The Cybertruck is absolutely NOT the first production vehicle with a 48v architecture. Mercedes, Audi, Jaguar, Bentley, Porsche, and even Hyundai have had 48v systems in their mild hybrids since at least 2018. I believe the Cybertruck is the first EV with a 48v system, but Tesla is in no way a pioneer of this…

I voted NP because it’s not a bad price for a running, driving, quirky car, but the W8 really isn’t adding anything that a fully loaded GLX V6 of this vintage doesn’t have apart from more complication. IIRC this generation of Passat was almost identical to the B5 Audi A4, so that’s enough complication for its own…

I don’t think they’re that different. Emissions and safety regulations between EU and North America are broadly similar, so they likely just pick the strictest regulations in each category and build for those. With platform sharing being so prevalent, it’s probably a lot cheaper to build cars that way, rather than…

the resulting impact on Tesla car sales was not crucial because Tesla is an artificial intelligence company focused on self-driving technology.

Compared to what? F150 lightning stopped sales from having so many problems. Were there actually fewer complaints about early Rivians?

This reminds me, I gotta pop over to The Autopian and check on David Tracy. 

That’s what it is! A stainless steel codpiece! BRILLIANT. 

I think even if you separate the truck from the creator, it’s still going to be reviled because it’s objectively bad. The hatred might not be as intense, but even just looked at pragmatically, there are massive issues with it from a technical standpoint. From the design and execution, material choice, quality control,…

The difference is, buying a Lamborghini, Ferrari, McLaren, etc., comes with a degree of coolness and/or tastefulness. The Cybertruck, even without the Musk factor, is tasteless and stupid. It exists just to be a middle finger to logic, reason, and decency. The people that buy them are just like the people that buy…

The GMA T.50 does sound glorious, but the LFA just has a resonance that the GMA lacks. You can’t beat that Yamaha-tuned exhaust sound. 

The SLS AMG has to be up there. Anything with that M156/M159 engine sounds like it was built for Odin himself.

I figured it was something like that. Just thought the timing was hilarious. 

Crowdstrike loads a driver with the Windows kernel (likely to talk to the system drive for secure booting). That driver was fucked up, so Windows can’t boot, causing the BSOD. The fix is simple though. Restart computer in safe mode, log in with admin credentials, find the file, delete it, and reboot normally.

The file in question is a kernel-level driver that’s preventing Windows from booting. Since the Windows kernel hasn’t changed in over 20 years, it’s affecting every supported OS that still gets updates. Should’ve been easy to spot on ANY computer if they actually tested it with current Microsoft patches. 

Crowdstrike either didn’t do proper testing, or accidentally pushed out an update that wasn’t supposed to go to production. Microsoft releases their patches on the second Tuesday of every month, so there was absolutely time between then and now to catch this. And this issue is affecting a LOT of different…

My team was up until 4:30AM PST going through each of our production servers, one by one, implementing the fix. It’s just deleting a single file, but it’s INCREDIBLY time consuming. We had it easy though. The help desk folks who have to deal with user workstations are getting HAMMERED this morning, as there’s no way…

Microsoft releases their new updates to their insider channel like, a week ahead of time. Crowdstrike should’ve tested this. 

Also the California State Controllers Office (payroll). Their actual payroll processing systems run on an old mainframe though.

It has a 3rd row, but it folds completely flat, and doesn’t intrude on cargo space.

$25k gets you a whole lot of Ford Flex. For that price, the mileage is gonna be low too. I’m seeing most of them over $20k with less than 50k miles on them. Plenty of space for taller drivers, and the seats fold completely flat, which makes for an absolutely CAVERNOUS interior. The Flex has the same interior volume as…