There are a number of reasons beyond style that go into why there is still the area that looks like an engine bay. These include crash safety (crumple zones), euro pedestrian safety regulations, and space requirements for various components (there’s a lot more besides just a battery and electric motor and that all…

I disagree, people want something familiar, and besides it adds additional storage space, not to mention a crumple zone in a front end collision. My biggest gripe, which again as you mentioned no needed as no ICE up front, is the lack of a grille. Like yes I get it you don’t need it for cooling, but so many EV’s just…

Crumple zone?

The Aventador makes 531 lb-ft at 6,750 rpm, the Kia makes 545 lb-ft at 1 rpm… Im not so sure anyone should be that “impressed” by this result.

I knew as soon as I read the headline that the “information” would be wrong. No offense to the writer or the Arizona Dept. of Trans. Because the real reason is not so obvious. The real reason green is used for navigation signage is because of the way human vision works. When we see something that appears to be white,…

For some reason, this compelled to check out the Suabru website, and oh my GOD, did somebody whack the Ascent in with the ugly stick. Good lord!

How on earth did this end up with practically no body cladding while the WRX has an excessive amount?

If this were all sorted out, this would be all sorts of fun. With that rather long list of electrical issues, this is all sorts of RUN THE FUCK AWAY!

I mean, most of the problem in the States is the prioritization of freight rail over passenger transport. I took Amtrak from Tucson to New Orleans last summer and it was a 36 hour journey, not the least of which because every five hours or so we’d be stopped for up to an hour ‘waiting for a freight train to pass’…

Totally, but that’s really the only starting point that makes sense not to drive from - anywhere else in the 5 boroughs and the time you take to get the Penn Station could easily be spent driving through a less congested part of Manhattan.

I try and I try to support American rail, but they make it impossible to want to use. It takes 2 days to get anywhere and the tickets are wild expensive. And all that money you pay, it sure as shit isnt for nice trains.

Time to reprogram the “stop” or “Park” button so that if it is mashed more than a few times in 30 seconds the car accelerator pedal is ignored. A passenger might not know how long to push the button but if the driver is incapacitated either by a medical problem or a mental, loss of situational awareness, issue, the…

...only $70,000?

“Hey, come on, you know how those people drive, amirite?” - Elon.

Tesla brakes are still hydraulic. There is no mechanism in the vehicles that will disengage the mechanical brake. The systems can apply the brakes and they are returned like every other car. The brakes are powerful enough to overcome the electric motors in the vehicle.

The brakes on a Tesla are mechanical and can overcome the power of the motor, it’s likely not the car.

“it says that data pulled from the Model Y shows that there was no proof the brakes were ever engaged, which is backed up by the fact that the brake lights do not appear during the video.”

How old was the driver? I can bet what happened was he mistook the brake for the gas, was surprised by the sudden acceleration, but some how didn’t have the cognitive ability to let off the gas or put the car in neutral for what looked like quite a while before he hit the dude. I find it very unlikely that both the…

I find it hard to believe that the COGS for Rivian’s electric vans are actually $200k.  COGS is the actual per-unit cost, without any additional amortization of the startup costs like machinery, workforce development, and so on.  The only way it would cost $200k is if they were still doing things like machining parts…

I’m pretty sure the CUV fast back is one of the most universally unattractive designs. Even Porsche couldn’t make that butt look good.