Yeah, and the current situation is that the guy caught with two logbooks is punished and the company putting the impossible deadlines just fires him and finds the next one. Punishing the driver doesn’t really address the underlying issue, but that’s all we do.

2. The ways truckers get screwed also extend far beyond port wait times. Industry deregulation, the increased use of independent truckers who are paid by the load, and the expectations that can push truckers to drive longer days than are legally allowed. And the patchwork of companies, individuals, teamsters, etc.…

I used to live in Washington, and the emissions requirements were worthless. If you failed emissions, plenty of shops would just charge you the minimum amount you were supposed to put toward repairs without actually making any progress to fix anything. The idea was sound: if you couldn’t afford the whole fix, at least…

This isn’t about suing them in China, but preventing importation in other countries or suing for damages in other countries if they start selling. Which is a lot easier for VW to do.

It’s not “leaving out” anything. It isn’t a surprise to anyone that services paid for by the government are funded by taxes. You don’t pull a gotcha by reminding people that the military budget is something that *other* people pay for.

If the current AI tech, which requires driver attentiveness, encourages drunk and distracted humans to be behind the wheel, that is demonstrably worse than other solutions, such as improved public transit. While actually automated cars would be of use to those drivers, systems that require them to take control at a…

Regarding 5th Gear, I know that the dealerships embracing the order model are also largely the most customer-friendly. I dealt with two local Ford dealers recently, and the more “traditional” one was pretty awful on all fronts. Pushed for contact info, markups on vehicles, pressure for a sale, the works.

Do you want to compete in the sports car segment? Do you have something that can’t be accurately described as “sporty,” but is smaller than other options you produce and probably less comfortable? It’s “sport size.” Much like smaller candy bars aren’t actually fun, just “fun size.”

I’m going to guess 3,247,685. My very scientific method of getting such a precise number is avoiding duplicate digits.

Rivian’s biggest failing for this list was having actual verifiable specs. I’m going to announce a pickup that is slightly cheaper than the Cybertruck and has slightly better specs in every way just to win the next one of these.

It’s the second one. The charging rate has a precipitous drop at the end.

Also, a not-insignificant percentage of those 4WD vehicles are pickups. If you don’t put some weight in the back, you have two wheels searching for traction without enough weight to get it consistently.

I think the black is the only reasonable color option. Still looks goofy as hell with the lights up, but it’s not nearly as bad.

if you keep it moving, it’s harder to look directly at, which is a plus.

Your name covers it. Perception is reality. Because people perceive the “convenience” of gas stations without realizing how little they would rely on them. Because they think they’ll take longer trips, more often, with fewer stops than what actually occurs. Because people are used to gas stations, so they view…

Chargers per 100 EV registrations probably helps, since there are few registrations. Electricity price certainly does, as well. Perhaps new chargers.

So many people focus on AWD. Especially as winter approaches and those get picked over and marked up, definitely consider any FWD. I have handled many a winter in a FWD without any issues. The only time I faced *any* issue was when I was in a lot that had a plow burm at the exit. That just meant shoveling a hole and…

This is exactly the sort of thing I want to see happen with all these modular EV platforms. I don’t want an electric crate motor in a classic car, I want an electric car with classic body styling.

While numbers of charging stations seems like such an easy stat for EV ownership, it’s not a great one. Access to home charging, be it plugging into your garage or charging available at your apartment parking lot, is probably a better indicator of how easily one can convert to electric. Accessibility of chargers along…

I hear people joking about reporting more extreme crimes to get cops to do something, but I guess I never really considered that someone would actually do it. For a Mustang that’s over 12 years old.