I believe that is a “joke” about the Challenger being based on an old Mercedes platform.

He doesn't actually mention Mercedes in the submission, so I'm not sure how that got in the summary. 

Even under the proposed legislation EV tax credits are aimed at affluent households not middle-income earners for whom a $12,500 tax credit is nearly meaningless. According to U.S. Census figures the median household income was $67, 521 in 2020. For a family of four making that income the tax liability wouldn’t be…

Full! It’s Full Self Driving! I don’t understand why it’s so hard to grasp. All you need to do is sit back and relax and be far more alert and attentive that you would be while driving the car yourself as it fully drives itself.

If you need to be an experienced operator to use FSD, how FSD can it be?

I was more surprised by the 40% aware of Toyota’s non-existing BEV.

More broadly speaking, I hope all of this makes engineers really think about it the next time they want to put every bell and whistle in a new car

Oh, but you want to. You desperately, achingly, want to, don’t you.

What in the world does the way she’s dressed have to do with anything at all?

Who cares how she dresses? Your use of “whore” as a pejorative just marks you as an uptight asshole.

It’d have a horrible effect on car culture. But yeah, it should have positive climate change implications.

It would actually be great if gas was this expensive (or moreso) all over the world.

Bigger wheels as a premium option. Why? 18" standard is already too large - why the hell would you want even more rim and less tire? Ruin ride quality AND pay more for tires over time. 

its 190lbs and can do a 210lb rider.  thats 400.   go to school in the states?

Pretty sure you mean Hillsboro aka Silicon Forest.

Oh, and speaking to the Kinja devs: Any word on if we can get the feature back, that allowed us to be brought straight to a comment when we click on it in our notifications? 200+ comment threads make finding a single one into a time-draining problem, when someone says something good and I want to reply.

“The Grunt’s range already accounts for regenerative braking, which comes from the twin-piston front and single-piston rear disc brakes.”

Until clicking on that link about the Toyota, I had no idea the intended use of a snorkel was to avoid taking in large amounts of dust, and not for water crossings.

Not entirely clear on what you are trying to say, sorry. What happened?