Yes, it supports bluetooth, which basically covers most audio app demands (also syncs with phonebook and calendar). There are people that want higher quality audio so want aux or usb audio support, but for most people bluetooth is good enough quality.

The BEV Tre truck they are delivering in small numbers basically is a conversion of an existing IVECO S-way diesel truck. It was first contract manufactured by the original manufacturer in Germany, but now they are saying they are building them in AZ (whatever that means, could simply just be putting in EV components…

Yep, I suggested the same before. The current system rewards foot dragging.

Gives better view of the screen. Basically preparing for when L3+ driving becomes more common. When it reaches L4, presumably they may make those retractable steering wheels or maybe even remove it completely (presuming the law allows it by then). However, for now, yoke accomplishes the same thing in terms of getting…

It’s possible to patent something as straightforward as this? Just from the title and knowing it has dual motors, I guessed that they would spin the wheels in opposite directions and use the brakes to lock the others, and sure enough that is exactly how they did it. A similar thing is done for traction control (in…

Yeah, besides from leaning on GM (does anyone truly believe Saturn had to start from scratch and didn’t use any of the existing supplier relations that GM already had) I struggle to think was new and complex tech Saturn introduced. The only thing new I remember is the plastic panels for the bodies, but nothing else…

That actually shows my point perfectly. The Spark was discontinued precisely because with can’t outsell vehicles that costs way more. It’s not “usual” for a car so cheap to sell such a low volume, and that’s a problem that makes them unsustainable here (which is why small cars have been discontinued here).

Small correction. The Sylphy in China is actually the Sentra now. But otherwise you are on point.

It’s like a Smart Fortwo except with much less power and likely far less crash protection (basically step up from neighborhood evs):

Yep, same reason why people prefer looking at movies and videos too on the screen. On Teslas you can pair a game controller or two (some games allow side by side or co-op play). Basically given the car has a big screen already, might as well let it be used for entertainment while charging or parked.

Wow, so out of the loop. I didn’t even know Honda revived the Insight for a third gen (only knew about the Clarity). I might have even seen one in real life but never noticed given it looks so much like an Accord.

As others mentioned, 3000 lbs is nothing for a modern car, even "small" ones.

Tesla sold a lot more EVs than GM sold Bolts. The fire prevalence in the Bolt was not normal, thus the recall. As another pointed out, the Hyundai fires were from the similar LG cells.

Note when I say “you” above I’m using the second definition “used to refer to any person in general”, not you specifically.

I know plenty of people can’t tell the difference between the various Tesla models after the refresh, but you would have to be fairly blind to car styling to not be able to tell the difference between the nose cone design of the original Model S and the new one, as that is a quite a defining feature in cars.

Yeah, none of my cameras are pointed indoors either. Quite frankly any cloud connected camera can be potentially hacked, even if by social engineering some employees, so if at all possible it’s best to not have any internet connected cameras monitoring areas that would be a violation of privacy.

At first glance, I thought this was just a floating structure and was not movable under its own power. But that is not the case here. It’s very much a boat. It’s strange one, but it’s a boat.

But as I point out, that’s how they operate and that is the most efficient way and makes complete sense. The ones that are available within a week usually are ones that they build for demos and test drive fleets (the “inventory” fleet), which they know a lot of people are willing to buy outright. Given the choice to…

Stuff like this is why people in the US don’t look at trains as utopia, despite so many on this site presenting them as such. There are other countries that do trains really well, but the US can’t seem to get them right, even when throwing boatloads of money at it. Before you attack the messenger, I will note I…

Tesla makes their cars in batches (as do most automakers), where the most expensive variants get higher priority. That has always been how they operate.