It’s really kind of amazing that a feature built to compensate for driver inattention requires the attention of the driver.

This.

I have stated before that there will be, at some point, a big lawsuit that takes on Tesla (and possibly any other company) producing these types of “driver aids” where control of the car is in the hands of the car, not the driver, even if that driver is supposed to take over in an event. Just like what happened with…

The issue is how do you actually PROVE that the person is unable to afford compliance, and when that person may be able to afford the coverage in the future.

I would posit just the opposite. China, having seen what works and more importantly, what does NOT work, has copied the best practices of the USA interstate system, right down to the color of the signs, but they have made it to try to avoid as much congestion as they can. And really, with such a huge population and a…

I am now wondering if this Saturday will mark the end of Musk, if he really screws up on SNL, forever showing himself to be the entitled rich dude he is, or when he takes off to levels of reality TV induced fame and fortune that Trump could only have dreamed of. Because I will presume it will be one or the other, very…

Actually, yes you did.

I asked an honest question, and you just give me a thoughtless reply. So, again, why do you say that poor people deserve designer clothes, and that it is inherently wrong for anyone else to buy merchandise for sale at a thrift store. If the people deserve those designer duds, why not just give them out free to those…

Resellers are buying the stuff at thrift stores because it is there. The merchandise is there for anyone who purchases it, it is not there to sit idle until some poor person decides they need it. I don’t understand your argument, really. Is the designer brand the only “nice thing” to wear, or is it just a name brand…

It’s using a concept that works. Norway, being the biggest consumer of EVs, is the test. Go into it with the idea that failing early is better than not. If it fails in Norway (failing early), that shows there is no reason to continue to try to crack the other markets. If it works, even fairly well, then you have a…

You assume him to be driving. Wrong.

I also would assume that a lot of the calculus would depend on whether the workforce is willing to relocate, much as what happened to the Coal country folks who are staying in place in poverty rather than packing up and heading to another area where there are jobs. Or, if the factories of the dead companies get…

No, it won’t be neat nor easy. But as someone who was employed by a dying industry, I can tell you that there are other jobs out there. Sales is sales is sales, customer service is customer service, and production line jobs are similar as well. What you make or sell or service may be different, but the skill set to…

No, no, and no. What we will lose is the current aftermarket, not the aftermarket itself. There are already aftermarket items for Teslas, not made by Tesla, and I am sure that any company worth staying alive is willing to adapt rather than die. You mention radios. Funny, most people use streaming services or stored…

Reverse: RIP Pontiac

Well, actually, I understand that banks and financial institutions do use energy in powering the datacenters that hold their information, but all sources indicate that mining for bitcoin is a lot like using energy to produce aluminum, where they have to put the datacenters in areas with excess capacity on the grid to…

Well, if we are to have wars, at least let them be fought using chicken sandwiches. Few will die, and I don’t see a lot of wounded folks needing medical help for the rest of their lives over the improper use of sauces on them. 

Uh, do you understand exactly how much energy is being used to “mine” Bitcoin? Because thousands of watts are being used to do this, in huge server rooms and datacenters worldwide, using more energy than it would ever take to store and move the cash and gold reserves, which by the way is not how banks settle…

That’s really it.

You pick interesting hills to die on, friend....