some of the Japan tsunami videos show significant 5-6 story rise, but they’re so flat unless you have a direct gauge like a building, it’s very hard to see

yes, with earthquake generated tsunamis you have time between the causal event and the start of the actual wave impacts.

Yeah given the close quarters of a fjord, you aren’t doing much. I wonder if given the extreme height - these aren’t ‘waves’ in the normal sense but basically huge splashes - if it might overtake the ship before it could float it up and tip it end over end. Sort of how surfers duck under waves they don’t want to ride.

yeah I think it’s fair to say they turn into tsunami’s but the 650 ft or 1000+ ft waves are to me simply big (and deadly) splashes. They eventually collapse into the long big humps we expect from tsunamis.

Sure. Though I’d suspect they wouldn’t crush EVs that way given the fire risk of the batteries.

I had that thought at first, but we need to stop using ICE fuel vehicles. Better to trash ‘em.

Given it involving CA tangentially that seems enough leeway for an ‘interstate commerce’ angle.

The caveat is if a segment of the market can buy up every loaded SUV/Truck you can make, then the rest of the market does not matter.

Not entirely sure it will. The problem is competition. There basically ain’t none. When the 5-6 major players are all in line, where’s the downward pressure coming from? Bonus, the big American makers literally abandoned the low end.

Correct. The ‘dealer’ called the cops when reporters showed up to expressly get his side.

yeah my first thought was go around, but you make a good point....uh go around *where* since there’s a plane rising right below you!

4th Gear:   My ideal trade in situation is it being slightly less than the cost to junk it.   I am the industry’s worst nightmare.  I generally buy new...but drive things into the ground.   2 new cars this century does not make sales people happy  lulz

Actually this is an excellent comparison.   It shows just how stupid you will look driving a Cybertruck and pretending it’s at all ‘good’ at it’s intended purpose.  (well other than meglomanic ego fluffing at which it reigns supreme)

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"