane though. I haven’t seen a one that had such long legs but I have seen otherwise larger ones.

They look even more scary with the legs in the transport position. I think this is the exact one in trouble.

The world doesn’t have enough green cars so I hope Porsche doesn’t stop making even more green colors.

I have been a fan since first movie was released. We did get the movie in 1987 as movies weren’t distributed as quickly then as they do now. I still think that it was better than the modern ones.

Gloria and Cedric 430 models weren’t the first Nissan wagons to have this feature. Here’s a Gloria A30 (wagon was actually VPA30). The rear side window does open but I’m not completely sure if it can be open from the outside. But the round tiny thing in front of the rear light is missing from the other side so I’m…

I wonder if the designers were actually designing this thing to be an electric powered car? This car has four separate grille areas even though it would only need very little cooling surfaces. I kinda have a feeling that the design was recycled for other purposes since it was started.

Khamsin’s rear window is indeed a neat feature but the front also has a very interesting design feature. But this is surprisingly hard to spot. The hood’s ventilation grilles are asymmetric.