1) It’s also worth reiterating for everyone that the complexity of situations the vehicle is required to handle go up (roughly) logarithmically on each autonomy level. Level 2 is somewhere on the scale of 10X more complex to handle than Level 1, and Level 4 100X or so more complex than Level 2. (It’s really even more…

1) Not every vehicle requires approval every year (Don’t know the exact breakdown but I would assume the figure is between 1 in 4 to 1 in 6)

That’d be great if it didn’t confuse the absolute hell out of consumers.

CHAdEMO → CCS is a bit more complicated / expensive than a Tesla ↔ CHAdEMO adapter (CAN to CAN vs CAN to PLC Com.) so the whole setup needs to have an actual controller + PLC chip in order to work. Also have opposing architectures for the locking actuators and such which just creates a bit of a nightmare.

Of these, I think the more serious one is the lack of checking to see if the driver’s seat is occupied when the semi-automated systems are active. This is a problem with Ford and Tesla, and the lack of a simple weight sensor is a big factor in why all those idiotic driverless Tesla viral videos on Tik Tok and other…

Obviously the Tesla Model 3

Hear me out. What if we invested into fully autonomous vehicles that were route bound, had pre-determined/quasi-static traffic patterns, and travelled within convoyed groups to improve fleet efficiencies....

I’ll just be over here pleading with Ford to make a Hybrid and BEV option. Don’t mind me.

Figured that’s what you meant, couldn’t let you go unscathed though!

To be fair, not KIA’s first EV

Why not keep the in-company branding and call it “la Jeep”?

This headline title doesn’t really do justice to what Farley is pushing for here. Best I can tell his main point is improving the resiliency of the EV supply chain, and using gov. money to do that. While I’m far from an expert on the matter this would seem to cause some big issues between the US and the WTO.

“... wondering what...” != “... hoping that...”

Wrench MIL gang checking in here

Toyota is absolutely not the only OEM pursuing fuel cell tech. GM is also betting big on FCEVs, but are doing it in a similar way to a sub-note you make in this article. Commercial EV deployment.

Exactly. It isn’t like the car is going anywhere, but change is coming in some form and OEMs will need to find their new normal(s) or die.

I’d say a set of OEM/Tier-1 drivers trainings/certificates in vehicle control and a desire to not have my airbag place my phone directly into my skull brings me into the top few percent.

Anecdotal data to address a systemic problem is just not a good look...

But... Will they? A few OEMs already appear to see the writing on the wall in gigantic lettering

Dismantle the socio-economic systems that enabled me to become so wealthy in the first place... That’s what I would do...