We (Jalopnik, the programmed and propaganda-filled leftist NPCs, democrats) are literally taking the word of a Pfizer guy: the Chairman of Thomson Reuters Foundation (the main boss overseeing the whole foundation and the media company) and ex-CEO is James C. Smith, who is also a board member of Pfizer under the name…

Hundred thousand for the GMC Hummer made sense because one thousand horsepower in an XXXL Lunar Rover is more appealing than half of a Bentley Continental.

While it did signal to us that his driving days were numbered...the suggestion that they sold him new cars in order to tell his mystery family he was losing his faculties seems...ludicrous?  No, they wanted to make money, full stop.

Jalopnik’s latest round of hires are all from the BuzzFeed School of Journalism and couldn’t tell you the difference between news and clickbait. Gone are the days of Doug DeMuro and numbered are those of Torchinski and, you know, writers who write things we actually want to read. Sadly we’re all here because…

Regardless of their motivations, it’s nice to see they did the kid a solid. 

It’s still fun to pick on them. Plus, if they know we are paying attention, maybe they will pay closer attention. Maybe?

They’re great everybody cars. Their new logo though is nobody’s logo. I had to Google wtf car KM was, finally figure out was Kia and thought Kia Motors, then after a little herb I saw that it actually spelled KIA. 

Welcome to jalopnik where the words mean nothing and only the clicks matter.

Yeah, give the PR guy a raise. This was probably cheaper than buying a TV ad and I’m sure will sway a lot more buyers to shop at their dealership instead. 

I’m sure the PR value they’ll get from this is far above what the car cost them.

Let’s not kid ourselves that this isn’t (at least in large part) an opportunity for good PR for Frank Kent MC.
 
Still, motives aside, good on them for stepping in to help out.

Snowmobiles are literally worst case scenarios for batteries as they are small in size and used exclusively in cold temps. Getting stranded on one is also a hugely bad time even with gas as you are more likely to be away from road service. I’m not in the market but I can see the draw to stay gas for a bit longer until…

At top speed the battery lasts ~20 min and when you’re wakeboarding with ballast it maaaaaybe lasts 30 min. Wakeboard pros will drain it in 15 min because they don’t fall and they have better endurance and run more ballast.

Also worth pointing out, most riders are either banging ditches, or in the mountains, where heavy throttle inputs are the norm, not the exception, so range better be what they say it is.

The main reason BEVs don’t work in snowmobiles is the same reason they don’t work in boats. The duty cycle is too high, it’s not like a car where you can get up to speed and then coast with very little load.

My commute starts at 0400 and is roughly 20 minutes or so, depends on how many idiots are in front of me going under the speed limit. My wife’s is maybe 5-10 minutes tops, depends on the lights and traffic.

Exactly. The car is fine, but I just ordered a 21 subaru, paid MSRP, and it was 65% of the mazda’s price. After incentives, the subaru was stll like 3k cheaper. My next car is gonna be full BEV or hybrid, but not at that price.

That’s why I want to see some PHEV trucks and SUVs out there on the road. Reasonable battery size (meaning shorter charge times, lower cost, and fewer problematic raw materials like lithium and cobalt), low-end torque for days, and no problem handling the daily commute on battery power alone—but can cruise forever in…

Yeah, I wouldn't mind it for our second car, replacing an old CX7 that we put like 400 miles on last year, but that's not enough mileage to buy anything at all when we have something that works and is well payed for years ago. 

The F-14 Tomcat was the first plane that got me interested in aviation when I was younger. The next aircraft was the F-4 Phantom. I love the looks of it so much, so this picture makes me stupid happy.