Also, I shouldn't really need to say it, but you'd obviously go nuclear if you were serious about changing things.

I didn’t say environment.

Nowhere did I say Hydrogen is actually good for human rights, but it’s better than what’s going on with oil and cobalt/lithium.

Nuclear is definitely the way forward for electricity itself, by far. Still have to get it in/store it in the car somehow though.

Sad thing is, the cobalt and lithium industry are no better....and may be worse.

Red Bull made, real profit, ~ $2.7B in 2022. Mercedes made, again real profit, ~$15.3B in 2022. So yes, there is a pretty big chasm, but it’s not like RB are a small company.

*checks current HD truck prices*

The lesson they should have learned from this car is “make it cool first!”. Instead, they’re worrying about fitting two golf bags in a C8.

This is, without doubt, the correct answer. God the RS6 Avant rules. 

That's kind of the point: most people won't take these to tracks so they'll punch it to 100-110 on the highway to "feel" the performance. In that respect, the EN is a way better deal.

Interesting that the Elantra N smoked the CTR. For most people this is probably a more relevant metric than lap time.

For all the disagreement that exists in the automotive space, I think we can all come together on this one:

H2 is bad, but the new one is worse. It makes a bro-dozer look like a conservative choice.

Eh...it’s just that you need to have more skill. Someone who knows what they’re looking at when logging the vehicle combined with the fault code can figure it out quickly.

As someone who has done benchmarking, it’s very expensive and time consuming. I’m simply pointing out it’s a legitimate reason for an OEM to want to keep telematics to themselves, keeping IP close to the chest is no small thing.

I’ve written DTC lists and regularly develop diagnostic systems. OBD gives a ton of data, you could reverse engineer an entire engine calibration from it if you had the time and inclination.

On the one hand, I’m totally in favor of right to repair. On the other, having access to telematics makes “benchmarking” a competitor’s vehicle much easier and cheaper. If I’m a manufacturer and just spent billions coming up with some new calibration techniques, I’d be loathe to make that public too.

Seems to pretty consistently be Ferrari. They’ve got all the branded gear, they’re part of the owner’s club, they never drive it hard. Worst of all, they take is SO seriously.

While I’m not a crypto nut, it’s this sort of shit that makes it appealing.

I fly a lot, and I’m still surprised at how slowly people get off of the plane. It’s like they have no where to go, it’s like they aren’t sick of being compacted in a tiny space with a bunch of smelly humans.