I used to work for a lithium ion battery manufacturer, and we used laser welding. I'm not a mechanical engineer, but I think the heat stays fairly localized when they are welded. Remember, you want to have the least resistance between cells, and welding will help ensure that.

the cells are welded together. once you break the weld, its been compromised significantly.

You forgot to mention the cost of ownership goes down dramatically once you own the car outright, and it will keep going down for as long as you keep the car. So if you buy new, and finance it for 5 years, then keep it for another 5-8 years, your cost of ownership is very low. Maybe not as low as a used car, but you…

This is what I tell other parents all the time. The notion that your life is over by buying a minivan is stupid. Guess what, your a parent now! Get over yourself! A minivan makes life so much easier, you have so much storage space and automatic sliding doors are the best. The seats also much more comfy to sit in.

I confuse the Ford Taurus with Model S all the time.

Time for a caption contest!

haha I'll use that next time! I'm color blind, and its one of those "disabilities" that doesn't get any sympathy from anyone. I've struggled my whole life and have constantly gotten colors wrong, only to be ridiculed for it. I wish I wasn't color blind but I can't help it! Don't get mad at me if you want red streamers…

Ashley,

signed both.

William Shockley (inventor of the transistor) was also a huge racist. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_S…

I don't think you know what literally means...

Honeywell is worth over 3B. I Doubt Google can't afford them.

isn't this entrapment?

I feel the same. In fact it happened to me when I had my daughter, I was 28 at the time. I'm 30 now and tried to play COD black ops 2, and after playing for an hour or so I completely lost interested.

You have anger issues.

The ipad isn't meant to be portable like a phone is. Look at the nexus 7 review, it was very good, and that is a 7inch tablet (smaller then the supposed 8inch ipad). Tablets are different then phones.

playing it safe is what gets companies in trouble, look at RIM for example. This isn't coke where you drink it and piss it out after a few hours. This is a phone with tons and tons of features that would rival a modern day PC. If 2 years is their development cycle, they should really bring their revolutionary product…

just get the galaxy nexus, it works on tmobile and att so you can switch and not even sign up for a contract. Its 350 unlocked, which is a great deal esp considering free tethering. In the long run you save money.

made my day!

what if they remove 3G with LTE? I can see that happen for their verizon version, probably not for the rest.