That, or they can charge more for performance vehicles to help finance the massive investments in EV manufacturing they’re having to make, especially when adoption is still low, meaning they can’t plan to sell large quantities of lower value cars yet.

I’m not sure I understand how tray bed size has anything to do with it?

Hmm. +1 for the source, thanks. It’s annoying how vaguely they’re speaking about safety. I think decreased rearward/blindspot visibility due to large C/D pillars and tiny rear windows is the biggest problem with visibility and safety in terms of not seeing dangers, and it’s hard for me to imagine a sightline that a…

That way of defining it makes sense to me - I think we’re trying to talk about the line between the metal at the bottom of the window, which is at shoulder height nowadays. The definition of beltline doesn’t really seem very well explained to me:

Not to try and control the way other people live their lives, but I tend to favor the idea that people spend less time looking at their phones while driving, and if they’re going to look at a screen, it be a boring one that’s restricted to the radio station and maps.

yeah I feel like the engineers at the OEMs would have the only meaningful answer because they’re running simulations, but would be incentivized to keep quiet for liability and marketing reasons. Crash testing can only be done so many times and the scenarios demonstrated have to be limited because you can only crash so…

I struggle to imagine how a lower beltline is reducing safety, considering a side impact and rollover damage

Well shame on me for repeating something without looking it up, but I’m having a hard time finding evidence either way. Derek Jenkins’ quote on motortrend doesn’t really make sense to me. On the subject of shrinking greenhouses, he says “it’s a syling trend,” then immediately talks about larger A pillars and the like…

safety requirements don’t usually get relaxed, and glass isn’t great at absorbing and redirecting energy the way ductile metal is.

Hah goes to show that just because everyone is spending more time at home, it doesn’t mean we have more free time. They’re great projects either way

...as opposed to clear packing tape at home for 3 cents worth of tape?

Do Danny and his wife have a blog or YT channel? 

It sure feels like the Jnik team is already trying method 2 for this committee report.

locals said they’re happy to receive the 99 bombs, and have successfully transported the 92 bombs to the canal blockage. Soon, all 80 nukes will be buried and in place for the big event, when 48 nukes blow and clear a path for the new canal. Confusion abounds, as it appears 20 of the 24 nukes installed had been…

Hmm no dead load applied from collected water on that tarp. -10 points, you get a D on the final exam, putting you in the top 20% of the class, proceed to CE102.

Someone who can afford a two vehicles that hold their value really well so they probably weren’t cheap, the f250 and wrangler, to go with a 2016 leaf and a $30k livewire is exactly who I’d expect to own two EVs. That’s a lot of money tied up in vehicles, and a lot of garage space, even though Georgia real estate is…

I hate the interior, but I’m digging that purple exterior for sure.

Yeah, rebuilding calipers is quite different than swapping rotors and pads. When getting replies to a comment that disagree with you, it can be easy to feel like all the replies are as critical and in the same vein as the worst ones. I didn’t see all kinds of homophobic hate, just dated machoman posturing, but then…

...this is the dumbest slideshow to ever show slides.

It’s almost like within the group of people who enjoy working on cars, there are different people at different stages, who can afford and enjoy different things.