yeah that’s the worry.   agreed sensor calibration will be a fairly technical but ‘tool’ driven process, but it’s still liability for life n death that has to add into the costs of that tooling I’m guessing.

It’s a real problem living it’s best life.

2011 Soul and 2012 Insight here in VA/DC, barely 100k on either and mostly we don’t drive them that much. Both still work like champs.   Some road salt but not like home in NY.

Do you have insight into the liability aspect?  all those sensors needing to be re-calibrated to absolve liability seems like the real expensive problem

“If you have poor habits drive like a normal person, get in the car and drive”

Infiniti M30 Convertible. not technically production but definitely a model they sold.

Exactly, can lose almost 10-15% range going from 15" to 22"

Smaller wheels *increase* range. 16 inches would probably add 30 miles.

You misheard. We said “Make EVs out of existing regular cars”.

I just don’t think I’ve seen anything *that* low before.   Or why anyone would buy something with even a hint of being that unreliable.

The Jones Act effects are gonna blow your mind.

“by ensuring Florida sinks into the sea as fast possible”

2024 BZ4x :

a 5/100 reliability? I mean...why would it not be popular?

I bought a 21" lawn mower and brought it home *in the box* in my convertible. Fit nicely in the back seat.

So do *nothing*? Building strong helps in *most* cases. That’s the point. You can’t prevent everything but you can not have to replace roofs on twice/triple as many houses.

And there’s the problem. Do you want someone choosing whether your stuff is ‘rotting’ enough for enforcement while the boat next door, in similar shape isn’t fined? I’m sure you’d accept that ‘judgement’ without complaint right? Or do we just allow rotting piles of former boats. Etc. Regulations get created to apply…

Yeah, the Chinese gov’t has been an interesting evolution of autocracy. The meme about building the Egyptian pyramids “Slavery it gets shit done” (I know it wasn’t slaves, it’s a meme) is indicative though. When a top down driven policy can be pushed, it can happen very very fast.

That’ll be a jury question strike by the defense.  Gonna need a dozen or so to overcome their ‘auto strikes’

fuel/transmission is irrelevant to the speed issue. Trucks get *horrible* mpg obviously. A major factor in that is wind resistance. By lowering speeds by half you gain 4x reduction in that resistance. (hills/mountains are a separate issue as well).