Oct 1977 state of the art: 54v * 330 Ah = 17.8kWh. 1,305lb 0.0136 kWh/lb

In addition to Bacon’s point (you really want to charge/discharge a large number of cells a little bit each rather than a small number of cells by a lot to prevent current overdraw/thermal management issues with individual cells), you also need to keep in mind that they want to sell to many customers with varying…

I believe Elio has spent over a hundred million dollars on R&D (or at least claimed that’s what the money was spent on) and yet has never, ever managed to successfully demonstrate a vehicle capable of matching their claims to an independent third party. Considering the company and founders extremely unremarkable…

Why, is there high demand for large RWD SUVs/Crossovers? In fact, are there ANY?

Faraday also cut a check for $16,200, thus returning all the incentive money that it had received from the state.

Building a sealed, elevated, near-vacuum pipeline with rails inside of it is easier than an elevated rail without a sealed, near-vacuum pipeline around it? How?

In the article itself:

No one’s body was “held hostage”. They are not a morgue that misplaced a body.

I read the article just fine. The contract was between the company and the airport. She is in no way whatsoever a party to it. If someone kills themselves in a remote corner of your property, only for their family later try to sue you, it wouldn’t make sense to you.

Wait wait wait. Her husband killed himself on THEIR property, which is both highly inconvenient and mentally damaging to the employees having to deal with the aftermath of his actions. Now they would owe his wife a settlement for...? What contract did she sign that was breached?

Not to mention, people don’t enjoy high (10+) g-forces that are an inevitable byproduct of effective high-speed travel: to maximize the utility of high-speed transportation system you need to be traveling at maximum speed as much as possible, which means rapid acceleration/deceleration. Consumer goods, on the other…

This solves one of the biggest problems with system cost and safety: passenger capsules. Fun fact: a vehicle operating in near vaccum of the loop tube might as well be a spaceship, with a need for its own air supply system/treatment plant. A tiny puncture will very quickly leak air due to enormous pressure…

The same reason why perhaps airports have free courtesy outlets but no pressurized gasoline delivery lines: one is a shitload easier to do than the other given how no modern office is without to a robust electricity delivery infrastructure while none have any use for gasoline?

I am sorry, but humans are the worst possible wights. They are slow and resource-intensive to raise and tend to resist the prospect of industrial zombification. If the White Walkers are to achieve the full potential of their “technology”, the Animal Kingdom offers both superior production rates and variety. Wight…

If you think that’s bad, you should see the hell Mr. Kalashnikov Fiat, a simple Algerian tailor with early 90s e-commerce aspirations has gone through.

Well, that’s the most effective way to make sure you don’t drink and drive.

Cost of system (initial and maintenance) >>>> gas savings, esp when paired with 1.6-2.4L motors that sip gas to begin with. Thumbs down.

No manual? I am sorry, it has been scientifically proven that no locomotive pleasure, no matter the medium, can ever be derived without firm continuous grasping of a large, stiff shaft.

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