Thats an alternator, dude.

So you are ok with this UNTIL it gets fixed. But this is in Africa, there is no incentive to address the problem. Very NIMBY way to look at it.

It is actually more complicated than that. The correct comparison isn’t:

We’re a long way off from even solar power being sustainable.

And where will the raw materials come from my good man? How will the minerals from Africa get to the Giga Factory? At what cost to the people and environment where the minerals are being mined? Where will they be processed into something Mr. Musk can use? This is a big picture issue and you are just admiring the…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/business/batteries/congo-cobalt-mining-for-lithium-ion-battery/

oh really? do the batteries just appear out of thin air then?

And now you have ruined his “I have a solar array on my house” moment. Now he will have to tell us about being vegan and/or belonging to a cross-fit gym. Congratulations :)

You still need to produce those panels. As well as the vehicle itself.

I haven’t had a painful scolding since I was 12. My parents got super upset with me when I tried to do a one-handed wheelie on my bike.

To make the uniformed buyer, who thinks they are saving the polar bears, feel warm and fuzzy at night.

What is the point of electric cars if we generate our energy and produce our batteries and dispose of our batteries in the same ways?

I took the test and I got this

Seriously? A simple search for something like “exhaust header comparison test” will show that very often, there are noticeable differences in even “simple” parts. They may have similar mounting hardware, but that’s not patented. What is, however, would be something like the angles and degrees of the specific bends,…

True their patent on the hood latch is based on the fact that it has “ridges” on the latch... otherwise it’s just a latch but yeah the chinese knock-offs are an exact fucking copy of the rugged ridge product:

Many times the biggest difference is in the factory test. A Shure SM58 has an industry recognized response curve. Shure almost assuredly tests at least a sampling of new SM58s, if not every one, to make sure that they conform to that response curve within some margin of tolerance. This means every now and again,…

First of all, great handle and awesome choice of vehicle. I love my AP1.

Think about if it were a hood hinge - a popular thing to replace with something decorative on the Wranglers and old CJs - make it out of inferior materials and it can change the results of an accident from minor to major. Exhaust - I admit it I bought a cheap set of knockoff headers for an older car I had. They were…

“... car engine parts are pretty much identical no matter how you cut it..”

As funny as his reaction is, I don’t get why people honestly hate proximity keys. It’s not that hard to just put the key in the cupholder or ashtray when you get in the car if you really don’t want to keep it in your pocket or if you’re really so incapable of keeping track of something while sitting still in a seat.…