Nope.

Hold up. Is this a new Chevy that actually... isn’t hideous? I’m questioning my entire world view.

Leave it to Fox News to take Sharknado seriously.

Am I the only one who doesn’t like the way this car looks? It’s just like every other ugly modern Lexus, but squashed.

Yeah, it really bugs me when postings of Leafs for sale don’t include a photo of the dash with the car on. A Leaf with 12 bars left is worth easily twice as much as one with 8 bars, even if the year and mileage are the same. Most dealers don’t seem to know or care.

Nope, Disney. This is just not going to work. Home Alone is one of those movies that worked in the era it was made in, and only in the era it was made in.

Wait... this is a new Acura... and it looks... kinda... good? Like, not even “not as bad as the others”, but actually pleasant to look at?

There was an article a couple of years ago about a sugar-based battery. I also seem to recall a mention of a cotton-based battery. Both had claims of better energy density than lithium. Now, it’s possible these were just hot air, but I think it’s worth delving into.

That’s a really neat chart! I knew hydrogen production was inefficient, but I had no idea it was that bad.

I saw one of those at a car show last year. There’s a company that offers conversion kits for several vehicles, including a couple of VWs and a Charger.

In a world where this is a “coupe”, words mean nothing. Apple banana Foghorn Leghorn typewriter shoes.

What’s funny is that existing electric motors pretty much are rotary engines, just with magnetic fields instead of explosions. You could drop a forklift motor in an RX-7 and it would be mechanically more similar to the original engine than any LS.

So it’s basically a hub motor design, correct? Rivian is supposedly doing this as well. It’s a cool idea, but these folks are far from only ones working on it, and while they’re making misspelled slides, Rivian is out there testing prototype vehicles and gearing up for production. I’m inclined to put a bit more faith…

IIRC, the Model S and X use induction motors, but the Model 3 uses permanent magnet AC motors.

It’s not that difficult, actually - it’s a process called electrolysis, and all it does is separate the hydrogen and oxygen atoms from the H20 molecules. The problem in this case is that it requires a lot of energy - more than you’d get from burning the hydrogen. The total energy cycle would be rather inefficient.

LOL. When you refute one conspiracy theory with an even sillier conspiracy theory. There’s probably a GIF that would be hilarious here, but I’m too lazy to look for it.

You might want to read up on thermodynamics. There have been numerous hoaxes that claimed to extract energy from water, but it’s just not physically possible. Water is inert and contains no potential energy.

This is cool and all, but why are they focusing their efforts on motors? Existing electric motors already pack an astounding amount of torque and efficiency into a small, light and relatively inexpensive package. There’s not a lot to improve there.

Funny but also true. I had Reddit on my phone for a few weeks and didn’t realize how addictive it was until I deleted it. I somehow managed to use 2 GB of mobile data in a week. That was a bit of a wake-up call.

This one is worth it, I promise.