I worked for a couple Tier 2 automotive suppliers making textile and rubber parts. The +/- tolerances were expressed in percent of the dimension, generally 0.5-1.5%. The longest dimension on the textile parts were anywhere from 1m-2m long. If our customer asked for the length to be +/- 1mm, we would question their…

I can practically hear the supplier laughing at this hypothetical Tesla RFQ.

“All parts for this vehicle, whether internal or from suppliers, need to be designed and built to sub 10 micron accuracy.​”

When losing stars happens in real life.  Impressive (so far).

Yeah. Stretching $30k over the size of a truck will get you lower quality stuff compared to stretching that same cost over something much smaller like a Honda Accord.

In just a few seconds, it’s remarkable how many subtly different facial expressions he churns through. Gary Oldman is a beast of an actor.

Yeah. 28 cars were damaged, plus property damage. They must have left out a zero in the $14,000 figure. I saw a torn up Sienna and damaged garage door in the video. The damage to those alone is at least $5k.

Better comparison would be the H2, which still didn’t do much better than 10mpg on average.

The reduction of build configurations seems to come and go in waves, depending on the need to control costs. Honda and Toyota used to offer very few configurations, but now the new Pilot is offered in 6 trim levels and the RAV4 has 10 (!).

Well...when you put it that way...wait NO

Once more, in Italian: No!

No.

I believe the VW New Beetle wore yellow quite well. It was a great fit for the character of the car.

The population of Senatobia, MS is about 8,500 people. Those officers had probably been bored out of their minds for a week straight.  Public urination is probably the highlight of their month.

It’s OK! We’ll paint them pink for friendliness and put a little orange flag on them.

That is a good point. There’s no way to not sound pretentious or ridiculous when responding to that question.

I don’t think it means less time in the assembly line, I think it means shorter overall lead time from the time an order is placed. If the base model used a lot of unique parts that weren’t shared across other trim levels it may have been challenging to keep sourcing them in a timely manner.

India. All of it. Especially the rural highways.

Come to Casino, the poorest town in the southern hemisphere!

How about Weird AND Cool: Honda “The Cog”