While GM seems to putting in the building blocks for volume production of EVs.. it feels like they are ramping up so slowly.

Neutral: Weekend sucked. Long story short, no sleep, solution is surgery.

Elon’s step-sister birthing him half-siblings with his dad is the more intriguing Musk reproductive story, explains some things.

4th gear. So basically Tesla Autopilot sucks as much as a meat bag driver when it comes to trying not to hit motorcyclists. Other drivers are why I never ride a motorcycle, have known too many that died from inattentive drivers and cared for too many survivors (semester of nursing school on an ortho-trauma unit) to…

no, please do not copy Tesla, their designs are so boring.

“General Motors CEO Mary Barra says her company can sell more EVs than Tesla by 2025.”

Weight in the suspension matters more, and weight savings need to come from all sources. A 1% drop here still matters. 

My 1960 Chevy straight 6 truck also had a very easy to service heater core. 

Yea, it's just the displays get dated really quick. Everyone gets new phones so you'd think the manufacturer would save some $$$ on a screen and figure it out. 

Loved the DIN/DDIN stuff, my '99 F-150 has an awesome android auto setup due to that. It was truly genius.

When you race a fox body your hands are never clean

This isn’t an uncommon practice among truck makers - and automakers in general for “best-in-class” claims - and such claims are usually listed with a paragraph of fine print, along the lines of “single cab dual-rear wheel 2WD with #.## axle, long bed, base package and special Max Payload package” and such. Surprised…

Conversely, it can be placed into immediate use in any number of applications without completely redesigning the standard suspension layouts in use across the industry at 75% weight savings.

I think one of the biggest benefits of something like this is not needing to replicate a coil for placement. The idea should be that you can get better packaging with a custom made spring that doesn’t need to coil vertically. The Corvette is a nice example because it enables a very tidy footprint and super low CG.…

I’ve often wondered the same thing. All I can think is that the manufacturers are scared of litigation if a driver crashes and says ‘it was the manufacturers fault because they put a phone mount where I could be distracted.”

That’s less than 1% of the weight of a typical EV. I’m sure there are smarter, more sustainable ways to save weight.

This is fiberglass, which is infrequently recycled and it is a messy process. As a small component on a vehicle made up of a myriad of materials that need to be separated, it will either be expensive to recycle or not done (guess which one it will be) whereas the old steel springs that have an extremely low failure…

Because Earth needs lighter weight vehicles that go further on limited amounts of energy. Steel coils weigh about 8 pounds (?) and if the 75% reduction holds up (pun intended) that’s like having one 8# spring instead of four for 32#.

I get that plastic sucks, but most forms of high density plastic is actually pretty easy to recycle and this being car parts, will most likely actually be recycled...

It’s sad that Ford is held more accountable for lying than politicians and “news” networks.