Dealers are living in a fantasy world right now where they think they can charge over MSRP indefinitely.

I seem to recall the non-plug-in Prius using NiMH batteries instead of lithium. 

Early Adopters have adopted. Everybody else, me included, seems to remain unconvinced a new EV is the solution to our personal transportation needs. I’m also still mildly freaked out, however irrationally, about the fire issues related to lithium ion batteries. I had a lithium ion AA catch fire in a charger on the…

One part of me thinks, “there’s no way 30 different people accidentally drove into this lake!”.

It’s now 22 years past 9/11. It’s time to get rid of all this security nonsense. Millions and millions of travelers have been inconvenienced and not a single terrorist has ever been caught.

The Cybertruck isn’t really serious competition for the F-150 market, not least because it looks like a Ridgeline rendered by a PS2.

Everything about EV's being economical and ecologically sound has been a massive lie.  The batteries die too soon to really save money or polar bears.  That was even before everyone decided to "cut off their nose to spite their face" with expensive PV cells and windmills over traditional Fossil Fuels.

That analogy doesn’t really work, because the marginal cost is trending up not down with EVs. Batteries aren’t experiencing some kind of Moore’s Law of price / capacity. Between 2013 and 2017, Li-ion battery costs really did drop sharply, but the price curve really flattened out, and is now going back up, or at best…

I can’t stand the way Max treats people, but have to credit him with being the most talented driver, by far.

Sorry, but I have to disagree. Celebs are public people and make TONS of money by being in the public eye. Don’t want to be in the spotlight? Stay in whatever fancy VIP area you’re at so the media don’t bother you. If you go where the media are, expect them to buttonhole you for a quote. I think she came off like an…

There’s an interesting question there.

This is the answer (or at least, a significant part of it). Newey studied ground effect in university, during the height of its use in motorsports in the 80s, so he’s likely much more familiar with it than most others on the grid.

Because Adrian Newey.

This feels kind of weird saying this, but I think I side with Joe on this one. If my tax dollars are going to be subsidizing something I would prefer my dollars would go towards helping domestic companies and interests. I’m very much not a nationalist dick-head, but given the choice or preference... sure, I’d like my…

There are very few areas where I agree with Joe Manchin. But one of them is that if there’s a maximum tax credit for domestically produced product, and the entire freakin’ Congress has literally codified that, you don’t make exceptions for foreign interests.

I’ll be that guy: stopping on a busy road against traffic control signs and devices to help wildlife is incredibly dangerous. I mean, I absolutely get it, and I would have been sorely tempted to do the same thing. But most of the time it’s not worth the risk to yourself and the other humans on the road. Make that…

I put blame on Megan and Harry for any near catastrophe in this case. Cameras are everywhere and as long as the Pap aren’t impeding progress or trespassing, the subjects should just roll up their windows and treat it as normal gridlock traffic. 

That’s the kind of thinking that the car makers want you to have. Don’t be one of the suckers born every minute.

To me the videos are proof that comprehensive state inspections are a good thing. None of the cars in those videos have Massachusetts plates and there is a reason. If I have a wheel bearing with even a little bit of wobble it’ll get an reject. Check engine light anytime in the last 100 miles? Reject. extensive rust on…

Not that I’m siding with the Russians, but it does seem kind of dumb that it’s literally illegal for the plane to take off, but it’s still getting charged parking fees. Seems like a situation to have a waiver for one empty flight of only crew to bring it out of the country