The “issues” with recycling Lithium Ion batteries is primarily in that it is still cheaper to get new material out of the ground, rather than take apart existing batteries.

All of this Crypto is just a waste of energy, producing number/receipts that have no value, unless someone wants their name added to a given set of receipts, causing even more energy to be wasted.

For decades, there’s been talk of the US simply stopping the production of the penny, because it is “to costly”. If…

The Dow hasn’t lost 50% of it’s value in the last 6 months.

PILES of stocks that neophyte investors and seemingly ALL of the crypto is down like that though. Which suggests that those burned neophytes are getting out of the market.

When neophytes get burnt, hard? They do not easily or maybe never, come back. (At least…

Wait... was this adapted from something before or after the seminal classic, “Hot Tub Time Machine”?

I still REALLY want to see Gran Turismo hit the PC. I played the hell out of GT6, having a PC port of either would absolutely get my money.

The closest I have been able to find on the PC is... Project Cars 2 (apparently, there’s a PC3 out now too..)

In the US? There’s not really a need, we don’t inspect bridges often enough or well enough to begin with and this would require that someone would have to travel to each bridge and replace each bolt.

If we don’t even spend the money to inspect bridges, why would we spend money to have electronic bolts replace existing…

See you at some national MINI events, maybe? (someday?)

MOTD starts this week. MINI Takes the States starts up again, this summer... MINIs on the Mack is a 2023 summer thing.

It wasn’t always my “winter beater”, it was my daily and I used to Autocross the heck out of it. Now? I have the 2006 GP for summer fun and mostly park the 2008 during summer. Hence, I jokingly call it my “winter beater.” ;-)

I too, drive a 2008 MINI Cooper S, as my “winter beater”, lowered 1.5" and also on tires wider than stock by 0.5" (12.7mm for you European types).

I also drive a 2006 MINI Cooper S JCW GP, in the summer... which is JUST finishing up being rebuilt in a rather meticulous manner that is to factory spec. 

He’s writing hopeful literature. Hoping that they do start listening, that some of them read his book and decide that... yeah, maybe they need to start doing that. 

Not having your car with you is the whole f’ing point of subway and light rail systems.

If the downtown area is developed for it? You don’t NEED a car to get around when you are there.

The operative wording in what you wrote is: Former Telsa Executive.

Now... that guy is working on a solution, Elon could have done that, he’s had ample funding to kick off such an initiative, but he hasn’t and he won’t. He’s not interested in the millions such a program could save or create, he’s only interested in…

Cold Tires? Check

Probably OLD Tires? Check(?)

Not knowing how to feather in the power? MEGA CHECK!

Viper Crash Porn: Guaranteed!

VERY Subtle post! Because there’s more than one prominent GOP member who is under investigation or has had involvement with underage sex crimes.

Most of the time, those fires happen, NOT at the scene of the fire, but at a wrecker yard, which is... typically nowhere near where people live. Usually those are in locations zoned for industry.

Quite a few have done so over the years. BMW MINI had a problem with numerous models bursting on fire, while driving or while parked, after driving.

It’s not as uncommon as you think.

The only thing that First Gear is really saying, is that Trucks and SUVs are significantly more wasteful on resources, period. NOT that switching them to EVs is suddenly a smarter use of resources.

We need more and better public transportation, less overseas shipping, better ways and encourage remote work, even if the…

Guess what? He’s not going to do it. The plant will sit there for another 20 to 30 years, unless the city takes it back and finances the demo, itself or figures out SOMETHING to do with the property.

This case, ultimately, will turn out to be meaningless in the very long run.

That would be awesome and would only mean more chargers have to be out and about.

The number of car fires with gasoline is something like 3 cars for every 200 wrecks, there is a car fire.

For electric vehicles? It’s 10,000 accidents to get to 3 EV battery fires and those fires typically DO NOT happen at the scene. Usually days later, at a wrecker yard, where a fire is far less of a risk to the…