$4 million?  Makes a Pagani Utopia sound like a bargain.

If the battery is on fire, it’s already shorted somewhere.

Probably the drill is designed to stop once it pierces the outer shell of the battery pack.

Agreed wholeheartedly. I’ve always thought Farely seems like he would run a pretty good car company if the goddam shareholders would let him. I’m choosing to believe these quotes are him campaigning for that right.

I am going to assume the Hyundai EV team did not overlook such an obvious detail.

With that said, man this IS a pretty car. It looks like Porsche built a Model 3 out of the McLaren parts bin.

I’m sure Ford’s shareholders would rather this dude not gush about the competition, but you know what? Good for him. He’s driving the other guys’ cars and giving them an honest appraisal. I hope this car delivers some lessons for can use on their own offerings.

Small correction to the headline, but Xiaomi doesn’t build it, they contract that to BAIC who are an actual car company that has been around for decades. Still it’s kinda crazy that a smartphone company designed a car, and their first go at it is apparently really good. I wonder how much BAIC helped in that regard.

That’s pretty cool. I think I have seen something similar for structure fires to punch through a door and spray water.

this is great, need to get some fire stations here to test these out and see if it works on the other brands of EVs.

Of all countries China has probably earned the right to be paranoid about drugs. They were only on the receiving end of a certain Opium war after all.

They long ago stole all the intellectual property they need, so this action does no harm to them.

Gate lice exist primarily because most people have little common sense and/or think they are above the rules due to their sense of entitlement. The gate attendants make so many announcements explaining the boarding rules yet half the people in the group 1 line either have no idea what boarding group they are in or are…

They want to avoid paying extra fees, but they also want to avoid the inconvenience of gate checking their bag (for free I’ll add) at the expense of those that did pay some extra fees or have status for earlier boarding. They can pound sand. 

This is so fucking stupid. First of all, the CCP has been turning a blind eye and probably even willfully allowing fentanyl to be exported to the US.

But the bigger discussion is about pot. Should you smoke or use it when driving or operating machinery? Nope. But the same is true with alcohol, which is perfectly…

Aerospace and nuclear (my industry) are polar opposite when it comes to throwing material at problems. I saw that recently where I worked with an aerospace company that designed a fixture. They were concerned that the fixture weighed 750 lbs, which seemed insane to them. My design would have been 2900 lbs and I had…

Same with New Orleans. Never understood that idiocy.

At some point, SURELY some people will start to realize that building and buying houses near the FL coast is a pretty bad idea. When I was a kid the only older houses I recall seeing near the beach were ones made out of concrete and cinder blocks. None of the newer McMansions they built ever since will stand a chance. 

Oh - and it’s not like we have other options to evacuate. The airports are shut down and we don’t exactly have mass transit.

Are they all honorary members of the Mile High Club now?