Our five-year-old loves it.

This. So much this. Add in Wall Street (and much of America’s) “long-term” focus on quarterly results and you have a cocktail for fail.

That may be true, but formal training has been going on since 1997. The utilities, OEMs, and other stakeholders started out in California. SAE codified a fire safety standard in 1998 (it’s been revised since). In 2001, it expanded outside of California (e.g. to Tennessee) and expanded to include electric buses.

There are 171,500 (average, 2014-2016 data) annual car fires in the US... one every three minutes.

First: Maybe dealerships can re-purpose their no-longer-needed parking lots into test tracks. These three should cover most of the use cases: 1. Race track, 2. Off-road course, and 3. Shopping mail.

Well, the higher beltlines and hence higher bed sides made for a more gooder (deeper) hillbilly hot tub.

The electric utilities and other EV groups started working with (e.g. preparing materials and doing training) the fire folks in California on EV fire safety back in 1997. 1997. This expanded to other states (like Tennessee) and included electric buses in 2001. In parallel, SAE released a standard on EV fire safety in…

Luxury in 2030 will be defined as any outward visibility that beats a 2019 Camaro.

My buddy from Guadalajara just taught us last weekend about the history of al Pastor. Thanks Lebanese immigrants to Puebla!

Too bad GM didn’t take the powertrain from the second gen Volt and put it into a nice looking crossover like this (or the Sorrento).

It was all downhill after this one:

So much this. I love our country (despite its faults), but our utter lack of any perspective beyond the next financial quarter is asinine.

This.

This. Many states, counties, and cities across the US from both parties are really hosed when it come to enough assets to fund their pension obligations.

Well, that’s the Bolt.

“Ground clearance and off-roading capability are probably not the most important things now.”

RIP. Sounds like Eddie liked his Jeep too:

I’ve heard to expect something akin to an Avalanche. (Shrug).

Or just update the crash / safety standards for belted (rather than unbelted) car occupants. Remember the airbag rules in the US when they first came out?

Pretty soon outward visibility will be a luxury feature.