Honda E concept’s reaction when it sees the Rivian.

Someone has to say it

Up until ww2 electric delivery vans were kind of a thing especially for milk. Really a perfect use case. 

Deliveries are such great use cases for EVs. This is a vehicle that will never be pressed into extended range duty for a road trip, can be returned to a charging station every night, will drive predictable routes around which range can be managed, and depending on electrical rates, improve operating margins vs. gas.

This owner is on a first name basis with the crew at the local drag night. ND on a thoroughly jostled grenade.

Full refrigerators have to run less than empty refrigerators. I’d imagine that the full refrigerators probably are happier as they feel a sense of purpose while simultaneously exerting less energy.

Well, with the realization that of a lot of commuting to an office could be replaced with commuting to the “home office,” I think that the commuter econobox is now knock-knock-knocking on heaven’s door-or. People seem to be more gravitating towards fun cars. Like Jeeps, Broncos, offroady trucks and crossovers. Maybe…

I can kind of see where you’re coming from on this. I think the draw is in doing something very few other people do that transcend the boundaries of expectation, but I imagine it comes down to the kind of person you are. I’ve had a lot of wild shit sprung on me in my life and a lot of adventure that I definitely…

Oh man, thank you for sharing the interviews! I love this woman and I can’t wait to just listen to her talking about her experiences.

MCN had a really great multi-part interview with her too that further details some of the pretty crazy shit she went through on her ramble round the world.

I guess I'll need to read this to answer the many many questions I have. I'm most shocked that it took until nineteen-EIGHTY-TWO for a female to do this. 

I think there is a way to get more inspections to the masses without changing a single law.

It would be a big issue were it to be implemented in an idiotic way, i.e. all at once with no exceptions or grace periods. If we phased it in gradually, the market would adjust and we would eventually end up with cars that were perhaps a little bit more expensive at the bottommost end of the market, but also much more…

Only David Tracy can buy a nearly rust-free car and nearly get defeated by hidden rust.

The only way to defeat a German inspector: Technicalities. 

damn Chevy. I honestly couldn’t tell the difference. They could have done a better job stealing names from better models. At least only use one at a time. Now I need to see how this watts link (likely called “Z link”) works on AWD.

that’s a Blazer not a Trailblazer! I haven’t seen a full dig into it, but Chevy told me over the phone that the AWD Trailblazers get the added link and changed shocks to go with it.