Actually saw an Elio Motors trailer being pulled down the highway behind an Super Duty F-series the other day...

It's China, so it probably costs them $60k+ there (no shit, cars are mindblowingly expensive there), and it would likely not be cost competitive in the US, either.

The other two lanes were both to go straight, not turn, and they both slowed to a stop when the light was green. The dashcam driver should have known something was up and slowed considerably. That said, the van shouldn't have made the turn without knowing what was going on, either. I'd agree that the majority of…

And now we find out that they're replacing the cylinders, too... :P

I'm going to object to the M-21 paint scheme without the D-21 added in...

I thought the same thing - the driver did have a green and all, but did he not wonder why everyone else came to a stop while the light was green? I don't think this was exactly his fault, but he isn't as blameless as most people seem to want to make him out to be...

There is an exception to this:

Thanks for the detailed explanation... I've just never seen that design approach. :)

I'm curious what unions you have worked with? I've dealt with the UAW, the UFCW, the NEA, and AFSCME in the past and never found your claim to be anymore true than in any non-union environment (where employees were equally hard to get rid of)

Quartz reports that once the Gigafactory starts supplying batteries to all of Tesla's cars made in California, the American parts content index on those vehicles could reach 90 percent. That's better than the current leader, the Ford F-150, and even the Toyota Camry – both of which have routinely had some of the…

Amazing how people can try to blame unions for everything, isn't it?

So will Tesla book all these leases as sales and credit their bottom line with all lease payments upfront, rather than using GAAP accounting?

From Caprica:

A coworker of mine tells stories of his days back in communist China, where one of his jobs on the collective farm was to wake up early in the morning and light a fire under the engine of the farm tractor in order to heat it up enough to get it started. Too big of a fire, of course, would be a serious problem.

If it is the switch, the Chilton manual still gives 17 steps for removal. My question is - if it is the switch, why were GM's instructions to owners focused on removing stress from the lock cylinder (which most people, even some manufacturers, refer to as a switch)? Which part is actually being recalled here?

Looks like, based on Chilton manuals via my library, that GM unnecessarily complicated this procedure. Removing the lock cylinder from my old 97 Taurus was as simple as: Disconnect battery, insert key, turn to run. Stick micro screwdriver (or any stiff wire) through hole in bottom of steering column to disengage…

We all know the right answer... and it even comes standard with NATO smoke grenade holders...

I'm not so sure how unstoppable they'd be. What would their competitive advantage be? They haven't shown much innovation yet - and that's critical in the auto industry. Without that, what would make them unstoppable? Cost structure? I don't really buy that - raw materials are about the same price around the…

The issue I have here is that there is generally a diagnostic charge, THEN you pull out the book for the repair that you've found is necessary to determine the time. So it wouldn't have been unrealistic for there to be a standard $80 diagnostic fee, then the repair - and if the diagnostics say its a fuse, the repair…

They wouldn't. But those are the demands that China puts on US automakers to do business in China - GM and Ford are required to do business as joint ventures with Chinese auto companies, with the Chinese company owning at least 50% of the JV. They also require technology transfers to the Chinese companies.