Turbines aren’t necessarily built by the utility operators.  I’m glad it’s happening but utilities are big slow beasts, heavily regulated (for good reason) but we need to move them more quickly than they’d be inclined to do so themselves.

Would it be similar to the molten salt nuclear reactors? It self regulates by expanding out of the reactor and then flows back in as it comes back down.

Utilities, unfortunately, are actively disincentivized to do anything other than build big heavy power plants.

My wife hated cruising with a passion without having been...we went on one with some friends and she actually enjoyed it. Me thinks there’s a lot of those ppl out there.

the Marauder just seemed an attempt to copy the Impala SS of the mid 90s, and missed it by a decent gap

Yeah, the path of history is a convoluted hopscotch while doing triple axle’s.

Yeah completely agree. the Plug In Hybrid’s with 30-40 miles of EV would solve a huge number of commutes while still being range enabled for trips.

Disagree at least to a point. the *vast* majority of time ppl will be ‘filling’ at home.

Honda’s older system wasn’t as advanced as Toyota’s. It was an integrated drive train of some sort. But it still worked even if the battery was totally dead compared with a Prius that would simply stop and die when the battery EOL’d.

As a native of Rochester NY I can attest to the inland North East being basically a disaster free zone.

2003 Honda Civic Hybrid manual...cruise wouldn’t disengage if you pulled it out of gear without using the clutch ;-)

They’re currently working on a methane harvesting version.

Sample size of one:  2011 Soul with zero significant issues over the years.

I’m sorry sir, we’ve voided your warranty due to that aftermarket non HD approved hip replacement.

Short of battery swaps at Truck stops, long haul EV’s just aren’t a great idea.

lower prices *and* less stupid ads?   I’d pay good money for that!

in VA you can literally post a $500-ish cash bond in lieu of having insurance when you register your vehicle...which is insane

Honda has plants in the US. Same for Toyota, Mercedes, BMW and I’m sure others.

Underground acquifers don’t refill directly from rain water or irrigation run off. I’d bet more than a few of the farms are pulling from them and not surface water.

Willful obtuseness. Duly noted.