The only equitable solution is to increase (or for some states, implement) registration fees by vehicle weight. And it shouldn’t just be EVs. It is insane how many 6,000 lb trucks are being driven willy nilly around for no reason other than people want the equivalent of the new 60s luxo-barges. Every morning at my…

Almost exactly what happened to the Rivian in the Gif. The barrier looks fine (well other than whatever held it down broke loose), but the truck jumped over it like a stadium truck.

“And if someone wants to point out how heavy semis are and therefore the exponential damage they cause should mean no big deal about the EVs’ weight”

As I’ve harped on before, the sheer weight of all these goddamn heavy EVs is going to crunch asphalt and buckle bridges at a rate that’ll make you curse the damage they’ll do. The magic formula:

Rather poorly. Pretty much as though they aren’t even there.

That’s all assuming that people will actually use the power to pass slower moving traffic. In my experience, they will just ride the ass of the slow moving vehicle for endless miles, close enough to ensure anyone who wants to get by needs to pass at least 2 vehicles at once.

Raise your hand if you’ve been popped for reckless driving, careless driving, or similar for far less and/or with thinner evidence.

I’ve been pinched for doing donuts in an empty, snowy parking lot, for example, and on another occasion for ‘somebody claims to have seen you intentionally drive through a leaf pile on…

There is something very, very deeply off with him, but I can’t figure out what it is specifically.

My partner is one of the smartest and most successful people I know and I am baffled by how much she loves tiktok. Every night while we are winding down before bedtime, she watches tiktok and youtube videos and 90% of these people giving “advice” are either complete morons who have no idea what they are talking about…

Something about his face sets off my “scammer” alarms.  Maybe the fake smile with dead eyes?

*Dealers shouldn’t be allowed to spec their cars

I think you have it backwards. Being a narcissistic man baby drives Elon’s drug abuse as he tries to escape from reality that doesn’t quite subscribe to his version of events.  This is the dude we’re talking about that set $44 billion on fire so he could lord it over a bunch of online tweeters that made fun of him.  He…

This is what you get when your crazy billionaire designer didn’t grow up in 1980s America. If he had, this is what the Cybertruck tires would have done:

FYI to those interested:

Oh, yes. If there’s one company that can absolutely make an interface that is less buggy than Apple, it’s GM. Thank goodness we’ll be rid of that buggy mess that is carplay

Hey GM, you’re full of crap.

I’ve had Apple CarPlay in several vehicles, the first being a 2017 XC90. The only issues I’ve ever had were the slightly flaky wireless connection to CarPlay in my 2019 X5. Otherwise CarPlay has worked perfectly over tens of thousands of kms of driving. It’s just not credible that GM will do a better job than Apple.

There is nothing quite as sad as outdated and forgotten UI elements like this. old CD rom based nav systems, early ford Sync systems. man they are all so terrible after just a couple of years.

Look, General, be more honest. You are doing this so you can collect data on occupants and sell it to data brokers. I might agree to those terms if you gave me a base Camaro for free. It’s just ridiculous that a corporation as large and as profitable as GM still has this drive to collect and sell data about the humans…

No it’s completely because they want the subscription for updates. Otherwise they’d have an app that you can download map updates from your phone through bluetooth.