Ah, interesting. At least they used the better terminology for this ban than saying “EV only”. What they said was “zero emission”, which could potentially still allow carbon neutral fuel, though I suppose technically any fuel burning engine will still produce “emissions” of some variety, even if it was just something…

I say 4 gens if you’re being picky. Gen 1 to gen 2 looked very similar, and if you got a gen 2 roadster it looked just like a gen 1, but a lot changed under the skin and in the interior. The engine was modified and the electronics were completely revamped. The suspension geometry may not have changed, but was redone…

I take anything BYD says with a big grain of salt.  I work in industrial transportation and all the people I have talked to about BYD electric products have been less than thrilled.  One truck went to pull the first trailer at a location, had a huge arc flash, and just died.  The busses they were building for one city…

I’d say the late 60s more just because of how many manufacturer made a “muscle car” which to me means a stripped down car with the biggest engine you can get in it that’s really designed more for straight lines.  Not just that, but a lot of the models on sale could be had in “muscle car” form.  Vette, Nova, Camaro,…

You could get pretty dang close though.  The 68 Hemi Dart/Barracuda would turn 10s well tuned and set up.

So new vehicle sales are basically going to stop in 9 years in Washington is what you are saying?  I’d hate to be a dealer there right now.  I guess you can still make money from your service division, but I’m guessing it would mean new car sales would absolutely tank.  Not sure what their tax situation is up there,…

As one of those Viper fans, I think there are a few different reasons each generation can be called as such. Look under the skin of a gen 1 Viper and you’ll find welded tube control arms and other parts that very much look like they were made by a guy in a garage. The gen 2 cars turned those parts into actual…

So what can you change after being homologated?  If they lock you in for 5 years, to my ears at least that sounds like 5 years where you’d expect very similar results in the racing.  I know you can likely change regular stuff like suspension setups and whatnot, but if you have a glaring fault of your car you are stuck…

I think the “plug in” part of PHEV is the only real issue here.  Just make it so that they can regen on their own better while driving as well and that would help things.  If you can only recharge them by plugging them in then yeah, they aren’t necessarily much better than a typical ICE vehicle.

Buttholes are also intakes, see suppository.  The rectum absorbs water from waste, it has a job besides just being a holding tank for poo before you deposit it somewhere.

It’s the special edition RAM Challenger Hellcat.  Didn’t know they were branching out away from trucks...

This seems like a big waste of money. What happens in a year or two when the hype dies down and these are just regular Fords? Now you have a whole extra building that’s just fluff and gets in the way. GM didn’t make Corvette dealerships when the new one launched and Dodge doesn’t have Hellcat specific ones.  Just…

Can you hear it David?  It calls to you.  The Hemi quietly whispers in your ear “drop me in every Jeep you own, it won’t be that hard”.  It’s edgy older brother Mr. Hellcat talks over him “don’t listen to that sissy, put me in all of your Jeeps”.  Then big daddy Hellephant shouts over them all “pipe down pipsqueaks,…

Right, but you would fall into the “touring” category I mentioned. There are plenty of people out there who just love riding all the time no matter what, but I think more riders are doing much shorter trips. You can’t even really store anything on a modern sportbike, so it’s not like you can even do an extended trip…

No reason to just think of carbon-free fuel for classics, in my opinion that’s really the A answer right this second.  Then you don’t have to worry about fleet turnover to convert from ICE to electric.  Carbon-free fuel (assuming it’s directly compatible with gas) means that every car on the road instantly becomes as…

Yeah, wouldn’t surprise me that it’s a pretty small number.  Probably even more so nowadays.

I got my dad an Antigravity jump start pack years ago.  It has been really great and has been able to crank over more than it says it will, though maybe there is enough juice left in the car batteries to help that out some.  You don’t get a ton of cranking time with each pulse, but if you can just get it to fire it’s…

Realistically I don’t think many people buy motorcycles for extended riding. I think the larger majority buy them for fun toys to take out on a weekend or when they just want something sporty and more maneuverable. Sure there will always be exceptions like the people that actually want to tour on one, but that’s also…

Either we’re all going to stop driving, or we’re going to get robots to do it for us.

Some do own the truck at least.  My grandfather used to be an independent contractor for transporting stuff.