The new S-Class V8 mild hybrid system get’s just under 700 miles in a single 22 gallon tank. That’s like 3 weeks of commuting time! Hybrids should have been mandated 12 years ago. Put this in something way lighter and shoot, would have been a different world.
Well now we are talking, charge time has always been the Achilles Heel of the current crop of EVs. First adopters don’t mind it, but the mass market just wants to gas and go. It really needs to be five minutes, but ten minutes max is a good start.
Footage from the cockpit:
Clarkson’s Farm series and Hammond’s Smallest Cog series were pretty OK, but James May is a treasure and I will continue to watch anything he’s involved in.
They are doing a victory lap on life - while they can all still walk and think straight. I am all for it. It may be old hat, but its always fun to watch
I wish somebody would make a simpler, more “arcade-y” football game along the lines of Tecmo Super Bowl or some of the earliest Madden games. The realistic simulation is great for those that want that, but I gotta think there’s a lotta people like me that have neither the time nor the will to learn all the intricate…
Lane position priority:
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
Can other riders, real riders, not clock my nervous energy and unsure movements?
The writing has been on the wall for this change for a decade. Auto manufacturers purposefully drug their feet on the transition, spending tens of millions on kickbacks and political corruption, to try to delay it so they could juice some extra short term profit. They aren’t going to transition without a mandate, and…
I mean, if we do it for large or specialized vehicles, why not supercars? I think it makes sense. Now if only speeding fines were created in proportion to income, we’d be good.
I think this is an exceptionally good idea, and frankly it should be applied more broadly to include driving larger trucks and SUVs.
Good.
Hey now, Pennsylvania is just as racist as any southern state you can name! Don’t sell us short here!
If Kia can do this maybe they can make an suv with 500-1000 mile range. I don’t need 500HP, 200-250 will do fine and just increase the range.
IMO racing series where cars do not have Anti-Stall should not be doing standing starts.
And that’s the difference between us and actual rich people. They don’t look at it that way, because to them spending $700k on a ”old mercedes” is just adding another car to their stable. They already have a nice house and garage.....or several.
Sorry, it just looks like any old used Mercedes to me. Were I to suddenly have a budget of $762,000.00 to spend on a dream car, I can think of a lot more fun ways to do it. Maybe something along the lines of this, with enough left over to build a nice house and garage to keep it in...
